Prevention Services

Catalog description

This course provides the 45 hours of prevention specific content required by the Ohio Chemical Dependency Professionals Board for the Ohio Certified Prevention Specialist Assistant. Content covers the foundations and domains of chemical use/abuse/dependency, foundations in prevention of OAD issues, ethics, planning and evaluation, education and skill development, community organization, public policy and environmental changes and professional growth and responsibility. This course can be taken as a SAHS AAS technical elective or for the Prevention Services Certificate. Students must receive a "C" or better in this course.