Fall 2020 Course Syllabus Course: DAAC-2307- Section: 71 Addicted Family Intervention

Instructor Information
Instructor	Kimberly Arrington
E-mail	arringtonkd@lamarpa.edu
Phone	(409) 984-6356
Office	Location: Educational I - Room: 113 Hours: Appointments to be discussed with students as needed.
Department	Allied Health Chair: Shirley MacNeill E-mail: macneisb@lamarpa.edu Phone: (409) 984-6365 If you have a grievance, complaint, or concern about this course that has not been resolved through discussion with the Instructor, please consult the Department Chair.
COVID 19 Information	The Lamar State College Port Arthur (LSCPA) Student Code of Conduct COVID 19 Policy requires students who have been exposed to COVID 19 or diagnosed with COVID 19 to report their condition on the COVID 19 Notification Form (available via a link on the Student Code of Conduct COVID19 webpage). This information will be provided to the Dean of Student Services. In addition, this policy requires all students to wear face coverings in compliance with the criteria included in the policy. For more information please refer to the COVID 19 link on the LSCPA website.
Course Information
Description	Examination of family systems focusing on the effects of addiction and recovery
Prerequisites	None This course will introduce the student to the family as a dynamic system focusing on the effects of addiction on family roles, rules, and behavior patterns. The students will gain knowledge and participate in discuss the impact of mood altering substances and behaviors and therapeutic alternatives as they relate to the family from a multicultural and multigenerational perspective.
Learning Outcomes	Students will Describe the philosophies, practices, policies, and outcomes of the most generally accepted and scientifically supported models of treatment, recovery, relapse prevention, and continuing care for addiction and other substance-related problems. Students will Recognize the importance of family, social networks, and community systems in the treatment and recovery process. Students will understand the importance of self-awareness in one’s personal, professional, and cultural life. Students will Understand the addiction professional’s obligations to adhere to ethical and behavioral standards of conduct in the helping relationship. Students will: • Discuss and explain the family as a dynamic system • Discuss and explain the effects of addiction of the dynamics of a family system • Describe and differentiate between various family treatment processes and their applicability to traditional and nontraditional family systems • Discuss the impact of mood altering substances and behaviors as they relate to the family from a multicultural and transgenerational perspective • Discuss the role of the family in the addictive and recovery process This course will cover the Counseling Competencies outlined by SAMHSA TAP21 as follows: Practice Dimension V: Counseling Element: Counseling Families, Couples, and Significant Others Competency 94: Understand the characteristics and dynamics of families, couples, and significant others affected by substance use. Competency 95: Be familiar with and appropriately use models of diagnosis and intervention for families, couples, and significant others, including extended, kinship, or tribal family structures. Competency 96: Facilitate the engagement of selected members of the family or significant others in the treatment and recovery process. Competency 97: Assist families, couples, and significant others in understanding the interaction between the family system and substance use behaviors. Competency 98: Assist families, couples, and significant others in adopting strategies and behaviors that sustain recovery and maintain healthy relationships.
Core Objectives	*Communication skills: Students will demonstrate effective written, oral and visual communication. * Critical Thinking Skills: Students will engage in creative and/or innovative thinking, and/or inquiry, analysis, evaluation, synthesis of information, organizing concepts and constructing solutions. * Empirical and Quantitative Skills: Students will demonstrate applications of scientific concepts. * Teamwork: Students will demonstrate the ability to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal and consider different points of view. * Social Responsibility: Students will demonstrate intercultural competency and civic knowledge by engaging effectively in local, regional, national and/or global communities. * Personal Responsibility: Students will demonstrate the ability to connect choices, actions and consequences to ethical decision-making.
Program Student Learning Outcomes	PSLO ALPHA: Reading skills - Demonstrates comprehension of content-area reading material. PSLO 1: Identify major counseling theories, key figures, their philosophy, and key concepts. SLO 1: Students will identify major counseling theories, key figures, their philosophy, and key concepts. PSLO 2: Define and explain techniques relevant to the various theories of counseling. SLO 2: Students will define and explain techniques relevant to the various theories of counseling. PSLO 3: Identify major approaches to treatment SLO 3: Students will identify major approaches to treatment. PSLO 4: Identify the attitudes and skills that are essential to becoming an effective multicultural counselor SLO 4: Students will identify the attitudes and skills that are essential to becoming an effective multicultural counselor
Textbooks	Textbook Purchasing Statement: A student attending Lamar State College Port Arthur is not under any obligation to purchase a textbook from the college-affiliated bookstore. The same textbook may also be available from an independent retailer, including an online retailer. Title: Chemical Depdendency: A Family Affair (Substance Abuse Counseling) Author: Olivia Curtis ISBN:-10: 0534355838; ISBN-13: 978-0534355838
Lecture Topics Outline	Assignments are due at the BEGINNING of the class for which they are due. Submission of an assignment after class starts will result in the assignment receive a 5 point deduction for being turned in late. Letter grades will be awarded based on the points earned on all of the assignments during the semester. Late Work/Make-up Work Acceptance of late work is at the discretion of the instructor. All major assignments, except exams, will have 5 points deducted for each day late up to one week (in other words, you must have the major assignment completed and turned in at the beginning of the next class meeting). After one week, major assignments will not be accepted, and the student will receive a grade of “0” for that assignment. Exams need to be taken on time! If you miss an exam, 10 points is automatically deducted from the exam score. You will only have 5 “working” days to make up the exam. Family emergencies and individual illnesses are the only exception to points not being deducted and will require proof that will satisfy the instructor.
Major Assignments Schedule	Week      1    Introduction, Syllabus, Course Outline 2     Addiction effects in Famlies     3    Theories for Family counseling 4    Counseling with Families 5     Family Systems 6    Family Systems     7    Test 8    Codependency 9    Codependency 10    Test      11    Counseling Techniques with Families 12    Counseling Techniques with Families 13    Resources for Families 14    Group attendance presentation 15    Review for Final 16    Final
Final Exam Date	December 11, 2020 - 5:00 PM   Through  December 11, 2020 - 7:00 PM
Grading Scale	See above for grading scale
Determination of Final Grade	Final Grade Determinations: Course Grade will be based on exams, group work, outside assignments and attendance. Grading will be Based on Following: Tests:            75% Participation:        25% Attendance:        25%
Course Policies
Instructor Policies	Assignments are due at the BEGINNING of the class for which they are due. Submission of an assignment after class starts will result in the assignment receive a 5 point deduction for being turned in late. Letter grades will be awarded based on the points earned on all of the assignments during the semester. Late Work/Make-up Work Acceptance of late work is at the discretion of the instructor. All major assignments, except exams, will have 5 points deducted for each day late up to one week (in other words, you must have the major assignment completed and turned in at the beginning of the next class meeting). After one week, major assignments will not be accepted, and the student will receive a grade of “0” for that assignment. Exams need to be taken on time! If you miss an exam, 10 points is automatically deducted from the exam score. You will only have 5 “working” days to make up the exam. Family emergencies and individual illnesses are the only exception to points not being deducted and will require proof that will satisfy the instructor.
Attendance Policy	Research has shown a strong positive relationship between attendance, participation and college success. I strongly suggest regular participation in this course, both mental and physical. 1. Students on campus but not in class are considered absent. 2. It is the student’s responsibility to notify the instructor prior to any absence. 3. Excused absences include hospitalization of you or an immediate family member, participation in a college event, or a religious holy day. Prior notification to me for pending absences due to college events or religious holy days is required. Documentation of hospitalization is required. The student is ultimately responsible for his/her own learning and professional growth, what you put into it is what you will get out of it!It is your responsibility to conduct a realistic self-appraisal of what you personally need to master and how you can best attain it. Challenge yourself to grow as an individual and a professional. Please respect the confidentiality of the classroom and discussions that are held. CONFIDENTIALITY: These classes prepare you for a career in counseling. Some class discussions will deal with confidential material of yours and other students. Privileged information that is shared may under NO CIRCUMSTANCES be repeated or shared outside the classroom. Written materials, your own feelings and insights may be shared. CAUTION: IF YOU ARE NOT SURE, KEEP THE TRUST!
Academic Honesty	Academic honesty is expected from all students, and dishonesty in any form will not be tolerated. Please consult the LSC-PA policies (Section IX, subsection A, in the Faculty Handbook) for consequences of academic dishonesty.
Facility Policies	No food or tobacco products are allowed in the classroom. Only students enrolled in the course are allowed in the classroom, except by special instructor permission. Use of electronic devices is prohibited.
Important Information
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HB 2504	This syllabus is part of LSC-PA's efforts to comply with Texas House Bill 2504.