Field Experience 3 - Child and Youth Care (Accelerated)

Course Code: CYC 258

Academic Year: 2024-2025

As part of Work-integrated Learning (WIL), students will have the opportunity to complete three field experiences. CYC students will work from a developmental and ecological perspective, to assess and respond to the strength and diverse social, emotional and behavioral needs of children, youth and families, and to maintain an anti-oppression and anti-racism perspective in their work. Students will plan, implement and evaluate evidence-based and strength-based interventions in the areas of therapeutic milieu and programming, teamwork and advocacy. This third field experience will focus on the development of advanced skills, wherein students will be supported to fully and successfully engage in their field experience as active, self-aware, developing Child and Youth Care Practitioners. The student experience is supported and guided by an experienced Child and Youth Care Practitioner, through the co-requisite course, Integrated Seminar.