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Click on the name of an online human services graduate course to view the detailed information; you can also find out about the college or university offering the category by clicking on "School's Profile". |
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Families, Systems and Healthcare (HS869) |
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Human Services |
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Capella University |
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This course examines consequences of adequate or inadequate health care upon the family system in America. Today's families, composed of parents, grandparents, and children, as well as extended family members who live in or out of the home, all operate as subsystems of familes where each member affects and is affected by every other family member. When health crises occur in familes, then, the health care system becomes a subsystem of those families which affects each and every part of the family. This course explores information on functional and dysfunctional features of public and private health care and how they contribute to family health or dysfunction. |
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Family in Crisis (CSL6822) |
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Human Services |
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Amberton University |
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The course presents the philosophical and theoretical bases of the helping process. Emphasis is placed on understanding the major counseling theories, basic helping skills, and applications to diverse populations. Techniques and methods from each counseling perspective will be demonstrated and practiced under faculty supervision. A major focus is on the application of the theories and methods of individual, group, and family counseling in schools and mental health settings. The course also includes professional, ethical, and legal issues related specifically to the counseling and guidance process. |
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Family Systems Approach to Compulsive and Addictive Behavior (HS875) |
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Human Services |
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Capella University |
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This course focuses on the specific issues involved in systematically-oriented treatment of the compulsive or addictive client. Issues covered are: family assessment, engaging the family in treatment, treatment planning, working with family resistance, boundary issues in family therapy and development of a cohesive clinical orientation based on current research and theory. |
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Family Therapy: Theories and Methods (HS877) |
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Human Services |
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Capella University |
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This course provides a comparative study of the prominent schools of thought within the field of marriage and family therapy, their tenets, therapeutic strategies, and techniques. Structural, strategic, transgenerational, behavioral, communication, and analytical approaches to marriage and family therapy are discussed. |
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Financial Analysis and Reporting for Non-Profit Executives (HS8108) |
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Human Services |
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Capella University |
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Techniques and principles of financial analysis and management, including budgeting, finance and investment decision making, revenue management, internal control, and cost management for the non-profit organization are presented. Current economic thinking about the role of non-profit organizations in a market economy, cross-subsidization and competition, and cost-benefit analysis are also considered. Additionally, timely financial issues, transactions, and trends in non-profit finance are analyzed. These include innovative financing techniques, complicated organizational structures, mergers, and bankruptcy. Database and spreadsheet scenarios and sensitivity analysis of finance topics, through the use of analytical models, are used to create effective tools for financial decision making. Prior knowledge in the areas of accounting, finance, and familiarity with financial statements is expected. |
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Financial Analysis in the Health Care System (HS8116) |
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Human Services |
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Capella University |
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Financial Analysis in the Health Care System |
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Foundations of Addictive and Compulsive Behavior (HS5108) |
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Human Services |
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Capella University |
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This course examines theory and research that guides treatment for addictive and compulsive behavior disorders. Traditional and non-traditional interventions are reviewed as applied to inpatient, outpatient, and community based treatment methods for individuals, families, and groups. Assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning and evaluation, as well as emerging issues in the field, are considered. |
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Fundamentals to Social Research (HS8100) |
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Human Services |
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Capella University |
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This course introduces students to social science research; particularly, in the context of human services and social work practice. The overall goals of the course are twofold. First, the course will assist students to be educated consumers of research; that is, to be able to critically evaluate published research and utilize research findings in their practice. Second, the course will also prepare students to design research studies in their fields of interest. Therefore, major concepts and techniques of social science research will be examined, including: problem formulation, identification of variables, literature review, research design, sampling, definition and measurement of study variables, instrument construction, and data collection and analyses. |
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Funding Challenges for Urban Schools (HS8401) |
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Human Services |
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Capella University |
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Focusing on the causes for continuous marginalization of inner-city school children, this course examines educational goals, ideological rationales, the paucity of educational reform and the incumbent economic realities. It evaluates prevailing criticisms of teacher education, funding for schools, community tax bases, and political policies of School Boards. The course engages each learner's experience as a student, parent, or educator on issues such as the historical growth of community and national schools, truncated curricula, pedagogical styles of teachers matched to learning styles of students, and the preconceptions that teachers, students, and parent hold about public education. |
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Grief and Bereavement Counseling (HS845) |
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Human Services |
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Capella University |
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This course investigates research on death and dying. Students examine psychological stages of dying common to all losses, symptomatology of grief, death trajectory, hospice model of treatment, and dealing with death in the family. Case consultations with dying children and parents are featured utilizing techniques of drawing therapy and storytelling which elicit, respectively, psychological material in the form of unfinished business and techniques for coping with losses of all types. |
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Group Counseling and Psychotherapy (HS841) |
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Human Services |
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Capella University |
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This course reviews the historical development, major theories, current research and clinical procedures of group counseling and psychotherapy. Course content also includes the role of the leader and leadership styles, mechanics of co-therapy, designing special function groups, and handling of critical incidents within groups. |
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Group Therapy and Compulsive and Addictive Behavior (HS865) |
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Human Services |
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Capella University |
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Students in this course review a variety of theoretical orientations, relevant research findings and develop and practice a number of practical clinical skills based on a thorough understanding of group process. Topics include: group development, styles of leadership, and critical incidents in group therapy -- including member "acting out" (e.g., relapsing to some form of addictive or compulsive behaviors) -- inter-group conflict, group transference with leaders and premature exit from the group by a member. |
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Health Advocacy in the Community (HS849) |
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Human Services |
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Capella University |
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A major goal in human services is to develop effective change agents in communities. An extremely important issue for communities in our society is health care. Issues such as the purity of drinking water, waste disposal, clean air, health education and public safety, public and private health care plans, effects of HMO's and managed care, Medicare and Medicaid are all issues which involve health advocacy. This course addresses many of these issues. |
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Health Care and the Law (HS8801) |
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Human Services |
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Capella University |
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This course will allow the learner to examine how their profession relates to American health care law regulating financial, bioethical, patient care and informational access issues. At the level of the patient physician relationship subjects such as malpractice, informed consent, duty to treat and right to die will be explored. Within the patient state relationship, public health laws, reproductive rights, bioethics and genetics will be examined. At the level of provider institutions and the state, areas of managed care, individual and institutional licensure, anti trust, cost containment, staffing, fraud, mental health law, Medicare, Medicaid and health care reform will be reviewed. The learner will acquire a basic understanding of how health care law and regulation applies to the world of providers, receivers and payers. |
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Health Care Counseling (HS848) |
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Human Services |
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Capella University |
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This course bridges the fields of health care and professional counseling because practitioners involved in health care have either: a) discounted the importance of mental and emotional aspects of caring for the sick, injured, or impaired; or, b) delegated those functions to nurses or paraprofessionals who are overburdened or unqualified to provide adequate counseling support services. This course addresses the need for professional counselors to be involved as qualified support persons in areas of injury management, chronic illnesses, terminal illness, rehabilitation and other forms of health care management. |
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Health Care Management (HS5100) |
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Human Services |
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Capella University |
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This course presents the foundation principles and dynamics of health care management, the health care system, and basic concepts and skills in administration. The institutional, social, and political forces in the field of health care are analyzed. Topics include fundamentals of management in health care, trends in health care financing, and contemporary issues. |
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Health Care Strategic Planning and Management (HS8502) |
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Human Services |
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Capella University |
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The course strategically analyzes the mission and goals of the institution, its governance, services, operational and fiscal components, market, and clients. These elements are evaluated within a strategic management framework that links planning to operations. The role of strategic thinking and planning in enhancing organizational effectiveness in the context of increased competition for health care dollars and the wide range of challenging issues requiring solutions is examined. |
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Health in the Workplace (HS881) |
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Human Services |
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Capella University |
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This course explores emerging problems and issues facing employees in government service or private business who are burdened by increasing demands for productivity coupled with decreasing health and welfare in the workplace. The current downturn in federal employment, downsizing in industry, and rightsizing of corporations have led to increased employee complaints of discrimination, disenfranchisement, and disgruntled feelings which cause alcohol and drug usage at work, marital problems, and violence in the workplace. This course reviews the growth of Employee Assistance Programs (E.A.P.) as a method to solve these types of problems. |
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Health Infomatics (HS5501) |
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Human Services |
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Capella University |
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This course provides a management perspective of information technology and how health care administrators can use information technology to maximize organizational performance. Topics include fundamental principles of information technology and data management and their implications for health care administrators. The use of technology, data bases and other analytical tools to structure, analyze and present information related to health care management and problem solving are explored. Strategic information systems planning, systems analysis, system design, evaluation and selection are also explored. Current applications, such as patient care, administrative and strategic decision support, managed health, health information networks and the Internet, will be examined to determine how they may be used to meet the challenges facing health care administrators today and in the future. The course also focuses on the regulatory and legal requirements for acquiring and managing health information; related technology; patient rights and the release of health information under state, federal law and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. |
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Health Infomatics (HS5502) |
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Human Services |
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Capella University |
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Entrepreneurship lies at the foundation of the non-profit sector. This course provides an introduction to the theory and practice of entrepreneurship in the non-profit sector. The course focuses both on the creation of an innovative mission-based organization and the establishment of an innovative program or activity within an existing organization to meet a societal need. Areas of social innovation as diverse as business, environment, education, human services and government are explored. Topics include practical information about how to identify potential opportunities, necessary skills development and competencies for creating, developing, and implementing entrepreneurship ideas; and ways of measuring the success of the entrepreneurial activity. |
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