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Child and Youth Care

Learn:

Help vulnerable children, youth and their families to make positive life changes. Your background in human development and behaviour management help you support their transitions when natural supports systems haven't met their basic needs for healthy growth and social functioning.

Live The Learning:

Using your observing/reporting and assessing skills with your understanding of how to work with families, you learn to build therapeutic relationships, plan family interventions, recognize abuse symptoms, assign treatment planning and work with children with exceptionalities (special needs). You enhance your theoretical knowledge with four practicum placements during the two year program.

The Lakeland Advantage:

  • During each practicum placement, students work in an agency five days a week for five weeks. Students are encouraged to find agencies where they have living accommodations.
  • Between 2003 – 2005 over 88% of graduates are working in their field

Human Services programs are interlinked. Some students choose to do a second diploma.
Human Services Programs

Live Your Career As A

Community Agencies including:
  • Boys and Girls Club
  • addictions support agencies
  • Big Brother and Big Sisters
  • child care centres
  • parent link centres
  • sexual assault centres
  • women’s shelters
  • Child and Family Support Services
  • Family and Community Support Services
  • variety of Aboriginal settings
  • variety of school-based settings
  • working with individuals with disabilities
  • residential settings
  • rehabilitation
  • juvenile justice
  • summer camps
  • early intervention initial development
  • community based child and youth care
  • recreation
  • parent education and support

Continue Your Learning With:

  • Start your university studies in education at Lakeland's Lloydminster campus
  • Bachelor of Child and Youth Care Degree at Grant MacEwan University
  • Bachelor of Child and Youth Care Degree at University of Victoria
  • Applied Degree in Child Studies at Mount Royal College
  • Bachelor of Professional Arts, Human Services Major at Athabasca University

 

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Campus Location
Vermilion Campus
Program Length
2 Years
Current Project
Practicum



All Human Services programs involve a practicum component. This is the part of the program where students really shine. They have the opportunity to use their knowledge and skills in a real life environment and really "Live the Learning."