Chemical Dependency Counseling: A.A.S.

FIRST YEAR

SECOND YEAR

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS: 64 CREDITS

Notes

Students must take two Writing Emphasis W courses after ENG 110 and before ENG 220.

¹Criteria for Internships:

Academic performance is not the only criterion for entrance into the internship component of the program. Professional and experiential considerations determine the appropriateness, performance expectations, and overall suitability of potential student interns. The coordinator and the chairperson of the Psychology, and Human Services Department and the ASA faculty may determine that a given student is not personally ready for internship in a given semester, even though that student has completed all the academic prerequisites for the course, and may not permit the student access to the internship until the problem in question has been adequately addressed.

Additionally, field supervisors at the provider agency may reject a candidate at the application interview for reasons they deem clinically appropriate and which they determine would make the student inappropriate for placement in that agency at that time, e.g., students not being able to comply with agency schedule. Field supervisors may also remove a student already accepted at any time during the internship if it is determined that the student is resistant to supervision, or poses a potential threat/danger to clients, or violates any aspect of the ethical code of conduct.

REQUIRED PRIOR TO INTERNSHIP:

1. Physical Exam
2. TB test (PPD) and any follow up recommendations relative to the results
3. Rubella titer test and Rubella immunization if titer is negative
4. Hepatitus B immunization or a signed declination statement

TRANSPORTATION RELATED TO INTERNSHIP PLACEMENT: Students will be responsible for providing their own transportation to agencies where they are assigned for clinical internship. Attempts will be made to accommodate clinical placement preferences when feasible and when academically appropriate. However, students should be prepared to travel to their internship placement when and wherever necessary.

FOLLOWING CLINICAL AGENCY POLICY DURING INTERNSHIP PLACEMENT: Students will be expected to comply with clinical agency policies in order to gain and maintain internship status. Such policies may include, for example, testing for tuberculosis, drug screening or policies about intern/employee drug use.

Registration is predicated on the number of internships available each semester that ASA 310/320 is offered. No guarantee exists that the number of internships will be equal to the number of students eligible for placement. The coordinator of the Chemical Dependency Program and the Chairperson of the Department of Psychology and Human Services reserve the right to deny a student an internship due to a lack of availability of a placement.