Program Outline

The goal of this program is to train suitable people to detect problems and intervene appropriately with a range of clients having difficulties adapting or fitting-in socially. Special care counselling technicians or community and social service workers help people to solve their personal and social problems. This is accomplished in multidisciplinary teams in close collaboration with various other participants such as teachers, learning specialists, psychologists, directors of educational institutions and occupational therapists. Another important aspect of the profession is collaborating with parents, families and family caregivers of people with difficulties. This program is ideal for those who enjoy people and are good at listening. If you are looking for an everchanging work environment and appreciate human contact and professional relationships with people, then this program could help you to have a good influence on others. It requires openness, empathy and a penchant for teamwork. LaSalle College provides Special Care Counselling Techniques students with hands-on experience in the workplace through practical workshops, professional internships and pre-graduation programs approved by former students.

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Program Profile

351.A0 - Special Care Counselling Techniques

Personal and technical training

The Special Care Counselling Techniques program fosters a solid personal and technical training that targets:

•	Personal and interpersonal development
•	An understanding of human difficulties and the social environment
•	The development of support skills
•	The capacity to have appropriate social interactions
•	The development of autonomy and initiative

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Career Prospects


Special care counselling teachers, and community and social service workers are amongst the most in demand professions in the province of Québec, hence your chances of getting a job in your chosen field upon graduating are greater than average among most professions.

Special care counselling teachers are called upon to work with people having difficulty with social integration or adaptation. Techniques used vary depending on the age group:

•	Children
•	Adolescents
•	Adults
•	The elderly

For various categories of clients:

•	People from cultural-minority communities reintegrating into society
•	People with physical and psychological handicaps
•	Socially conflicted youths
•	The elderly losing their autonomy
•	People with behavioural difficulties
•	People with physical and/or mental-health difficulties

•	Custodial care and rehabilitation centres
•	Regular or specialized schools
•	Group homes
•	Youth homes
•	Community organizations
•	Long-term rest homes and community service centres
•	Hospitals
•	Detox centres
•	Day cares

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Program Content

General

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

•	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

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