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  • BHHS 195: Practicum I

    3.00 Credits
    Community College of Philadelphia

    3-12-3 This is the first of two practicum courses. Students will spend twelve hours per week in a field placement related to their area of interest for the purpose of learning to work directly with clients. In addition, students will meet in groups for two hours every other week for the purpose of discussing field placement and making presentations related to clients and agency. When needed, students may also meet individually with the faculty supervisor. Special emphasis will be placed on assisting students to apply their understanding of helping to their practicum experience. Prereq: BHHS 111 Prerequisite:    BHHS 111
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  • BHHS 205: Interpersonal Group Dynamics

    3.00 Credits
    Community College of Philadelphia

    Interpersonal Group Dynamics offers a unique experience for students to learn how they are perceived in their interactions with others. In this course students identify and apply group concepts to prepare them to participate in an experiential learning lab (T-Group) that focuses on the ''here and now'' behavior of the entire group, or between members. An essential component of the course is for students to develop and practice effective communication skills (speaking to be heard and listening to understand), risk taking, self-disclosure, giving and receiving feedback. Additional skill development in observation, documentation and leadership will also be emphasized. Students will also examine theories including those that focus on diversity, equity and inclusion in groups.
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  • BHHS 212: Resolution-Focused Help Skills

    3.00 Credits
    Community College of Philadelphia

    3-0-3 BHHS 212 introduces students to the values, concepts, vocabulary, knowledge base and practice skills of time- sensitive approaches to helping relationships. The cultural and historical factors that have shaped time-limited approaches to treatment are emphasized. The course addresses how people change, extratherapeutic factors and clinician specific variables that predict successful outcomes in helping relationships. Motivational interviewing and resolution-focused models of helping are introduced and specific skill sets are practiced through role-plays, supervision, and audio and video-recording. Students learn to work with individuals of varying ages and abilities in a variety of behavioral health settings and with groups using skill sets such as assessing readiness, identifying key challenges, establishing goals and taking specifi action steps. This course is a continuation of BHHS 111, Intro to Helping Skills. Prereq: BHHS 111. Prerequisite:    BHHS 111.
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  • BHHS 213: Practicum II

    3.00 Credits
    Community College of Philadelphia

    3-12-3 This is the second of two practicum courses in which students work directly with clients. Students spend 12 hours per week (156 hours per semester) in a field placement. during class time, students develop the ability to make meaningful connections between direct practice experience and classroom knowledge especially as it relates to utilizing resolution-focused helping skills, increasing competence at managing personal responses to client issues and developing skills related to professional identity. Prereq: C grade or higher in BHHS 195. Co-Requisite Course: BHHS 212 Prerequisite:    C grade or higher in BHHS 195. Co-Requisite Course: BHHS 212
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  • BHHS 241: Crisis Intervention

    3.00 Credits
    Community College of Philadelphia

    3-0-3 Prepares students to give immediate help to people experiencing crises. Applies a short-term crisis intervention model for assessing and helping persons regain equilibrium during these crises experiences. Simulations and role-playing activities are used to model crisis intervention with situations such as: post-traumatic stress disorder, suicide, sexual assault, partner battering, addictions, and personal loss.
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  • BHHS 261: Develop Disa Support Svcs

    3.00 Credits
    Community College of Philadelphia

    3-0-3 Students will gain specific knowledge and skills that will assist them in better understanding and serving the unique needs of adults with developmental disabilities. Students will learn to employ assessment techniques, programming strategies, goal planning, and life skills training that support self-advocacy, productivity, and community and family inclusion of individuals with developmental disabilities. Prerequisite: BHHS 161: Introduction to Disabilities Prerequisite:    BHHS 161: Introduction to Disabilities
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  • BHHS 277: Beh Devel & Soc Proc of Aging

    3.00 Credits
    Community College of Philadelphia

    3-0-3 Focus on the biological, psychological and social issues affecting older adults. Application of research findings to practice and policy. Case study approach. Required for the Gerontology Certificate. Prerequisite: BHHS 171 or equivalent or permission of the Coordinator. Prerequisite:    BHHS 171 or equivalent or permission of the Coordinator.
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  • BHHS 291: Theories of Counseling

    3.00 Credits
    Community College of Philadelphia

    3-0-3 Students will study the major traditions in Counseling including the psychoanalytic, behavioral and humanistic. Emphasis will be on understanding the theoretical basis for the different approaches to helping. Students will observe demonstrations of different approaches and discuss how what is being learned can be incorporated into the practice of a skilled helper. In addition, students will become familiar with the values and ethics of the helping professions. This course can only be taken with BHHS 292 or with special permission of the curriculum supervisor. Prerequisite: C grade or higher in BHHS 194 and BHHS 195. Prerequisite:    C grade or higher in BHHS 194 and BHHS 195.
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  • BHHS 293: Family/Relationship Counseling

    3.00 Credits
    Community College of Philadelphia

    3-0-3 This course focuses on counseling skills necessary to work with families and couples from a systems approach. Students will have an opportunity to practice the skills they learned in BHHS 111. They will apply those skills to relationships, including families and couples. In addition, class time will be devoted to learning about multicultural and diversity issues involved in working with families. Prereq: BHHS 111. Prerequisite:    BHHS 111.
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  • BHHS 294: Practicum in BHHS III

    4.00 Credits
    Community College of Philadelphia

    0-12-2 This is the last of three practicum courses. Students will spend 12 hours per week in a field placement related to their area of interest for the purpose of learning to work directly with clients. In addition, students will meet with a faculty supervisor for a 45 minute conference every other week for the purpose of planning and reviewing their field experience. This course can only be taken with BHHS 293 or with special permission of the Curriculum Coordinator. Prerequisite: C grade or higher in BHHS 194 and BHHS 195. Prerequisite:    C grade or higher in BHHS 194 and BHHS 195.
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