Human Services

• HSer 110 Intro to Human Services (3)

• An overview of the field of Human Services including history, present and future perspectives, strategies of intervention, organization and delivery of services, issues and requirements for service givers, and kinds of employment.  Also, the course surveys selected human services agencies available within the local community (principally Hilo) (3 lec hrs.)

• HSer 111  Introduction to Human Services: Therapeutic Aide (3)
• PreReq: Eng 22 or ESL 15 or Placement in Eng 100
• Comment:  Course allows those working as T.A.'s to update their skills.
• Course designed to provide students with a basic understanding of the Human Service field through the lens of a therapeutic aid worker.  The course will focus on the attitudes, knowledge and skills necessary for employment as a therapeutic aide within the mental health system.  This course emphasizes cultural awareness, crises intervention skills and knowledge of child and adolescent mental health disorders.  Also, the course will enable therapeutic aides already working in the community to update their essential skills and to have a broader understanding of their responsibilities. (3 lec hrs.)

• HSer 140 Individual Counseling (3)

• CoReq: HSer 268 or prior completion

• Designed to provide students with knowledge and understanding of theoretical approaches and interviewing skills used in counseling chemically dependent individuals.  Also, examines ethical issues ands self-care in substance abuse counseling utilizing a combination of didactic and experiential learning.  (3 lec hrs.)

• HSer 193 Human Services Pract I (3)

• PreReq: HSer 110 or HSer 111

• Supervised experience in human services providing counseling, practical support, education, information and/or care-giving un community agencies in the local community.  (2 lec hrs., 3 lab hrs.)

• HSer 245 Group Counseling (3)

• PreReq: HSer 140

• Provides theoretical and experiential training in facilitating groups.  Examines the process of group facilitation and group membership.  Exploring task facilitation, psycho-educational counseling, and psycho-therapy groups in the treatment of chemically dependent individuals and their families.  Ethical issues and self-care of the group facilitator will also be addressed.  (3 lec hrs.)

• HSer 268 Survey Substance Abuse Problems  (3)

• PreReq: Eng 22 or ESL 15 or placement in Eng 100; HSer 110; or consent of instructor

• This course is designed to provide students and those interested in acquiring hours toward Certification as Substance Abuse Counselors by the State of Hawai`i Department of Health, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division, with a general and basic understanding of substance abuse and dependency.  The course will explore the historical and social perceptions of substance use, patterns and trends of use, societal and legal responses to drugs and alcohol.   Description of psychoactive drugs, their effects and methods of ingestion, and their effects on the individual.  Methods of prevention, intervention, and their effects on the individual.  Methods of prevention, intervention and treatment will be identified and analyzed.  (3 lec. hrs.)

• HSer 270 Substance Abuse Counseling

• PreReq: Eng 21 or Eng 22 or ESL 15 or place in Eng 100 or in Eng 102; & HSer 268

• This course focuses on the treatment of process, including some intervention and prevention issues, as it applies specifically to the substance-abusing population.   Ethical and legal issues for the substance abuse counselor will be identified.  A primary theme in this course will be the explication of the Twelve Core Functions of the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselor.  (3 lec hrs.)

• HSer 293 Human Services Pract II
• PreReq: HSer 110 or HSer 111; and HSer 193

• A continuation of HSer 193 in another agency setting.  Supervised experience in human services providing counseling, practical support, education, information, and/or care-giving in community agencies in the local community.  (2 lec hrs., 3 lab hrs.)

• HSer 294 Substance Abuse Practium I (3)

• CoReq: HSer 140 and HSer 268 or prior completion of either.
• An exploratory internship for majors who wish to gain field experience in a substance abuse agency setting.  The focus is to introduce the student to the practical experience of the `12 core Function of a Substance Abuse Counselor by observation and practice when appropriate,  (15 practicum hrs.)

• HSer 295 Substance Abuse Practicum II (3)
• The second of two required substance abuse Courses for the HSer Certificate of Completion in Substance Abuse Counseling (CCSAC) Program.  This course offers students majoring in the CCSAC Program a graduated learning opportunity and additional practical experience in the observation and application of the 12 Core Functions of a Substance Abuse Counselor.  (15 practicum hrs.)