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Employment prospects

Upon completion of the program, graduates will be able to make the most of their skills and work in a number of environments and possible positions:

• Reception and rehabilitation centres
• Regular or specialized schools
• Group homes
• Youth centres
• Community organizations
• Long-term health care room and board facilities and local community service centres
• Hospital centres
• Disintoxication wards
• Childcare services

Course list

Specialized training :

• Special Care Counselling Roles and Duties
• Human Development Psychology I
• Interpersonal and Professional Communication
• Observation Skills and Applications
• Activities and Creativity
• Assistance to Clienteles with Professional Integrity
• Human Development Psychology II
• Learning Disabilities in Academic and Language Acquisition
• Activities II
• Observation Internship
• Helping Relationship
• Intervention Plans
• Cognitive Deficits
• Youths with Difficulties in Social Adaptation
• Therapeutic Activities
• Intervention Techniques
• Crisis Intervention
• Experimentation Internship
• Professional Ethics, Laws and Policies
• Working with Marginalised and Isolated Individuals
• Interactions within Cultural Communities
• Mental Health and Toxicology
• Social and Work Integration
• Social Exclusion and Violence
• Physical and Neurological Deficits
• Fostering Independence with Seniors
• Community Resources and Services
• Program Exit Exam
• Intervention Internship

General Training:

• 3 Physical Education courses
• 3 Humanities courses
• 4 Language and Literature courses
• 2 Second Language courses
• 2 Complementary courses

* The College reserves the right to replace certain courses

Admission criteria

Have obtained a Secondary School Diploma (DES) and completed the following courses :

• Language of Instruction from Secondary V
• Second Language from Secondary V
• Mathematics from Secondary IV
• Physical Sciences from Secondary IV
• History from Secondary IV

or

Have obtained a Professional Studies Diploma (DEP) and completed the following courses:

• Language if Instruction from Secondary V
• Second Language from Secondary V
• Mathematics from Secondary IV

or

Have obtained an equivalent education or an instruction deemed sufficient. Every case will be analysed by the college.

Level

• This program leads to the granting of a Diploma of Collegial Studies (DEC) (Senior matriculation).
• Holders of a Diploma of Collegial Studies (DEC) in Education Techniques can pursue university studies.
• This program is offered in English and French.

Immunization

As part of their internship requirement, students might be asked to prove their basic immunization is up-to-date: diphtheria, poliomyelitis, tetanus, rubella, mumps and measles. Hepatitis B and flu vaccines are also obligatory.

Important note: Students will need to provide proof that they are eligible for their internships. A request for police file verification will be necessary. This request will be made by the College.