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SUBSTANCE ABUSE REHABILITATION COUNSELOR


Certificate

Purpose: This curriculum is designed to fulfill the Virginia state educational requirements for the certification of substance abuse counselors. To meet substance abuse counselor certification requirements, the applicant is expected to meet specific education requirements including didactic and experiential learning with a supervised internship required.

Individuals desiring skills and knowledge in this career field, but not seeking State Certification may also enroll. Courses taken in the Substance Abuse certificate program can be applied to the A.A.S. degree in Substance Abuse Rehabilitation.

Cooperative Education: Students in this curriculum will participate in at least 3 semester hours of Cooperative Education unless they already have equivalent experience. For further information, contact the Cooperative Education Office.

                                                              Credits
                                                     1st Semester   2nd Semester
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     ENG  111 College Composition I or SPD                                 
          110 Intro. to Speech Communication ..........    3               
     HMS  121 Basic Counseling Skills I ...............    3               
     HMS  141 Group Dynamics I ........................    3               
     HMS  251 Substance Abuse I .......................    3               
     HMS  266 Counseling Psychology ...................    3               
     PSY  231 Life Span Human Dev. I ..................    3               
     HMS  142 Group Dynamics II .......................                   3
     HMS  145 Effects of Psychoactive Drugs ...........                   3
     HMS  252 Substance Abuse II ......................                   3
     HMS  258 Case Mgmt. & Substance Abuse ............                   3
     HMS  290 Coord. Intern. or HMS 297 Coop. Ed. .....                   3
 (1) ___  Social science elective .....................                   3
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                              Total Credits               18             18

Total minimum credits for the Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Counselor certificate = 36.

(1) Social science courses may be selected from the following: economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, or sociology (includes anthro- pology).


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