Human Services (HMS) at Wytheville Community College
Distance Learning
Time of Day
Term
- HMS 100 - Introduction to Human Services
- Introduces human service agencies, roles and careers. Presents an historical perspective of the field as it relates to human services today. Additional topics include values clarification and needs of target populations.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - HMS 121 - Basic Counseling Skills I
- Develops skills needed to function in a helping relationship. Emphasizes skills in attending, listening and responding. Clarifies personal skill strengths, deficits and goals for skill improvement.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - HMS 122 - Basic Counseling Skills II
- Expands the development of counseling skills needed to function effectively in a helping relationship. Emphasizes skills in responding, personalizing, summarizing and initiating. Clarifies personal skill strengths, deficits and goals for skill improvement. Develops plans for achieving personal and program goals.Lecture 3 hours per work.
3 credits - HMS 150 - Activities Documentation and Programming
- Introduces the student to the documentation process in long term care which serves as the foundation for developing quality activity programs designed to meet the needs of the clients.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - HMS 162 - Communication Skills for Human Services Professionals
- Covers basic written and verbal communication skills, including, listening skills, interviewing techniques, and completing written documentation to professional standards.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - HMS 190 - Coordinated Internship
- Supervises on-the-job training in selected business, industrial or service firms coordinated by the college.Credit/practice ratio not to exceed 1:5 hours. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - HMS 195 - Topics In
- Provides an opportunity to explore topical areas of interest to or needed by students.May be used also for special honors courses. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - HMS 220 - Addiction and Prevention
- Examines the impact of drugs and addiction on individuals and their families. Explores the myths about various drugs and their benefit or lack of benefit.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - HMS 228 - Productive Problem-Solving
- Develops problem-solving and program-development skills needed to function in helping relationships. Emphasizes skills-training within the classroom and application of the skills in other settings.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - HMS 251 - Substance Abuse I
- Provides knowledge, skills, and insight for working in drug and alcohol abuse programs. Emphasizes personal growth and client growth measures in helping relationships. Stresses various methods of individual and group techniques for helping the substance abuser.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - HMS 252 - Substance Abuse II
- Expands knowledge and skill in working with the substance abuser. Focuses on assisting substance abusers in individual and group settings and explores client treatment modalities. May provide opportunities for field experience in treatment centers.Lecture 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: HMS 251.3 credits - HMS 260 - Substance Abuse Counseling
- Provides an understanding of the skills of guidance of clients and those associated with being an advocate. Examines the dynamics of the client/counselor relationship in developing treatment plans and empowerment skills.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - HMS 290 - Coordinated Internship
- Supervises on-the-job training in selected business, industrial or service firms coordinated by the college.Credit/practice ratio not to exceed 1:5 hours. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits