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 ________________________________________________________________________________ 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 _________________________ 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).