Personalize learning with MyLab Counseling Created specifically for Counseling students and instructors, MyLab(tm) Counseling is designed to support students'' mastery and application of the skills they''ll need for successful careers in Counseling. Features include: Learning outcomes and standards to measure student results. MyLab Counseling organizes all assignments around essential learning outcomes and the CACREP standards--enabling easy course alignment and reporting. Video- and case-based exercises to develop students'' decision-making skills. Video- and case-based exercises introduce students to a broader range of clients, and therefore a broader range of presenting problems, than they will encounter in their own pre-professional clinical experiences. These exercises help students develop the techniques and decision-making skills they need to effectively work with clients before they are in a critical situation with a real client. Licensure quizzes to help students prepare for certification. Automatically graded, multiple-choice licensure quizzes help students prepare for certification examinations, master foundational course content, and improve their course performance.
A video library with a wealth of observation opportunities. The video library provides a searchable database of more than 400 video clips of counseling sessions, ethical scenarios, and interviews with helpers and clients organized by course area. This allows students to see a variety of counseling theories and techniques in action, increase their observation time, and improve their analysis skills. Additional text features and benefits include: A clear, accessible, practical approach that resonates with readers. A step-by-step guide through the process of working with substance-abuse clients that addresses how to measure the substance abuse problem and how to treat the individuals and families involved. Stand-alone chapters which are designed so that students and counselors can use the information as it''s presented, or simply turn to the information as needed. UPDATED: Illustrative case studies with critical-thinking questions that provide opportunities for readers to examine and discuss a wide variety of situations. Every chapter includes new cases with additional critical-thinking exercises related to that chapter topic.
Updated and new coverage that incorporates current practices and trends in the field includes: NEW: A new chapter on behavioral addictions which reflects the addition of gambling as an addiction in the DSM-5 and the prevalence of other dysfunctional behaviors in today''s society. UPDATED: Information on the use and cost of use statistics (Chapter 1). NEW: Information that covers ethical issues concerning the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act (Chapter 2). NEW: Integrated Approach as a new theoretical model (Chapter 4). REVISED: New assessment and diagnostic information and information on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Parity Act and the Affordable Care Act on substance use treatment (Chapter 6). NEW: Addiction Society of America diagnostic and treatment criteria and new pharmacotherapy information (Chapter 7). UPDATED: Claudia Black''s concept of family roles is reintroduced (Chapter 9). UPDATED: Substantial changes to the LGBTQ section and a new section on counseling military and immigrants with substance use issues (Chapter 11).
NEW: A new socioeconomic impact of substance use section (Chapter 12). UPDATED: Completely revised terminology that matches the changes in the DSM-5 criteria for assessment and diagnosis. UPDATED: Ethical codes are aligned to the latest revision. REVISED: Updated research references and statistics.