Combine Community and Child Studies Training
Are you looking for child studies training
and community courses that will prepare you to take on the more
specific, challenging and advanced programs leading to a career in the
community services and child studies fields? By studying at Centennial
College’s Community and Child Studies Foundations, students can put
themselves in a position to succeed in programs including: Early
Childhood Education, Child and Youth Worker, Developmental Service
Worker, Community and Justice Services, Police Foundations, Recreation
and Leisure Services and Social Service Worker. That’s because this
offering covers a combination of topics and results in an Ontario
College Certificate.
The Community and Child Studies Foundations
program, with its child studies courses, is only open for admission to
applicants who have been advised and assisted to register by the
Centennial College Assessment and Advising Centre. To apply, students
must have completed at minimum an Ontario Secondary School Diploma
(OSSD) or equivalent or be 19 years of age or older. In addition, those
interested in this child studies training must complete the Centennial
College English skills assessment before registering for the program. A
score of 130 or 131 is required. In some cases, a student’s skills
assessment score will satisfy the requirements for their original
program choice. Centennial College will notify those students by sending
an offer to their original program if there is still space available.
However,
those who are accepted into this particular offering will have a
pathway for pursuing a career in the community services and child
studies fields. Not only does this offering give students the
opportunity to develop academic and professional skills and attitudes,
which will facilitate success in their program of choice, it also sees
them grow a thorough understanding of the personal and professional
requirements of the varied careers available in community services and
child studies. Lastly, the community and child studies training focus
sees students engage in reflective practice to facilitate professional
skill development, while enhancing communication competence in all
language strands.
This is achieved through an environment that is
ESL sensitive and inclusive with instructors who understand the need of
adult and ESL learners.
Among the specific child studies courses
and community courses in this program are: Foundations in Community and
Child Studies (students survey the range of services offered in the
community and child studies field and gain insight into the scope of
these delivery models. Students explore professional roles and summarize
key career benefits and issues); Students Success and Interpersonal
Skills (students explore the resources available in the college to
support their success as a student in a post secondary environment.
Close relationships with these internal service areas will be developed.
Students will define their personal learning styles and develop a
personal plan of action that incorporates needed resources); Developing
College Communications Skills (assists students in upgrading their
English skills in the four areas: reading, writing, speaking, and
listening); and more.
