Service Learning Course Details

ACD-246 — Alc/Chem Dep Internship Semina

Provides students with in-depth experience in the addiction treatment field. Students will complete an internship totaling 300 hours for the course i.e. averaging 20 hours per week for 15 weeks, plus a 2-hour-a-week seminar, or 25 hours a week plus a 2 1/2 hour-a-week seminar in the 12 week summer program. In the seminar, issues encountered by the students in their internships will be addressed, and information regarding some needed skills and knowledge will be provided. Internship hours worked in addiction treatment agencies may be counted as volunteer work hours or as educational hours toward the N.Y.S. CASAC but not both. 2 class hours, 300 experiential hours. ACD140, ACD143, ACD144, ENG101, HUM101/HUM111, all with a C or higher and permission of instructor. 6 Credits

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Service Learning Project Information

ACD-246 Sections for Fall 2018


1 Service Learning Section Offered

ACD-246, Section CC1 — CRN #17351
6 Credit Hours — Classroom

Project Description

This course will emphasize the application of client relation skills in the addiction treatment field. The students will be assigned to various addiction treatment settings where they will have an opportunity to discuss ethical issues as it relates to substance abuse practice, create and maintain client charts and records, summarize client histories based on DSM criteria, provide clients with information on effects of specific drugs, and explain the application of theory to real life situations from the student perspective.

300 Hours