Counseling, CASAC 350-Hour Certificate Program - Standardized Curriculum

CASAC-T Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor Standardized 350-Hour Education and Training Program Mercy College CASAC-T Program is an OASAS Certified Education Training Program. The courses have been approved by the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS), satisfying the educational requirements for state certification. With the competitive market for counselors and mental health providers, your CASAC-T Certification paves the way for both direct patient care and supervisory positions in the area of substance abuse and addiction. The intensive program at Mercy College will specifically prepare you for the five domains for CASAC preparation including assessment, counseling, case management, client, family and community education, and professional responsibility. Mercy College students receive the professional training and ethical knowledge base which will enable them to provide alcoholism and substance abuse counseling in one of the most progressive fields.

Program Requirements

For Mental Health Counseling students, all of the above courses coincide with degree requirements. For Counseling (School) students, courses denoted with an asterisk *are electives.

The following courses are required for completion of the CASAC-T Credential:

CNSL 630 - Counseling and Ethics Credit(s): 3
CNSL 640 - Human Development I Credit(s): 3
CNSL 648 - Mental Health Counseling Diagnosis and Treatment Credit(s): 3 *
CNSL 650 - Counseling and Application I Credit(s): 3
CNSL 651 - Multicultural Perspectives in Counseling Credit(s): 3
CNSL 654 - Psychopathology Credit(s): 3 *
CNSL 655 - Counseling and Application II Credit(s): 3
CNSL 660 - Group Counseling Theories & Practice (cc) Credit(s): 3
CNSL 665 - Career Development and Counseling Credit(s): 3
CNSL 667 - Assessment in Counseling Credit(s): 3
CNSL 673 - Research Methodology Credit(s): 3
CNSL 678 - The Psychological, Pharmacological and Physiological Aspects of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Credit(s): 3 *
CNSL 686 - Supervised Internship I: Mental Health Setting Credit(s): 3
or
CNSL 688 - Supervised Internship I: Bilingual School Setting Credit(s): 6
or
CNSL 690 - Supervised Internship I: School Setting Credit(s): 6
CNSL 687 - Supervised Internship II: Mental Health Setting Credit(s): 6
or
CNSL 689 - Supervised Internship II: Bilingual School Setting Credit(s): 6
or
CNSL 691 - Supervised Internship II: School Setting Credit(s): 6

e-Portfolio Requirement

The e-Portfolio requirement ensures that the CASAC Candidate is effectively able to practically apply the generic paradigms of counseling skills, techniques and practice to the specific provision of services to alcohol and substance abuse populations. As you examine each paradigm and discuss its application to counseling, the CASAC Candidate will be specifically required to apply their knowledge base to the provision of treatment and services to substance abusers and their families.

e-Portfolio requirements are not applicable to CNSL 678 . Students will automatically receive 45 clock hours following the completion of that course.

Graduate students who wish to obtain their CASAC-T Certification may take (but are not required to enroll in) any of the following substance abuse courses as electives. They include: CNSL 501 , CNSL 502 , and CNSL 674 .