CSL - Counselling

This class will help prepare addiction professionals to identify diseases frequently associated with drug abuse, determine client risk for infection, educate clients about disease prevention and treatment options, and assist clients in obtaining appropriate treatment as needed. This class will enhance the ability of the counselor to offer treatment services in a manner that respects gender, race and ethnicity, sexual orientation, cultural, familial, systemic, and socioeconomic diversity.

This class will provide a basic foundation for understanding how cultural competence, awareness and sensitivity can improve quality of care and increase positive outcomes. Cultural variables to be considered will include age, gender, sexual orientation, religious affiliation, language, educational level, physical ability, economic status, and social class as well as racial and ethnic backgrounds. This course is intended to provide participants with basic skills to recognize and respect the behavior, ideas, attitudes, values, beliefs, customs, language, rituals, ceremonies, and practices characteristic of diverse groups of people. Course design will include definitions and descriptions of culture including concepts of assimilation and acculturation. Exercises will involve self-examination and discussion of the evolution of one’s own personal beliefs, values, and attitudes.

This class will provide a framework and counseling model for working with clients with substance abuse or dependence. This course will teach the counseling skills needed to help clients process their information and move toward the change process. The models utilized in this class are client-centered, counselor-directed therapy using a motivational style and spirit.

Focuses on the major theories of addiction in an historical and theoretical context. Includes an elaboration on NIDA's Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment. This class meets the principles of addictions training requirement for the Counselor I level of the Colorado Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program.