TO: EVOC 501 Instructor and fellow Scholars
FROM: David Wiget
DATE: October 21, 2004
RE: EVOC 501, WR2 Topics & Tasks
The purpose of the WR2 assignment was to prepare a list of specific topics
and a list of related specific tasks appropriate for the course I teach in Substance
Abuse Treatment and Recovery. The following six criteria were specified:
1. Comply with all of the General Criteria for Written Reports.
2. Emulate the Fred Fudrucker example for FORMAT, but include my own CONTENT.
3. Write a brief SYNOPSIS of the description of the "occupation" that
my course is intended to prepare people for, as that occupation is described in
the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) and indicate whether or not I
believe the information in the DOT is accurate.
4. List and briefly describe FIVE TOPICS appropriate for the course I teach.
5. On a separate list, describe an appropriate SPECIFIC TASK for EACH of the
five topics described. These tasks should be written in terms that indicate
exactly what it is that students are expected to be able to DO and how student
competency will be measured.
6. Include a deliberate and obvious error somewhere in the report. Describe
this error on a separate sheet of paper that will be given to the instructor
(only) along with the copy of the report that is submitted for grading.
The following sources of information were used relative to this assignment:
1. Wiget David - From my own professional experience.
2. Dictionary of Occupational Titles (Fourth Ed., Revised 1991)
http://www.oalj.dol.gov/libdot.htm
3. Google World Wide Web Search Engine,
http://www.google.com
4. Velasquez, Mary – Group Treatment for Substance Abuse, The
I believe that the attached report meets all six of above listed criteria. I
have prepared and distributed a copy of this memo and the attached Topics and
Tasks, for all of the other class members. I respectfully request full credit:
one point for meeting each of the above listed criteria.
TOPICS AND TASKS FOR A COURSE IN
SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT and
RECOVERY
by
David Wiget
DICTIONARY OF OCCUPATIONAL TITLES DESCRIPTION:
(Substance Abuse Counselor 045.107-058) (profess.
& kin.)
Counsels and aids individuals requiring assistance
dealing with substance abuse problems, such as alcohol or drug abuse:
Formulates program for treatment and rehabilitation of client, using knowledge
of drug and alcohol abuse problems and counseling and treatment techniques.
PLEASE NOTE: Although more or less accurate, there is another title of Teacher
Adult Education. The one I opted to use better describes and is more specific
what I do for the students.
TOPICS for SUBSTANCE ABUSE
TREATMENT and RECOVERY:
1. Information about the harmful effects of alcohol and other drugs (AOD) on
the brain and body.
2. Information about the different stages of addiction.
3. Information about the disease concept of addiction.
4. Information about the different stages of recovery.
5. Information about the warning signs and symptoms of relapse.
TASKS for SUBSTANCE ABUSE
TREATMENT and RECOVERY:
1. Shown pictures of different types of physical damage caused by AOD abuse
each student will correctly write which is harmed the most, the body or brain -
(measured by a fill-in-the-blank test question).
2. Shown illustrations of five different stages of addiction each student will
correctly identify the most severe/chronic stage - (measured by a multiple
choice test question).
3. Each student will clearly and correctly write out the definition of the
disease concept of addiction - (measured by an essay test question).
4. Shown illustrations of the different stages recovery each student will be
able to identify the most addictive drug- (measured by a multiple choice
test question).
5. Each student will write out at lease three (3) warning signs of relapse (measured
by a fill-in-the-blank test question).
FOR THE INSTRUCTOR ONLY
The error in this report is that task number 4 is inconsistent with topic number 4.
In order to meet assignment criteria task number 4 should have been: “Shown illustrations of the different stages recovery each student will be able to identify the final stage of recovery”. - (measured by a multiple choice test question).