Counseling & Human Services Course> Atlanta Christian College
CHS 437 Conflict Management (2)
A study of skills and strategies for the effective intervention and resolution of conflict, with applications in a variety of personal, interpersonal, group, and organizational contexts. Prerequisite: PSY 103 or SOC 103.
Counseling & Human Services Course> Atlanta Christian College
CHS 420 Counseling Children I (3)
An overview of counseling methods and theories, practice in counseling children through role play sessions, and discussion of practical applications of counseling methods with children. Prerequisite: SOC 103, PSY 204, and
CHS 211. (1st) CHS 421 Counseling Children II (2)
A continuation of CHS 420. A practicum is involved. Prerequisite: CHS 420.
Counseling & Human Services Course> Atlanta Christian College
CHS 417 Counseling Adolescents (2)
A study of many significant issues facing the adolescent with emphasis on counseling in a ministry environment. Same as YTH 417. Prerequisite: SOC 103, PSY 204, CHS 211. (1st, alternating years)
Counseling & Human Services Course> Atlanta Christian College
CHS 413 Counseling the Elderly (2)
A course designed to explore the unique stresses of dealing with aging parents, retirement, lower
incomes, long term illness, and ways of offering help in these tough times. Prerequisite: CHS 211.
Counseling & Human Services Course> Atlanta Christian College
CHS 410 Family Counseling (3)
A course to consider the family as a system in which each member influences and is influenced by other
members. Healthy and unhealthy relationships will be explored with some understandings of how each
develops. Prerequisite: SOC 103, PSY 204, and CHS 211. (2nd, alternating years)
Counseling & Human Services Course> Atlanta Christian College
CHS 396 Counseling Theory and Procedures (3)
A survey of various counseling theories and an evaluation of these theories from a Christian perspective.
Prerequisite: PSY 204 and CHS 211. (2nd)
Counseling & Human Services Course> Atlanta Christian College
CHS 392 Careers in Helping Professions (2)
A course which exposes a student to career opportunities in various fields of Counseling & Human Services. Prerequisite: CHS 211. (2nd)
Counseling & Human Services Course> Atlanta Christian College
CHS 345 Case Management (2)
A study of the practice of case management, describing how service providers assess needs of the client and family as well as arrange, coordinate, advocate for, monitor, and evaluate the package of multiple services designed to meet the client’s needs. Prerequisite: CHS 341 or permission.
Counseling & Human Services Course> Atlanta Christian College
CHS 343 Communication Skills for Social Services (2)
This course focuses on the usual communication patterns between the social work generalist and client systems, emphasizing the true meaning of good communication in the process of problem solving through both written and oral communication. The role of technology in facilitating and managing communication is examined for its application to social work. Prerequisite: CHS 211 or CHS 341.
Counseling & Human Services Course> Atlanta Christian College
CHS 341 Introduction to Social Work (3)
An introductory course in which students learn about the profession of social work as well as the populations and issues that concern social workers. Students will examine the characteristics, function, and requirements of social work as a profession. Prerequisite: PSY 103 or SOC 103.