HUMSR 40--INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS 1½ Units
Non-degree course.
Provides foster youth ages 16-18 knowledge and skills needed to assist them in
making transition from foster care to independent living. Four maximum completions.
Field trips may be required. Lecture: 8.6 hours. Twenty-seven hours total; may
include two 3-hour pre-sessions, one 15-hour workshop, two 9-hour post-sessions.
(CR/NC, 3 wks.)
HUMSR 100--INTRODUCTION TO INTERGENERATIONAL CARE PROVIDER
PROFESSIONS 1 Unit
Also offered as FAMLF 100.
An introduction to intergenerational care providing, includes the career ladder,
exploration of career options and development of employment techniques and skills.
Recommended as a first semester course for students pursuing an Intergenerational
Care Provider Certificate. Field trips may be required. Lecture: 1 hour. (GR)
HUMSR 101--INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN SERVICES 3 Units
Development of human services in American society by private and governmental
agencies at national, state, and local levels. Emphasis on contemporary programs
and practices, needs served, and projected changes. Preparation for "new careers"
in paraprofessional programs in the health, education and social services, such as
eligibility workers, counselor aides, vocational rehabilitation aides, social service
technicians, and preprofessional positions. Field trips may be required. Lecture: 3
hours. (CSU)
HUMSR 110--INTRODUCTION TO INTERVIEWING, COUNSELING 3 Units
Principles and practices of interviewing and counseling. Designed to assist in the
preparation of paraprofessionals in the human services fields. Recognition and
discussion of unique and common problems, and understanding of behavioral change.
Lecture: 3 hours. (CSU)
HUMSR 111--COUNSELING IN CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY 3 Units
Recommended for success: HUMSR 110.
Survey theories of therapy, personality, and counseling relevant to chemical
dependency. Identification and assessment techniques. Lecture: 3 hours. (CSU)
HUMSR 114--DEATH AND DYING 3 Units
Opportunity for students to explore their feelings, beliefs, and values regarding
death, and to learn about death and dying from a variety of perspectives. Topics
include: coping with death, cultural concepts of death, counseling the dying,
suicide, grief and bereavement, wills, the funeral business, and preventive medicine.
Field trips may be required. Lecture: 3 hours. (CSU)
HUMSR 116--DRUGS AND ALCOHOL IN SOCIETY 3 Units
An introductory course focused on problems associated with chemical dependency:
drinking and drug abuse. Covers possible causes for addiction, identification of
symptoms and common myths. Provides information on treatment resources.
Forty-five hours of BRN C.E. credit available. Field trips may be required. Lecture: 3
hours. (CSU)
HUMSR 117--INTERVENTION AND TREATMENT STRATEGIES IN CHEMICAL
DEPENDENCY 3 Units
Recommended for Success: HUMSR 116.
Prerequisite: HUMSR 111.
Application of techniques relative to treatment of chemical dependency. Emphasizes
the intervention process, individual and family treatment, and recovery dynamics.
Field trips may be required. Lecture: 3 hours. (CSU)
HUMSR 118--PHARMACOLOGY OF ABUSED SUBSTANCES 3 Units
Effects of abused substances on physiological functioning. Emphasis on the disease
of alcoholism. Forty-five hours of BRN C.E. credit available. Lecture: 3 hours. (CSU)
HUMSR 120--PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY
COUNSELING 3 Units
Prerequisite: HUMSR 117.
Provides information and guidance for those choosing a career in chemical
dependency counseling. Focuses on issues and survival skills necessary for
professional development in the field. Lecture: 3 hours. (CSU)
HUMSR 145--COMMUNITY AGENCY SERVICE 1 Unit
Prerequisite: HUMSR 110 or HUMSR 111.
Concurrent enrollment: HUMSR 145A or HUMSR 145B or HUMSR 145D.
Analysis of field experiences of students concurrently enrolled in HUMSR 145A or
145B or HUMSR 145D. Class time is devoted to sharing and evaluating problems
which develop and ways of resolving them will be sought by class members Three
maximum completions. Lecture: 1 hour. (CSU)
HUMSR 145A, 145B, 145D--COMMUNITY AGENCY SERVICE FIELDWORK 1,2,4
Units
Prerequisite: HUMSR 110 or HUMSR 111.
Concurrent enrollment: HUMSR 145.
Supervised field experience in a variety of community social agencies. Three
maximum completions Laboratory: 5, 10, or 20 hours supervised field experience in a
community service/social agency. (CSU)
HUMSR 230--CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION 2 Units
Also offered as CLDDV 230.
An overview of child abuse and neglect. Methods to detect abuse. Application of
techniques for treatment with an emphasis on intervention for the prevention of
abuse to children. Field trips may be required. Lecture 30 hours total (CSU. 11 wks.)
