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• HSRH 2950: Internship in HSRH

  3.00 - 10.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  Students undertake a supervised experience in community based (re)habilitation programs for people with developmental/intellectual disabilities , addictions , dual-diagnoses, and elderly. It includes professional development experiences in various community settings and/or human service agencies.
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• HSRH 3000: Intro Professional Counseling

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course provides an introduction to professional counseling. It provides a broad overview of its historical and theoretical foundations, and includes introductory information about professional counseling organizations, standards, and ethics; the basic core body of knowledge; professional credentialing; and essential interviewing and counseling skills. The course begins the process of the development of professional identity. It stresses self-growth and awareness as well as observational skills as related to becoming an agent of individual, group, family, and systems change. Must be Junior status or above.
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• HSRH 3050: Case Management

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course provides undergraduate students with theoretical, applied knowledge of the critical dynamics which constitute effective case management within the field of rehabilitation and human services. This course focuses on an overview of philosophical perspectives and skills that provide a foundation for case managers. Students will gain practical experience through the application of these skills in direct case studies and the development of service plans. Students will explore best practices, future trends, challenges and visions in helping to meet the needs of diverse individuals who are considered at-risk. Offered fall, biannually.
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• HSRH 3700: Assmt in Human Serv & Rehab

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course features a practical hands-on approach to assessment with a variety of specific populations. Target groups include persons in need of human services, to include disadvantaged, developmental disabilities, mental health and substance abuse/dependency disorders, and aging and child/adolescent populations. The course covers assessment fundamentals, standardized instruments for use with specific populations and practical techniques and strategies, leading to the formulation of therapeutic treatment plans.
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• HSRH 3995: Seminar for HSRH Internship

  2.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This companion course to HSRH 2950 and 4950 enables students to evaluate their internship experience in a structured seminar setting to better understand and integrate fundamental agency activities such as assessment, treatment planning, team meetings, case management, and therapeutic interventions, as well as agency policies and procedures.
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• HSRH 4050: Substance Abuse

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  Participants study the physiological and psychosocial implication of drug or alcohol abuse, over-medication, and drug dependence, emphasizing intervention, advocacy, treatment, and prevention. Fall Semester.
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• HSRH 4060: Opioid Abuse

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course includes an overview of the history of drugs of abuse and the biological bases of behavior including the neurological mechanisms of addiction. General categories of addictive substances are surveyed before embarking upon a more in-depth exploration of opioid compounds. The medicinal properties of a range of both licit and illicit opioids are discussed, as is the related abuse potential. Medications used to treat opioid use disorder are covered, as are the strategies of opioid substitution, opioid antagonism and harm reduction. Offered as needed.
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• HSRH 4100: Prev & Trmt Strg in Sub Abuse

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  Participants engage in the study of societal pressures, attempts to prevent substance abuse, and treatment strategies along with the comparative analysis of efficacy. Offered spring semester annually.
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• HSRH 4210: Advo & Pub Pol in Addic & Rec

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course provides students with a theoretical and applied knowledge of the critical aspects of individual advocacy and systems advocacy in the world of chemical dependency prevention and treatment. The student will become familiar with current addictions legislation on public policy and their intended and unintended impact on individuals and communities. Students will formulate plans to foster positive change and learn methods of effective advocacy to positively change services, policies, laws, and rules.
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• HSRH 4300: Aging & The Human Services

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course will provide information related to older adult care management from the framework of human services systems. Concepts of client triage, assessment, planning, and brokering will be reviewed within the context of identifying problems associated with aging, identifying components of human services delivery systems, and case management skill development.
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