Mental Health and Addiction

Catalog description

This course teaches students about effective addictions treatment for persons with co-occurring disorders. The course will provide students with an understanding of terms, services delivery systems, assessment, and strategies for working with clients with co-occurring disorders. The course will cover methods for providing individualized treatment based on a consumer's biological, psychological, social and spiritual needs. The content of this course is based on TAP21 competencies. This is a required course for addictions counseling licensure with the Kansas BSRB. Prerequisite: None.