HSP 1010 - Introduction to Human Services and Community Resources

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This class provides an overview of the helping professions, and working within helping agencies. Students examine the attitudes, values, and skills essential to becoming an effective Human Services Professional. Factors essential to those working in the helping professions including working with various cultural groups, understanding and interacting with populations having infectious diseases (especially HIV infection), ethics, and political involvement of agencies are important components of the course. Students completing HSP 1010 will have completed eight clock hours of HIV/AIDS education required for certification as substance abuse counselors.