Advanced Diploma in Child and Youth Care

St. Clair College - Windsor Campus

Canada,Ontario

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36 Months

Duration

CAD 14,968/year

Tuition Fee

CAD 125

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Canada, Ontario

Type: College

Location Type: Semi-Urban

Founded: 1967

Total Students: 13,300 +

Campus Detail

Main Campus Address

St. Clair College - Main Building, 2000 Talbot Rd, Windsor, ON N9A 6S4, Canada

Advanced Diploma in Child and Youth Care

Program Overview

Students are provided with the skills and knowledge necessary to build therapeutic relationships and facilitate change with children, youth, and families experiencing a wide range of often complex social, emotional, behavioural, and mental health challenges. Child and Youth Care practitioners are specialists in facilitating change in children and youth and are expected to work with various professionals including educators, medical and social work professionals, correctional officers and family organizations dedicated to implementing a range of intervention, prevention and treatment strategies for children and their families. Child and Youth Care practitioners are a valuable resource as they are committed to understanding and interacting in therapeutic relationships that foster positive change. 

Program Highlights

  • Implement and evaluate a range of prevention, intervention and treatment strategies for children, youth and their families including crisis intervention, conflict management, problem solving, counselling, activity programming and group work.
  • Develop clinical observation and reporting skills.
  • Understand and develop therapeutic relationships.
  • Work with client challenges including difficult home situations, substance abuse, behavioural problems, mental health challenges, homelessness, self harm, suicidal ideation and conflicts with the law.
  • Extensive field placement experience in each year of study.
  • Graduates of the Child & Youth Care program with a minimum GPA of 3.0 may be eligible to block transfer into Year 3 of Degrees in Disability Studies, Psychology and Social Work at the University of Windsor.