This course is a co-requisite to Community Practicum 11. Its focus is on professional skill development, with a particular emphasis on prevention and intervention strategies for youth-at-risk, and standards of professional conduct. Students will use self-reflection activities, self-care processes and responsiveness to feedback as tools for enhancing their own professional competence. Reference will be made to material drawn from other CYC courses.
The fieldwork and seminar format enables students to gain self-confidence in their abilities, become aware of their motivations and share their problems, anxieties and feelings. This class also assists the students with understanding the broader social context involved in an individual child`s life (i.e. family, peers and community). The holistic approach is emphasized as students learn to become competent workers in this profession
Credits:
2