CCOG for AD 226G Fall 2025
- Course Number:
- AD 226G
- Course Title:
- Advanced Addiction Counseling Skills
- Credit Hours:
- 4
- Lecture Hours:
- 40
- Lecture/Lab Hours:
- 0
- Lab Hours:
- 0
Course Description
Provides advanced knowledge and skills for addiction counseling. Explores strategies and techniques for building rapport, fostering trust, and promoting positive outcomes in the context of addiction counseling. Prerequisites: AD 120E, AD 121E, AD 122E, AD 124E, AD 140E, AD 141E. Audit available.
Intended Outcomes for the course
Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:
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Analyze effective counseling skills through use of self-evaluations.
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Interpret clinician and client behaviors to implement effective treatment interventions.
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Articulate and apply key elements of evidence-based practice models in the areas of counselor/client relationship.
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Apply a wide range of skills when working with clients in various phases of recovery.
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Measure therapeutic functioning and empathy through use of measurement tools.