Student Learning Outcomes

• Students will be able to identify and describe current evidence based practices in the treatment of addictions. (MO)
• Students successfully completing AD 2 will be able to describe and explain different theories relative to the etiology of addiction.
• Students will be able to describe the impact of drugs and alcohol on society as a whole. (MO)
• Students successfully completing AD 2 will be able to describe the behavioral, psychological, physiological, and social effects of specific psychoactive substances on the user
• Students will demonstrate an understanding of the basic metabolic and neurological processes involved in psychoactive drug use, including synergistic effects and risk factors.
• Students will express familiarity with the medical and pharmacological resources available in the treatment of substance use disorders
• Students will demonstrate basic competency in screening clients for psychoactive substance toxicity, intoxication, and withdrawal symptoms