MENTAL HEALTH & ADDICTIONS ASSOCIATE CERTIFICATE
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Program Courses Contacts

ADD 184 - INTRODUCTION TO ADDICTION JENNY LATREMOUILLE

This course is designed as an introduction to the Enrolment Officer

study of addiction, both substance and behavioural. Phone: 250.365.1233 ext 21233

Current research in the pharmacological, Direct: _ ; ; ;
physiological, social and spiritual causes of addiction Email: admissions@selkirk.ca, jlatremouille@
are considered as well as current models for selkirk.ca

understanding dependence, recovery and relapse.

Students learn how the addictive process is assessed TERESA PETRICK

and treated based on the physical, emotional, social School Chair

and spiritual needs of the client. Family support, Phone: 250.365.7292 ext 21442
self-help programs, harm reduction and current Direct: 250.365.1442,

trends in addictive substances and behaviours are Email: tpetrick@selkirk.ca
also explored.

On-Line in the Fall & On Campus in the Winter

Introduction to Addiction can be taken on-line in the
fall or on campus in the winter. The fall online option
is open to part-time students.

Pre-requisites: ENGL 12 or equivalent.

HSER 257 - MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES:
PRACTICAL RESPONSES

Practical Responses to Mental Health and Addictions
Problems, provides instruction in a variety of
rehabilitative and treatment modalities used in work
with marginalized populations. Attitudes toward
mental health and substance use problems and how
they impact helper effectiveness are explored in a
supportive milieu. Evidence-based practices such

as Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Harm Reduction
are used as frameworks for the development of
skills and knowledge. Students are introduced to
strategies for overcoming stigma and supporting
client empowerment in a variety of community and
facility settings.

Pre-requisites: ENGL 12 or equivalent

HSER 600 - MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING
- BRIEF INTERVENTIONS AND
SUPPORT STRATEGIES WORKSHOP

This 12-hour lecture format exponential workshop
is designed to provide practitioners and students
with basic Motivational Interviewing Skills in order
to enhance the effectiveness of their work with both
mental health, addiction and concurrent conditions
in a variety of settings. Motivational Interviewing

is a directive, clients centered counseling style

for eliciting behaviour change by helping clients

to explore and resolve ambivalence. It is both
client-centered and goal-directed, and complements
most theoretical approaches and styles in the helping
professions.

This has 2 six hour modules face-to-face.

Pre-requisites: ENGL 12 or equivalent.

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