Alcohol, Drug, and Human Services
15 courses · College of the Siskiyous · 2026-2027 Catalog
Classes: Fall 2026 · Spring 2027
ADHS 1001 Introduction to Human Services
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 3 hours lecture weekly, 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course is an introduction to the broad spectrum of human services. The course includes an exploration of the history, theories of human service practice, and the impact of legislative mandates upon program planning for human service delivery. The course will present a study of the human service delivery systems with regards to policy and procedure, cultural competency, the politics and economics of the system and evaluation of the legal and social issues.
ADHS 1010 Introduction to Chemical Dependency
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 3 hours lecture weekly, 54 contact hours total
- Advisory
- ENGL 1001 (College Composition) ENGL 1001 an advisory
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course presents an overview of Chemical Dependency. Students will be introduced to concepts and application of theories, research, and treatment related to chemical dependency. Students will gain an understanding of addiction as a biopsychosocial process that has individual, family, and societal consequences, and will gain an understanding of a full range of intervention, treatment, and prevention strategies, and will examine public policies. The course will include a survey of the history and theories of substance use.
ADHS 1011 Community Outreach and Referral
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 3 hours lecture weekly, 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU
Students will explore the concepts of community outreach and referral as it relates to the field of human services: community agencies and resource availability, community education and prevention approaches, prevention training methods, advocacy techniques, referral process, assessing the needs for community services.
ADHS 1013 Relapse Prevention
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 3 hours lecture weekly, 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course will review the dynamics of relapse prevention as it relates to substance use and behavioral addictions. It will delineate the role of aftercare in the treatment process, the role and importance of client follow up, stages of relapse, discuss addiction theories and behavioral components of change including family roles. This course will review the stages of recovery and address the current practices of treatment.
ADHS 1025 Conflict Management and Negotiation
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 3 hours lecture weekly, 54 contact hours total
- Advisory
- ENGL 1001 (College Composition) Specifically APA writing guidelines
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course is designed to prepare students to effectively handle conflict both inside and outside the workplace. The course will focus on anger management, communication skills, consensus building, and negotiations within the Alcohol and Drug and Human Services field.
ADHS 1515 Physiological and Pharmacological Aspects of Substance Abuse
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 3 hours lecture weekly, 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course will survey the physiological and pharmacology aspects of psychoactive substance use and abuse. Major areas of inquiry include theories of alcohol and other drug addiction, the classification of psychoactive drugs and their effects within the human body; tolerance, cross tolerance, synergistic effects and withdrawal and will review physiological differences between males and females.
ADHS 1517 Law and Ethics for Helping Professions
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 3 hours lecture weekly, 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course will survey current legal sanctions, specific issues regarding legal responsibilities, clients rights, and state and federal regulations for human service professionals. This course will overview codes of ethics for alcohol and drug and human services, including scope of practice, confidentiality, boundary issues, ethical dilemmas, use of supervision, models of community and client prevention, education and advocacy. This course will overview client engagement: screening, intervention and referral.
ADHS 1521 Identity and Cultural Awareness
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 3 hours lecture weekly, 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU
The goal of this course is to provide students with an awareness of human diversity and will include race, ethnicity, culture, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Students will explore the dynamics of diversity, privilege, and oppression in domestic and global contexts. Building on standard models of multicultural competence that emphasize knowledge, awareness, and skills, students will be introduced to cultural humility, culturally specific approaches to practice, and frameworks for equity and empowerment.
ADHS 1525 Personal and Professional Growth
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 3 hours lecture weekly, 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course covers the personal and professional aspects in the field of alcohol, drug and human services. This course will address the signs and symptoms of counselor burnout, develop awareness of personal strengths and limitations, and increase skills for self-care. Students will explore ethical and professional standards, certification requirements, professional associations and application of the ethics code to professional behavior for alcohol and drug counselors, as well as human service workers.
ADHS 1526 Individual, Group and Family Counseling
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 3 hours lecture weekly, 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course will examine counseling approaches, interviewing techniques, and purposes of counseling groups and individuals. Students will gain insight into theories of family interaction and roles of the chemically dependent family and techniques for motivating family involvement in the treatment process.
ADHS 2018 Case Management
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 3 hours lecture weekly, 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course will engage the student in case management which will include: intake and the assessment process for differing populations; psychosocial histories, screening, treatment planning, mental health and co-occurring issues, factors related to cultural competence, advocacy and agency linkage/collaborations, confidentiality, client termination, and resource and referral process. This course will discuss topics of suicide, child abuse, elder abuse, sexual abuse, domestic violence and crisis interventions.
ADHS 2020 Alcohol and Drug/Human Services Practicum
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 3 hours lecture weekly, 54 contact hours total
- Prerequisite
- Students can enroll in course only with department permission.
- Transfers to
- CSU
As part of the ADHS Certificate of Achievement (COA), this course provides students the opportunity to develop knowledge, understanding, and competency in the field of human services, and emphasizes the concepts gained through course prerequisites and supports the student working under supervised field experience in a community agency. Students must have completed at least 13 semester units of the COA coursework (see the ADHS college website for a description of the certificate), and must contact the Office of Career and Technical Education to confirm their eligibility. Students must begin their practicum in an approved agency at the start of this practicum course, have one year from the end of this course to complete their practicum hours, and all practicum hours must be signed off by the student’s instructor and agency supervisor within this time frame.
ADHS 2526 Understanding Disability
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 3 hours lecture weekly, 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course provides a survey of diverse disability conditions that occur throughout the human lifespan and explores the history and culture of the disability experience in the United States. This course explores historical and contemporary perspectives on the definition of disability. Students will examine rights, prejudices, and core social and ethical issues that influence the experience of disability within American culture.
ADHS 2540 Society and Aging
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 3 hours lecture weekly, 54 contact hours total
- Advisory
- ENGL C1000 (Academic Reading and Writing) Writing skills and APA writing format
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course will examine the social, physical, and political aspects of an aging society. The course provides the basics of Gerontology (the study of aging) through lecture, research, and experiential involvement. Analysis of the relationship between age and such variables as gender, race, ethnicity, class, marital and health status will also be examined.
ADHS 2949 Work Experience
- Units
- 0
- Transfers to
- CSU
Occupational Work Experience is supervised employment extending classroom-based occupational learning at an on-the-job learning station relating to the student's educational or occupational goal. Students can earn a maximum of 16 semester units, .5-4 units/semester.