Child and Youth Care Counsellor Courses
These courses are only for those students enrolled in the Child & Youth Care Counsellor program. (CYCC students also complete CFCS courses - Please refer to CFCS Course descriptions)
CYCC 1141 Introduction to Practice For Child and Youth Care Counsellors (3 credits)
This course provides an introduction to child and youth care practice. Students will examine the role of the child and youth care counsellor in a broad range of settings. Students will develop observation skills including information gathering, reflection and interpretation. Individualized planning skills will be introduced and practiced in this course.
Prerequisite: Enrollment in CYCC Program or permission of coordinator
CYCC 1142 Introduction to Aboriginal Child and Youth Care Practice (3 credits)
This course provides an introduction to Aboriginal child and youth care practice. Students will gain an understanding of the history of colonization and the impact of residential schools on Aboriginal peoples and the implications of this for their work. Students will observe and discuss child and youth care practice and develop observation and assessment skills in an Aboriginal context. Students will also explore values and ethics in relationship to working with and for Aboriginal families and communities.
Prerequisite: Enrolment in CYCC Program - Aboriginal Stream or permission of Coordinator
CYCC 1150 Activity Programming for Children and Youth (3 credits)
This course will provide students with opportunities to develop attitudes, conceptual frameworks and skills to select and create appropriate recreational activities for young people. The course will emphasize how activities can be adapted to different developmental levels and how activities can be used to facilitate leisure, educational and therapeutic goals.
Prerequisite: Enrolment in CYCC Program
CYCC 1220 Counselling Children and Youth (3 credits)
This course is designed to introduce students to the basic theory and practice of counselling. The use of active listening skills and the development of accurate empathy are emphasized. From the perspective of the practice of child and youth care, students will learn ways of helping and supporting children and youth to explore their issues and to cope with related feelings. Culture and worldview will be viewed as essential elements for understanding and responding to clients.
Prerequisite: Enrolment in CYCC Program
CYCC 1240 Practicum (4.5 credits)
This course provides opportunities for students to translate theory into practice. Students will practice skills in selected sites under supervision. Students will integrate and reflect upon their educational, personal and professional experiences in practicum and seminar.
Prerequisite: CYCC 1141, CFCS 1110 , CFCS 1130 and one additional CYCC/CFCS courseCYCC 1250 Supporting Behavioural Change (3 credits)
This course is designed to provide the student with an understanding of a variety of approaches to supporting behavioural change, including Behaviour Modification, Adlerian Theory and Reality Therapy. The application of these approaches to child and youth care practice will be examined. Techniques used in observing, measuring and changing behaviour will be discussed. Particular emphasis will be placed on skills used in working with clients to develop new adaptive and socially acceptable behaviours.
Prerequisite: Enrolment in CYCC Program
CYCC 2211 Professional Community: Policies, Standards, Children and Families (3 credits)
This course will examine policy, legislation and standards with specific application to child and youth care services in British Columbia. Students will have an opportunity to explore the application of policy, legislation and standards in the lives of children, youth and families.
Prerequisite: Enrolment in CYCC Program
CYCC 2212 Aboriginal Children, Youth and Families: Transforming Legislation and Policies (3 credits)
This course will examine the policy, legislation and practice standards that have led to and support the transformation of BC’s Aboriginal child, youth and family services. The course will review the imposition of colonial legislation and policies on the lives of Aboriginal children, youth and families in British Columbia and will examine the current legislative and policy context.
Prerequisite: Enrollment in CYCC Program - Aboriginal Stream or permission of Coordinator
CYCC 2320 Working with Others in Groups (3 credits)
Students will have the opportunity to explore and apply the skills of group participation design and facilitation. Models that promote empowerment, mutual aid and self-awareness will be presented for examination and application to practice with groups.
Prerequisite: Enrolment in CYCC Program
CYCC 2332 Strengthening the Family Spirit – Working from Aboriginal Perspectives with Elders’ Teachings (3 credits)
In this course, students will examine how the legacy of colonization and Indian residential schools impacted families, and how intergenerationally, many First Nations, Métis and Inuit families have been left with a broken spirit. They will also examine families from mainstream systems perspectives and diverse Aboriginal perspectives. Starting with the student’s own families, participants are offered tools to use in understanding and reflecting on their own family experience, identifying family gifts, strengths and resilience. The results of having a broken family spirit will be explored as well as pathways to holistic wellness, with recognition that spirituality is a foundation to wellness.
Prerequisite: Enrolment in CYCC Program - Aboriginal Stream or permission of Coordinator
CYCC 2440 Practicum (4.5 credits)
This course provides opportunities for students to practice skills in selected sites under supervision. Students will integrate and reflect upon their educational, personal and professional experiences in practicum and seminar.
Prerequisite: CYCC 1240 (or CYCC 184 and 185)(or CFCS 240) CYCC 2320 (or CFCS 320)
CYCC 2450 Child and Youth Care Practice: Advanced (3 credits)
This course provides students with an opportunity to consolidate and enhance child and youth care practice skills. Using current and emerging theory and practice, students will be supported in the application of skills to new settings and in the development of additional skills. The primary focus of the course will be children, youth and families at risk.
Prerequisite: CYCC 1240 or CFCS 1240
CYCC 2452 Enhancing Resilience in Aboriginal Children and Youth (3 credits)
This course provides students with an opportunity to consolidate and enhance Aboriginal youth care practice skills. Students will be supported to develop and apply practice skills that reflect the experience of Aboriginal communities and Indigenous ways of approaching child and youth care practice in a range of settings. The primary focus will be on strengths, resilience, risks and challenges for Aboriginal children, youth, families and communities.
Prerequisite: Enrolment in CYCC Program Aboriginal Stream or permission of Coordinator
CYCC 2460 Family Violence, Abuse and Recovery (3 credits)
In this course, students will examine a broad range of abuse issues in the lives of families, children and youth. The role of the practitioner in assessing the indicators of abuse, reporting abuse, providing support and referral will be examined from a practice and policy perspective. The course will also explore how our attitudes, values, and experiences affect our perceptions and judgments when dealing with the subject of abuse.
Prerequisites: CFCS 1220 or CYCC 1220 or YJWD 1220
CYCC 3310 Supervised Practicum, Part 1 (4.5 credits)
This course requires students to work directly with children and youth in a supervised practice situation in order to promote professional skill acquisition and integration. Emphasis is placed on observation and recording skills, understanding the structure of a service agency, and fostering an awareness of professional functioning in relation to children, youth and agency workers. Attention will be given to development of beginning case planning, intervention, and case presentation skills with both one-to-one and group focus. (Note: CYCC 3310 and 3311 must be completed in the same year to receive credit.)
Prerequisites: None
CYCC 3311 Supervised Practicum, Part 2 (4.5 credits)
This course requires students to work directly with children and youth in a supervised practice situation in order to promote professional skill acquisition and integration. Emphasis is placed on observation and recording skills, understanding the structure of a service agency, and fostering an awareness of professional functioning in relation to children, youth and agency workers. Attention will be given to development of beginning case planning, intervention, and case presentation skills with both one-to-one and group focus. (Note: CYCC 3310 and 3311 must be completed in the same year to receive credit.)
Prerequisites: CYCC 3310
CYCC 3340 Developmental Theory and CYC Practice with Children (3 credits)
This course focuses on developmental theory and clinical application with children. The content examines the history of eight contemporary theories and relevant implications in practice with children and their families. The context of the ecological model is used as a unifying construct for considering all work with children and families in community settings.
Prerequisites: None
CYCC 3341 Developmental Theory and CYC Practice with Youth (3 credits)
This course focuses on contemporary developmental theory and clinical application with youth. The content examines the history and application of eight contemporary theories to the various community agencies and issues relevant to the field of practice with youth and their families. The course emphasizes program design and professional practice for all work with youth and their families.
Prerequisites: CYCC 3340
CYCC 3350 Child and Youth Care Practice in Child Protection (3 credits)
This course introduces the knowledge and skills for child and youth care workers practicing in child protection settings. Students will learn to apply skills in the areas of investigative interviewing, documentation, applying practice standards and report writing. This course approaches the field of child protection from a strengths-based perspective and explores a range of alternative dispute mechanisms available in child protection. This course examines the principles of social justice and the challenges in child welfare practice with First Nations children, families and communities.
Prerequisites: CYCC 2211 or CYCC 2212, CYCC 2460 or YJWD 2460 or CFCS 2460
CYCC 3520 Professional Child and Youth Care: Theory and Practice (3 credits)
This course integrates theory and practice of child and youth care (CYC) by focusing on theoretical perspectives of change and their associated goals, strategies and techniques. Issues and techniques in assessment, case planning and intervention will be examined. Practical models for case consultation, presentation and evaluation will be presented. Students will demonstrate competence in these real or simulated professional practice areas, and analyze the relationship between professional knowledge, skills, values and styles.
Prerequisites: Enrolment in Year 3 of CYC
CYCC 3621 Critical Issues in Current CYC Practice (3 credits)
This course examines current issues of risk in the lives of children and youth. Students will analyze areas of practice using theoretical frameworks explored in CYCC 3520 and will develop interventions appropriate to the risk issue. Students will demonstrate competence in real or simulated examples of risk situations using professional knowledge, skills, values and styles.
Prerequisites: CYCC 3520
CYCC 4410 Advanced Practice in CYC, Part 1 (4.5 credits)
CYCC 4410 and CYCC 4411 are an eight-month-long practicum experience in the field. CYCC 4410 is Part 1. This supervised practicum focuses on application of learning. If possible, students are placed in their chosen professional area of interest. This course provides an opportunity to apply case-planning, intervention, and evaluation skills at an advanced level. Professional consultation, clinical functioning, and the integration of theory and practice are emphasized. (Note: CYCC 4410 and CYCC 4411 must be completed in the same year to receive credit.)
Prerequisites: CYCC 3311
CYCC 4411 Advanced Practice in CYC, Part 2 (4.5 credits)
CYCC 4410 and CYCC 4411 are an eight-month-long practicum experience in the field. CYCC 4411 is Part 2. This supervised practicum focuses on application of learning. If possible, students are placed in their chosen professional area of interest. This course provides an opportunity to apply case-planning, intervention, and evaluation skills at an advanced level. Professional consultation, clinical functioning, and the integration of theory and practice are emphasized. (Note: CYCC 4410 and CYCC 4411 should be completed in the same year to receive credit.)
Prerequisites: CYCC 4410
CYCC 4423 Research Methods in CYC (3 credits)
This course introduces students to research methods in the child and youth care field. Within an applied research context, students will investigate the knowledge and skills necessary to locate, understand and utilize research relating to the field of CYC. Students will examine and apply basic issues, designs and methodologies within qualitative and quantitative research models.
Prerequisites: None. Effective September 2009 - CYCC 3341
CYCC 4425 Data Analysis in Child and Youth Care (3 credits)
This course introduces students to data analysis in the child and youth care field, including both theoretical and practical perspectives. The first half of the course is spent considering a variety of quantitative techniques. The remainder of the course explores qualitative analysis and its guiding principles.
Prerequisites: CYCC 4423
CYCC 4467 Advanced Skills with Individuals in Child and Youth Care (3 credits)
This course focuses on the development of skills in work with individual children and youth. Students are required to apply theories and strategies of counselling in a laboratory environment. Students will participate as counsellors, clients and observers in preparation for individual client work.
Prerequisites: CYCC 3311 and CYCC 3621 and CYCC 3341
CYCC 4468 Advanced Skills with Groups in Child and Youth Care Organizations (3 credits)
Theoretical approaches and techniques related to planning and facilitation of professional groups are presented. Content focuses on organizational development, the function of groups in organizations and group facilitation and leadership. You will apply theory through leading task groups in organizational development and will receive feedback on your work in a laboratory-style environment.
Prerequisites: CYCC 3311 and CYCC 3621 and CYCC 3341
CYCC 4469 Advanced Skills with Families in CYC (3 credits)
This course presents conceptual frameworks and models for understanding family functioning and parenting. The child and youth care service settings in which family work occurs are identified; family assessment methodologies and interventions which are appropriate to child and youth care workers in these settings are presented.
Prerequisites: CYCC 3311 and CYCC 3621 and CYCC 3341