Course

Professional Child and Youth Care: Theory and Practice

Faculty
Applied Community Studies
Department
Child and Youth Care
Course Code
CYCC 3520
Credits
3.00
Semester Length
15 weeks
Max Class Size
35
Method(s) Of Instruction
Lecture
Typically Offered
To be determined

Overview

Course Description
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.
Course Content

The following global ideas guide the design and delivery of this course:

  1. Knowledge of theories of change guides practice:
    • development of a therapeutic relationship
    • psychoanalytic perspective
    • Adlerian perspective
    • Behavioural and cognitive behavioural perspective
    • Rational emotive perspective
    • Humanistic and existential perspectives
    • Solution-focused perspective
  2. Knowledge of self has an impact on professional action and clinical practice:
    • personal beliefs, values, ethics affect professional actions
    • Personality and presentation of self affect clinical practice
  3. Apply change theories to CYC case management practice (4-7 below)
  4. Assessment
    • systemic, ecological perspective
    • identifying needs
  5. Case planning
    • goals and goal statements
    • strategies
  6. Intervention
    • service actions
    • therapies
    • techniques
  7. Case consultation, presentation and evaluation
    • Collaborative consultation
    • Trans-disciplinary teams
  8. The origins of difficult and problem behaviour are better understood by “entering the world of the child”:
    • Building  rapport
    • Person-centred  therapeutic perspective
  9. The development of a personal theory of child and youth care praxis through an integration of:
    • knowledge of theories of change theory  
    • knowledge of self
    • current child and youth care counselling practice.
    Learning Activities

    Lecture

    Means of Assessment

    Typical means of evaluation may include a combination of written research assignments, case evaluation, testing, and group presentations.  This is a Graded Course.

    Learning Outcomes

    Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

    1. Critically analyze change theories
    2. Articulate the perspective of each change theory on the helping relationship
    3. Identify limitations of each change theory
    4. Determine appropriate applications of various change theories in integrated case management
    5. Examine their personal theory of child and youth care practice
    6. Articulate how they intentionally link theoretical perspectives for use in different contexts of CYC case management.
    Textbook Materials

    Textbooks and Materials to be Purchased by Students

    Thompson, C.L., Rudolph, L.B. and Henderson, D. (6th ed.) (2004). Counselling Children.  Pacific Grove: Brooks/Cole.

    Allen-Meares, P. and Fraser, M. (2004). Interventions with Children and Adolescents: An Interdisciplinary Perspective. Boston: Pearson.

                                                              (or similar texts)

    Requisites

    Prerequisites

    Enrolment in Year 3 of CYC

    Corequisites

    No corequisite courses.

    Equivalencies

    No equivalent courses.

    Course Guidelines

    Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.

    (Current)

    Course Transfers

    These are for current course guidelines only. For a full list of archived courses please see https://www.bctransferguide.ca

    Institution Transfer Details for CYCC 3520
    Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) No credit
    Simon Fraser University (SFU) No credit
    Trinity Western University (TWU) No credit
    University of British Columbia - Vancouver (UBCV) No credit
    University of Northern BC (UNBC) No credit
    University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) UFV CYC 320 (3)
    University of Victoria (UVIC) UVIC CYC 2XX (1.5)

    Course Offerings

    Fall 2022

    CRN
    Days
    Dates
    Start Date
    End Date
    Instructor
    Status
    CRN
    33082
    Tue
    Start Date
    -
    End Date
    Start Date
    End Date
    Instructor Last Name
    Dellebuur O'Connor
    Instructor First Name
    Kristyll
    Course Status
    Open
    Section Notes

    CYCC 3520 001 is restricted to full-time CYCC Degree students.

    Max
    Enrolled
    Remaining
    Waitlist
    Max Seats Count
    35
    Actual Seats Count
    34
    1
    Actual Wait Count
    0
    Days
    Building
    Room
    Time
    Tue
    Building
    Coquitlam - Bldg. C
    Room
    C1002
    Start Time
    13:30
    -
    End Time
    16:20
    CRN
    Days
    Dates
    Start Date
    End Date
    Instructor
    Status
    CRN
    33827
    Tue
    Start Date
    -
    End Date
    Start Date
    End Date
    Instructor Last Name
    Lam
    Instructor First Name
    Jason
    Course Status
    Full
    Section Notes

    CYCC 3520 002 is restricted to PT CYCC Degree students.

    Max
    Enrolled
    Remaining
    Waitlist
    Max Seats Count
    30
    Actual Seats Count
    31
    -1
    Actual Wait Count
    0
    Days
    Building
    Room
    Time
    Tue
    Building
    Coquitlam - Bldg. C
    Room
    C1011
    Start Time
    17:30
    -
    End Time
    20:20