Ontario College Advanced Diploma Child and Youth Care
Course Overview
This course prepares you to become a skilled Child and Youth Care practitioner, empowering at-risk children, youth, and their families to navigate complex social, emotional, and behavioral challenges. You will learn to implement evidence-informed therapeutic strategies grounded in relational practice, equity, and a deep understanding of human development and resiliency. The program emphasizes hands-on, experiential learning and provides opportunities for community service, social innovation, and positive changemaking.
Key Program Highlights
- Implement evidence-informed prevention and intervention strategies
- Build therapeutic relationships with at-risk children, youth, and families
- Apply frameworks of risk, resiliency, equity, and ecological systems
- Gain hands-on experience through experiential, interactive learning
- Explore pathways in social innovation, entrepreneurship, and community service
Course Overview
This course prepares you to become a skilled Child and Youth Care practitioner, empowering at-risk children, youth, and their families to navigate complex social, emotional, and behavioral challenges. You will learn to implement evidence-informed therapeutic strategies grounded in relational practice, equity, and a deep understanding of human development and resiliency. The program emphasizes hands-on, experiential learning and provides opportunities for community service, social innovation, and positive changemaking.
Key Program Highlights
- Implement evidence-informed prevention and intervention strategies
- Build therapeutic relationships with at-risk children, youth, and families
- Apply frameworks of risk, resiliency, equity, and ecological systems
- Gain hands-on experience through experiential, interactive learning
- Explore pathways in social innovation, entrepreneurship, and community service
Requirements
Modules
- Child And Youth Care Practice
- Child And Adolescent Development
- Success In Human Services
- Interpersonal Skills
- Communication Essentials
- Mental Health And Interventions
- Equity, Diversity, Inclusion And Belonging
- Therapeutic Programming And Group Process
- Counselling On The Go
- Holistic Health And Wellness
- Family Dynamics
- The Digital Life Space
- Behaviour Interventions
- Ethics And Professionalism In Cyc
- Approaches To Group Facilitation
- Trauma-Informed Crisis Interventions
- Field Seminar 1 - Personal Care And Life Skills
- Field Placement 1 - Education/Community
- Advocacy In Cyc
- Field Seminar 2 - Documentation In Practice
- Field Placement 2 - Education/Agency/Community
- Innovation In Practice: Cyc Capstone
- Field Seminar 3 - Preparing For Your Career
- Field Placement 3 - Agency/Community
