Diploma in Interdisciplinary Therapy Assistant

at Bow Valley College Canada

This diploma with a General Justice specialization will provide you with a broad spectrum of justice-related knowledge and skills. You have the flexibility to choose required courses from any of the three other specializations offered within the Justice Studies Diploma program.

You may also select courses from the following specializations:

• Aboriginal Focus
• Correctional Studies
• Law Enforcement

Education assistants work in a classroom and support children with diverse learning needs. In this program, you'll train to be an education assistant through classroom learning and practicum experience in a school.

You can also take the Education Assistant Certificate part-time, online. If you take the program online, you can only take online courses. Learners in the face-to-face full-time program write the Test of Workplace Essential Skills (TOWES) in semester one.

Do you plan on extending your education? Transfer your courses and complete the Disability Studies Diploma in over a year.

Get the practical skills and knowledge to work in the exciting field of human resources. In addition to administrative and business training, receive specific training in human resource management, recruitment, selection, compensation and payroll, and employment law.

The program teaches the students the skills required to manage information in a hospital nursing unit and covers topics like hospital organization, communication skills, medical orders, basic human needs, and hospital information systems, medical terminology, telephone and reception activities

The course spans over a year and allows the students to pursue the classes online as well. The online instructor is available to provide support and feedback through email.
 

Combining theory and practice, the Early Childhood Education and Development at Bow Valley College prepares the students to work as frontline caregivers or supervisors to young children and families and making a difference in their lives.

The two years full-time ECED program readies the students to provide quality child care, plan emergent play experiences for the children; offers information on program planning, child development, family dynamics and play that equips them to support the healthy development of children via child-centered learning experiences and prepares them to be eligible for the Child Development Supervisor certification from Alberta Human Services.

The curriculum includes classroom spaces with interactive children’s learning centers that consist of a sensory-motor center, a reading center, an artist studio and a dramatic play center that supports the transition of theory to practice and gives the students an opportunity to engage with children in the lab space. The practicum focuses on a child- centered, play-based and emergent curriculum, involving the student in observing, documenting, and planning the curriculum to meet children’s individual needs, interests, and development.

The Interdisciplinary Therapy Assistant diploma program prepares students to work in today's interdisciplinary health-care system. This program will provide students with a strong occupational and physical therapy assistant background and incorporate essential assistant-level skills in speech-language pathology and therapeutic recreation. Equipped with skills in these four rehabilitation disciplines, students will be prepared to meet industry demand and work in a specific rehabilitation discipline or in an interdisciplinary role.

The Business Administration Diploma offers students with the required skills and the general business foundation to effectively function in the operational and technical aspects of a business or start their own business. The students gain comprehensive knowledge that reflects the current trends and practices in today’s global and ever-changing environment. 

The course curriculum involves student-centered workshops and lectures by experienced instructors to provide them with the requisite practical and theoretical training.

Co-operative Education Program (Optional)

• Co-op provides eligible Business Administration Diploma students with an opportunity to gain work-related experience for one term through an assisted job search. Co-op offers students relevant experience to boost employment opportunities, develop professional skills and experience, network with employers, and earn money.  
• The Co-op Work Term process aligns with the competitive nature of job search. To be accepted into the Co-op Program, applicants must meet all eligibility criteria and follow the application process. Candidates are responsible for demonstrating a high level of professional and program expectations. Not all students accepted into the Co-op Program are guaranteed a Co-op Work Term position.

The role of the administrative assistant is changing and growing. Get the practical skills and knowledge to take on many responsibilities in an office. Learn software applications, keyboarding, administrative procedures, and communications. As well, build interpersonal skills to be a more effective and skilled member in any office environment.

This diploma provides you with the skills and knowledge necessary for a career within corrections. Correctional Studies graduates are currently in high demand across the province.
This is a two-year (four-term) diploma program with an optional non-credit fifth term (field work placement).

The two-year diploma program focuses on teaching the students how to engage with people in order to assist them under various circumstances. Social Work Diploma teaches the students to work towards enhancing the well-being of individuals, families and communities and learn the skills for social work practice and develop a multicultural focus.