Program Description
This program is designed to prepare students to work with children, adolescents or adults with mental, emotional or physical handicaps in a variety of settings, such as residential and day schools, group homes, crisis intervention centers, youth correctional facilities and special needs day care centers. Skills for working with persons with special needs are developed through study and practical field experience. Emphasis also is placed on the personal growth and development of the individual student as it relates to their work with clients. Graduates of the program are qualified as human services generalists. Graduates may transfer credits from this program to a variety of senior colleges offering a baccalaureate degree in such fields as social work, psychology and human services.
The Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.) degree is awarded upon completion of the requirements for this program.
Upon completion of this program students will be able to:
- Identify components of the Human Services Delivery System including:
- The roles of the various members of the service delivery team.
- Client assessment/referral/advocacy continuum.
- The historical perspective and future trends of the Human Services field.
- Demonstrate application of the strength-based approach in the client-centered counseling process.
- Display an understanding, self-awareness and respect for the diversity among clients, colleagues and society as a whole.
- Exhibit the ability to use technology as a professional tool and to have an understanding of its impact on the field of Human Services, its clients and agencies.
Courses should be selected in consultation with an advisor.
For requirements, see Program Map.
| Course Hours Per Week | Semester Hours | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Class | Lab | Credit | |
| BHS-110 | INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN SERVICES | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| CHC-103 | CHLD CARE & YTH PRACTCM I | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| ENG-101 | COMPOSITION I | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| PSY-111 | INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| PSY-102 | INTERVWNG/COUNSELING SKILLS | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Credit Hours | 13 | 4 | 14 | |
| Second Semester | Class | Lab | Credit | |
| BHS-103 | SOCIAL PROBLMS IN TODAY'S WRLD | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| CHC-104 | CHLD CARE & YTH PRCTCM II | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| ENG-102 | COMPOSITION II | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| MAT-109 | SURVEY OF MATHEMATICS | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| PSY-134 | GROUP DYNAMICS | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| PSY-203 | DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Credit Hours | 16 | 4 | 17 | |
| Third Semester | Class | Lab | Credit | |
| CHC-203 | CHLD CARE-YTH PRCTCM III | 1 | 8 | 3 |
| ECO 105, GOV 121, HIS 104 OR HIS 108 | 3 | |||
| PSY-202 | THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTN SKILLS | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| PSY-235 | PSYCHOLOGY OF EXCEPTIONALITY | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Science (a) | 4 | |||
| Credit Hours | 7 | 8 | 16 | |
| Fourth Semester | Class | Lab | Credit | |
|
SPE 100 or |
3 | |||
| PSY-207 | CREATIVE ARTS THERAPY | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| BHS-245 | ISSUES & ETHICS IN HMN SRVCS | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| CHC-206 | CHLD CARE & YTH PRCTCM IV | 1 | 8 | 3 |
| Free Elective (b) | 3-4 | |||
| Credit Hours | 7 | 8 | 15-16 | |
| Total Required Minimum Semester Hours Credit | 62 | |||
NOTES
- All CHC students are required to submit a completed physical examination form prior to field placement. All immunizations indicated on the form must be current. When this form is on file, the College Health Office will issue a waiver clearing the student for field placement. Hepatitis B Vaccine series is highly recommended and may be required by the placement site under the OSHA Standard on Exposure to Blood borne Pathogens.
- Transportation to and from practicum sites is the responsibility of all students in the program, including those in the dorm. If you do not have a car, please be sure that you are able to find alternate means of transportation.
a. Science: Any four-credit courses listed in SUNY General Education: Natural Sciences
category meets this requirement.
b. Read a full discussion of the free elective requirement. The subject area for Child Care includes all courses labeled CHC.