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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
COUN 91 | Title:
HUMAN SERV SKILLS & TECH |
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| Full Title:
Skills and Techniques in Human Services |
| Last Reviewed:2/27/2023 |
| Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
| Maximum | 3.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 3.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 52.50 |
| Minimum | 3.00 | Lab Scheduled | 0 | 17.5 min. | Lab Scheduled | 0 |
| | Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| | Contact Total | 3.00 | | Contact Total | 52.50 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 105.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade Only
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
GUID 91
Catalog Description:
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An introduction to interview techniques on behalf of clients and Human Service agencies. Sensitivity and awareness of the needs of the client during an interview will be stressed. The course will cover interviewing children, the disabled and the aged.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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Students will develop methods and techniques used in intake and interviewing.
(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
| Associate Degree: | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1999 | Inactive: | |
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| UC Transfer: | | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Certificate Applicable Course
COURSE CONTENT
Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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Students will:
1. Identify and define the elements that constitute a counseling
session.
2. Identify and define the skills and techniques of information
gathering and interviewing.
3. Define and role play effective communication skills in human
services.
4. Research and identify social cues that require referral to more
highly skilled professionals.
5. Identify techniques that enable effective service delivery to
diverse groups.
6. Research and analyze ethical and professional issues in a human
service setting.
7. Identify and define case management skills and techniques.
8. Identify methods of evaluating human services agency effectiveness.
9. Research and analyze biases, stereotypes and assumptions.
Topics and Scope
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Introduction of Assumptions
Early Social Intervention
Background Concept of Culture
Structure of the Interview
First and Last Session
Case Management, Record Keeping and Report Writing
Effective Listening Skills
Information Gathering Techniques
Values of an Effective Human Services Worker
Model and Role Play, Effective Human Services Techniques, Ethics and
Confidentiality.
Perceptual Bias and Appropriate Responses
Assignments:
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Required reading assignment:
Textbook: thirty pages per week.
Three outside reading assignments.
Required writing assignment:
Three short papers on interviewing.
Three-page paper evaluating three counseling sessions.
One oral presentation of at least ten minutes.
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
| Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing
10 - 80% |
| Written homework, Reading reports, Essay exams, Term papers, Evaluation papers | |
| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
5 - 40% |
| Homework problems, Exams | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
5 - 35% |
| Class performances, Performance exams | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
5 - 40% |
| Essay | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
5 - 25% |
| Attendance | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Effective Helping; Fifth Edition; by Barbara F. Okun, 1996.
Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy;by
Irvin D. Yalom, M.D.; 1989.
Crisis Intervention Strategies, 3rd Edition; by Burl E. Gilliland and
Richard K. James, 1997.
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