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This course will introduce the students to clinical processes related to treatment planning, service coordination and referral. Treatment planning is a collaborative process through which the counselor and client develop desired treatment outcomes and identify the strategies for achieving them. Service coordination is the administrative, clinical, and evaluative activities that bring the client, treatment services, community agencies, and other resources together to focus on issues and needs identified in the treatment plan. Service coordination, which includes case management and client advocacy, establishes a framework of action for the client to achieve specified goals. It involves collaboration with the client and significant others, coordination of treatment and referral services, liaison activities with community resources and managed care systems, client advocacy, and ongoing evaluation of treatment progress and client needs. Referral is the process of facilitating the clients utilization of Description: available support systems and community resources to meet needs identified in clinical evaluation and/or treatment planning. These knowledge, skills and attitudes are necessary to develop competency in the treatment of substance use disorders. Three contact hours. A.S.