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Week 1
06/11 - 06/17

• Origin of Human Services
• Theories of Human Services
• What  Human Services Does and Where
• The Focus of Human Services
• Human Services as a Profession

2. History of Human Services

• Ancient Times
• Medieval Times
• The Renaissance
• Modern Times
• Today in the US

1-16 (Mehr)

17-32 (Mehr)
 
 

Week 2
06/18 - 06/24

• Toward a Profession
• Functional Roles
• Generic and Specialized Approaches (credentialing)
• Cultural Diversity Competence

4. Human Services Problems 

• Problem Classification
• Behavior Causes - Theories
• Ecological Matrix - eclectic approach.
• Communication Barriers.

33-56(Mehr)

and

  Hogan, chapters 1 & 2

57-77 (Mehr)

Hogan, chapter 3

Quiz #1 covers: Mehr -Chapters 1-3, & Hogan - Chapters 1 & 2

Please contact your Proctor immediately and have them open the exam envelope to ensure that the correct tests have been sent.  Handing of the examination is the sole responsibility of the Proctor and should not be personally mailed by the student.  To do so may result in an "F" in the course and the student will not be allowed to re-enroll.

Week 3
06/25 - 07/01

• Community Focus
• Children and Adolescents
• Domestic Abuse
• Substance Abuse
• Developmental Disabilities
• Mental Health Service Systems
• Crime and Corrections
• Poverty and Homelessness

6. Intervention: Medical-Psychiatric Assumptions, Treatment, Effectiveness and Criticisms)

• Medical Model
• HIV/AIDS (as a medical problem)
• Medical/Psychiatric Model
• Premises of Medical/Psychiatric Model
• Medical/Psychiatric Treatments

78-109 (Mehr)

123-138 (Mehr)

Take Quiz #2 online
Quiz #1 covers: Mehr -Chapters 4-6, & Hogan Chapter 3 (designated pages) 

Week 4
07/02 - 07/08

• Behavioral Strategies
• Concepts (classical conditioning, operant learning, generalization, discrimination, punishment, social and cognitive learning).
• Treatments (systematic desensitization, operant approaches, cognitive-behavioral, and token economy).
• Effectiveness and Criticisms

8. Intervention: Psychotherapy (Assumptions, Treatment, Effectiveness and Criticisms)

• Psychotherapy Approaches (psychoanalysis, client-centered, transactional analysis, group therapy, prescriptive psychotherapy)
• Variations (groups and family therapy).
• Effectiveness and Criticisms

123-137 (Mehr)  

138-152 (Mehr)

PLEASE NOTE: Midterm Examination(s) must be returned to the Distance Learning Department no later than the last day of Week 4.   Failure to be in the Distance Learning Department by then may result in a failure for the class.  Also, be sure your proctor signs all exam papers.

Week 5
07/09 - 07/15

• Culturally centered communication skills (personal competencies, dialogue process, communication skills, conflict-recovery process, and problem-solving process).
• Supervisory Process

10. Psychosocial Approaches to Change: 

• Common Problems (personal dissatisfaction, isolation, poverty, addiction, crisis, and disruptive behavior). 
• Assessment
• Planning
• Service Coordination

11. Inspiring Change in Clients:

• Change Process
• Motivation
• Motivational Interviewing
• Discussion Topics
• Discussion Forum Topic

152-177 (Mehr)

Hogan, chapter 4

178-191 (Mehr)

192-209 (Mehr)

Week 6
07/16 - 07/22

• Introduction
• Definitions
• Core Functions
• Case Management Models
• Variations Across Settings
• Specific Issues
• WWW Links

13. Crisis Intervention:

• Concept of Crisis
• Crisis Definition
• Loss of Attachments
• Signs of Crisis (symptoms)
• Behaviors in Major Disasters,
• Personal Crises (family and marital, death, victimization, employment, and retirement).
• Crisis Interventions
• Impact on Crisis Worker
• Goals and Objectives.

210-231 (Mehr)



 

232-252 (Mehr)
 

Week 7
07/23 - 07/29

• Types of Prevention (primary secondary, and tertiary).
• Social Interventions
• Personal Interventions
• Negative Personal Environments
• Agency Action Plans
• Trends in Social Intervention
• Definition of terms
• Characteristics of Indigenous Workers.
• Characteristics of Peer Therapy
• Characteristics of Parahelpers and Mutual help Groups
• Pros and Cons of Mutual Help Group

15. Social Control, Human Rights, Ethics, and Law.

• Law and Behavior
• Impact of Law on Human Services
• The Therapeutic State
• Human Rights & Human Services (voluntary/involuntary, due process and equal proctection, right to service and right to refuse, least restrictive intervention, confidentiality, and duty to warn).
• Bill of Rights & Ethical Standards.

253-290 (Mehr)

Hogan chapter 4




290-305 (Mehr)

Required Project Paper and Extra Credit Assignments due in the Distance Learning Department on or before last scheduled day of the course.

Review Final Examination

Take Final Examination
online by Friday of this week.

Week 8
07/30 - 08/05