bhhs111

How Classes are to be conducted:

This BHHS 111 class is primarily one in which the student
actively participates in a number of activities that help
develop skills in helping. This means that students must
attend each class to learn the skills required to be a
helper.
There may be some clarifying lectures in many of the
classes, but the classes will predominantly be conducted
as a lab-based experience where students practice the
core helping skills as they are being learned and
discussed. To receive credit for each class, you must be
an active participant in this learning process.
Students will be required to complete a number of
written assignments during the semester. Each of these
assignments are to be word processed. Hand written
papers will not be accepted. Written assignments must
be complete and handed in on the date they are due. You
must be in class and participate in the activities to
receive credit for the written assignment(s) for that day.
In addition, students will receive credit for in-class
role-playing activities. You must be in class to receive
credit for the class activities for that day.
All students are expected to use the Internet in this
course.

The Need to Attend All Classes:

Absence from Class
This course requires that you be present in each class to
complete the course requirements. Make certain you give it a
high priority or you will find you cannot pass the course. Even if
you have an excused absence, because the learning process
takes place in the classroom, you cannot receive credit for any
class missed, including written assignments due for that class.
You will be dropped from the class with your fourth absence.

Lateness
You lose two points (2) from your final grade for each time you
come in after your name is called at roll call. This begins starting
with the third time you are late. Exceptions only for students who
call me prior to class and inform me they will be late.
Leaving Class Early
If you leave class before it finishes, you will not receive credit for
the class. If you have other responsibilities that require you leave
class early on a regular basis, you must drop the course.

Required Texts for the Course
Chang, Valerie, Scott, Sheryn and Carol Decker. (2009).Developing Helping Skills. Belmont,
California: Brooks/Cole.
Each student is responsible for providing his/her own mini DVD's (2) for use in the course.