Courses
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Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA)
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- ACOA
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This course allows students to address issues they or their clients may have as a result of having parents who engaged in addictive behaviours.
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One to One Counselling
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- ACT1
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This course will give students an understanding of human development (life cycle), with increased knowledge and appropriate skills to become a more effective counselor.
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Family Dynamics
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- ACT2
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This course will provide students with instruction on theories of complex family dynamics.
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Group Dynamics
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- ACT3
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This course will provide instruction to help students understand how groups function.
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Suicide Prevention & Grieving
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- ACT4
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This course provides a hands-on introduction to suicide prevention.
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Culture & Traditional Values
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- ACT5
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This course provides students with an opportunity to examine their own values and beliefs about traditional culture and spirituality.
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Aboriginal Peoples & Communities Workshop
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- APC
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This is a two day training course for Alberta Health Services/Funded Agency employees.
Topics include:
- Aboriginal Culture and Practices in Contemporary Counseling for Addictions
- Aboriginal Philosophies and their practices
- Impact of historical events of Aboriginal community
- Journey of Tobacco – What is protocol?
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Communication & Ethics
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- CAT1
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This course will provide an orientation to training as well as professional and personal ethics related to the role of addictions counselors in communities.
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Addictions
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- CAT2
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This course will provide the student with the knowledge to understand the process of addictions for the individual: the symptoms and physical effects of alcohol and drug abuse, and the categories of drugs.
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Family disease
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- CAT3
- Description
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This course will provide knowledge needed to understand the impact of alcoholism and addiction on all members of the family. Students learn how family members enable the alcoholic to continue to drink and to protect him/her from his/her addiction.
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Assessment & Intervention
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- CAT4
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Students enrolled in this course will be provided with instruction to develop the knowledge and skills needed to assess the readiness of the alcoholic and family members to enter treatment.
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Personal growth
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- CAT7
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This course will give the students an opportunity to examine aspects of personal growth related to their own lives as well as those of their clients.
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Prevention
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- CAT8
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The students will be provided with instruction to develop the knowledge to design a community prevention program for Aboriginal youth.
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Health Promotions
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- CWW101
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This course examines current Canadian Health Promotion Models. Resiliency theory, health determinants, and health promotion strategies and frameworks are introduced and discussed.
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Communicate Effectively
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- CWW102
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This course concentrates on the principles and skills of effective communication, which includes useful skills in speaking and listening.
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Professional Development
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- CWW103
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This course examines professional development from a personal perspective. Students will examine their own values and principles related to work and the impact values have on a community wellness worker.
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Child Development
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- CWW104
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This course concentrates on the development cycle of the healthy child from prenatal to adolescence and its relevance to wellness work.
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Working with Family and Community
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- CWW105
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This course examines the family from a variety of perspectives including: family systems theory, stages of family development, stages of marriage, genograms, family communication patterns, and other models of family development.
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