This course is designed to examine the different approaches and structures in the treatment continuum for substance use and co-occurring disordered clients. Students will also examine the relationship between mental health disorders and substance use disorders.
Barriers to integrated treatment will also be appraised.
Overview of social and behavioral theories and core concepts of stress, stress reduction and stress management. Critical assessment of the health impacts of stress on individuals, communities, and society. Evidence-based approaches to reducing stress responses and promoting improved health indicators.
Integration of Tai Chi philosophy and theory with contemporary health practices and principles. Recognition of Tai Chi patterns will improve body balance and energy control. Tai Chi and Qigong exercises promote physical, mental and social health. Knowledge is particularly beneficial to health and social workers.
This course is designed for healthcare interpreters who enjoy teaching and are interested in coaching emerging interpreters in academia or at their workplaces. Students will explore mentoring, coaching, and adult learning principles, including intercultural communication, and learn skills and techniques to conduct practice labs, assess interpreting skills, and facilitate coaching sessions.
This course focuses on mindfulness-based stress reduction practices, including mindfulness meditation and movement practices. Application of these stress reduction practices in everyday life will be supported through the in-class practice of various mindfulness techniques and shared self-reflection.
Language and cultural barriers can impede the health of individuals and can be costly for health systems. This course provides language access strategies and effective collaboration with interpreters across language and cultural barriers in healthcare settings.
Elder abuse, its varied forms, and physical, behavioral and environmental indicators. Social determinants of elder abuse, multicultural perspectives, and methods of prevention.
Overview of the different types of viral hepatitis, their characteristics and treatment options with a focus on hepatitis C as a current public health issue especially among IV drug users. Emphasis on the practice of harm reduction, prevention, navigation and advocacy for communities experiencing substance use, HIV and viral hepatitis.
Students will review definitions of trauma, identify common traumatic events, and analyze the ways in which trauma experiences affect the health of survivors. Students will discuss diverse approaches to recovering from traumatic events.
Basic principles and practices of harm reduction and overdoes prevention strategies.