Lecture: 4 hours/week.
- Lecture
- Group Work
- Presentations
- Guest Speakers
All learning activities apply regardless of delivery mode (e.g., in-person or online course delivery).
The following global ideas guide the design and delivery of this course:
- Examining the guiding principles, values, and assumptions within child welfare, youth justice, and educational policies stimulates the development of personal and professional values in field of child and youth care.
- Knowledge of policies, legislation, and organizational processes related to child and youth care facilitates effective practice, as practitioners become better able to access resources and make effective use of services.
- Understanding the historical and social context within the child and youth care field is necessary to understand the change process and to promote the ethical delivery of child and youth care services.
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Examine current legislation and policies related to the practice of child and youth care (e.g., child welfare, education, and youth justice).
- Understand the connections among systems of care responsible for delivering services to children, youth, and families.
- Describe organizational policies, issues, and procedures at child and youth care workplaces.
- Apply knowledge of relevant legislation, regulation, policies, and procedures governing the practice of child and youth care.
- Develop a framework to engage in advocacy for the needs of children, youth, and families.
- Evaluate the ethical and legal responsibilities of child and youth care practitioners.
This course will conform to Douglas College policy regarding the number and weighting of evaluations. Typical means of evaluation would include a combination of:
- Collaborative learning
- Research essays and reports
- Field research
- Participation
- Attendance
- Examinations
This is a letter-graded course.
Instructors may use a student’s record of attendance and/or level of active participation in a course as part of the student’s graded performance. Where this occurs, expectations and grade calculationsregarding class attendance and participation must be clearly defined in the Instructor Course Outline.
Textbooks and materials are to be purchased by students. A list of required textbooks and materials is provided for students at the beginning of the semester.
CYCC 1220 with a minimum grade of C+
and
CYCC 2432 with a minimum grade of C+
and
Any four of the following with a minimum grade of C:
- [CYCC 1110 or CYCC 1112]
- [CYCC 1130 or CFCS 1130]
- [CYCC 1141 or CYCC 1142]
- CYCC 1150
- CYCC 1250
- [CYCC 1260 or CFCS 1260]
CYCC 2212 is a one-way substitution for CYCC 2211 in the CYCC program
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