The goals of the program-specific component of the Special Care Counselling program are based on the general goals of vocational and technical training. These goals are:

 

To help students develop effectiveness in the practice of a trade or occupation, that is:

  • to teach students to perform roles, functions, tasks and activities associated with the trade or occupation upon entry into the job market
  • to prepare students to progress satisfactorily on the job (which implies having the necessary technical and technological knowledge and skills in such areas as communication, problem solving, decision making, ethics, health and safety)

 

To help students integrate into the work force, that is:

  • to familiarize students with the job market in general and the context surrounding the occupation they have chosen
  • to familiarize students with their rights and responsibilities as workers

 

To foster students’ personal development and acquisition of occupational knowledge, skills, perceptions and attitudes, that is:

  • to help students develop their autonomy and the desire to learn, and acquire effective work methods
  • to help students understand the principles underlying the techniques and the technology used in the trade or occupation
  • to help students develop self-expression, creativity, initiative and entrepreneurial spirit
  • to help students adopt the attitudes required to successfully practice the trade or occupation, and instill in them a sense of responsibility and a concern for excellence

 

To promote job mobility, that is:

  • to help students develop positive attitudes toward change
  • to help students develop the means to manage their careers by familiarizing them with entrepreneurship

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Reintegration: Re-entering Society or the Workplace

In this course, students learn how to evaluate and facilitate a client’s ability to re-enter society and/or the workplace. They analyze issues related to the re-integration of individuals from a systemic-ecological perspective. They become familiar with the many services, organizations, programs, community resources, laws, and policies that exist to ensure and facilitate re-integration. The Special Care Counsellor’s role in empowering the client towards action and autonomy is emphasized. Students take this course in their sixth semester of the program.


Intervention II

This course pursues the competencies related to all aspects of intervention that were introduced in Intervention: an Introduction.  At this stage in the program, students have studied several different client populations and have been exposed in fieldwork to different paradigms and practices.  They are now expected to demonstrate that they are able to think critically and independently about what approaches, techniques and tools are better suited to particular clients and needs. Students who can now think flexibly about both the art and the science components of intervention will display ability and ingenuity in devising suitable intervention strategies and clinical tools. This will be further refined as students explore intervention with clients in the context of volatile, unpredictable and potentially explosive situations.  The course will also examine ways of preventing burn-out. This is a sixth semester course. It has Intervention: An Introduction as a prerequisite.


Violence: the Perpetrator and the Victim

This course examines the cycle of violence and all the factors that promote, contribute to and sustain violence. The needs and characteristics of both perpetrators of violence and their victims will be discussed. Students will learn strategies for preventing and/or mitigating aggressive behaviors and how to protect themselves, the client and others when necessary. The concept of empowerment, the importance of the social support network and social integration will be covered for both perpetrators and victims. This is a fourth semester course.