Diploma in Behavioural Science - Technician

at Canadore College - College Drive Campus Canada

Obtain the knowledge you need to make an informed program choice, and the necessary skills and prerequisites to start your academic career in the health sector. This program will prepare you for further college studies in the health sciences sector. 

Graduates of this program are prepared to meet the eligibility requirements for a number of Canadore College programs including: Practical Nursing, Biotechnology Technologist, Occupational Therapist Assistant and Physiotherapist Assistant, and Environment Technician - Protection and Compliance

What You Learn

• Human biology
• Chemistry
• Communications
• Mathematics
• Psychology
• Critical thinking and reasoning

Effective management of your supply chain can give you a competitive advantage in this sophisticated environment.

Customers are demanding flexibility, options, rapid delivery and just-in-time support. Today’s successful supply chain managers must be strategists, able to synchronize every effort involved in the process: planning, sourcing, producing, and delivering a product or service.

Prepare for a leadership role in a variety of health care settings and learn all aspects of health care operations and concepts as they relate to a multi-disciplinary team. This one year program will prepare you to be responsive to different cultures and behaviours in a number of situations and environments.

What You Learn

• Leadership
• Health care operations
• Critical thinking and problem solving
• Financial practices
• Human resources
• Law and ethics
• Admissions Req

Start a career as a professional chef or cook in today's growing culinary industry. Train in our cutting-edge production kitchen. Learn valuable skills in food preparation, presentation and kitchen management in a real-world setting.

What You Learn:

• Baking and pastry arts
• Food, beverage and kitchen management
• Restaurant food production
• Food preparation and culinary skills
• Wines

Note: Graduates of this program are eligible for direct entry into the second year of the Culinary Management program

This 10-month intensive program is intended for graduates of university degree programs in the Humanities or Social Sciences or diploma programs in a related human services field. [Mental Health and Addictions, Child and Youth Worker, Developmental Services Worker, Nursing, Gerontology, Early Childhood Education, Recreation, Community and Justice Services or others to be determined by the Program Co-ordinator.]

Applicants must have completed 40 hours of direct experience with clients in a social agency. 

Following the eight-month in-class portion, students will have a two-month field placement opportunity in a community agency.

Wellbeing professionals with preparing in psychological well-being and addictions are exceptionally looked for after. Get ready for an important vocation in this popular field. You will prepare to work in psychological well-being and fixation explicit settings, including a wide range of social and wellbeing organizations. Learn in class and in the field, through reproduction and gathering learning, under the talented guidance of our educators. The College works together with offices over the territory and with neighborhood establishments for experiential and situation openings. 

Candidates enrolled in the mental health program at Canadore College will be able to learn and enhance their knowledge in crisis intervention, abnormal psychology, dynamics of chemical dependency, foundation of psychology and sociology, recovery strategies and relapse prevention and other sub topics in the field. Upon successful completion of the program students may find job opportunities in hospitals, recovery or rehabilitation homes, addiction treatment centers and prevention programs.

Train for a career in this important health field in Canadore's leading-edge simulation nursing laboratories. The high fidelity labs are equipped with interactive mannequins that speak and replicate real symptoms, on which students act out common medical emergencies. Training culminates with a seven-week, pre-graduate placement experience working with a registered practical nurse. Our graduates are sought after all over the world working independently or as part of a health care team. 

What You Learn

• Nursing theory and practice
• Pharmacology
• Interprofessional health care and collaboration
• Anatomy and physiology
• Canada's First Peoples/cultural safety and sensitivity
• Developmental psychology

Diploma in social Service Worker helps students to learn human development, group dynamics, ethics, substance abuse training, and trauma informed practice and crisis intervention and methods for dealing with personal violence. 

This program will give you the information and aptitudes you have to enter this remunerating profession field. Learn abilities and techniques that will set you up to work in various settings and testing circumstances. Topics incorporate social equity, strengthening of underestimated residents and morals. You will likewise be acquainted with Indigenous history and culture through the Canada's First Peoples Course. Graduates can proceed to work with people or gatherings in an assortment of network settings.

Students may look for various job requirements in this vast field, for example; children’s programs and services, transition houses and shelters, programs and services for youth, residential facilities, and mental health and developmental services.

Train for a career in a growing field of Applied Behaviour Analysis. This specialized program will train you to work in a variety of fields with children, youth and/or adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder or other Developmental/Intellectual disabilities, acquired brain injury and/or mental health within the community, clinical setting, schools, residential placements and hospitals

Students will study a branch of psychology called Applied Behaviour Analysis- the science of assessing, analyzing and changing human behaviour.  Students will learn about the theory and clinical applications and technique of behaviour analysis and modification through an applied learning style and placement.

Graduates are qualified to work in a number of settings working with individuals or groups with mental health issues, autism or other developmental disabilities, to help them build new skills, or reduce problem behaviour and prevent crisis situations.

What You Learn (3 year)
Students will learn applications related to research in the field of ABA, and will be able to write and examine a research topic of interest through an individual research study. Students will complete a second placement in a clinical setting and will gain knowledge while working with special areas of focus, such as forensics, mental health, hospital settings, as well as high-risk behaviours. Students will also examine group behavioural therapy.

• Forensics and risk assessment
• Research and statistics
• Behavioural group therapy
• Individual Research assignment
• Additional Placement

Advance your education with this specialized environmental training designed to complement your previous training and improve your employability skills. This Graduate Certificate program is hands-on, with a large portion of the training happening in the field – the living lab. Join this trending career field and help manage a changing planet.

What You Learn:

• Field sampling techniques
• Drinking water certification
• GPS/GIS training
• Resource management
• Environmental auditing and analysis
• Applied geomatics
• Risk assessment
• Environmental technology