Diploma in Specialized Education Techniques

This three-year Diploma of College Studies (DEC, programme code 351.A1) in Specialized Education Techniques prepares students to work with diverse clienteles requiring psychosocial, behavioural, or rehabilitation support. Students learn to welcome and observe the attitudes and behaviours of the people they support, identify and analyze their needs, develop and apply intervention plans, and lead individual or group activities. The curriculum combines general education courses in literature, philosophy, physical education, and languages with specialized coursework and supervised practicums. Graduates are prepared to work in settings such as day centres, private residences and long-term care facilities, childcare centres, rehabilitation centres for intellectual disabilities and autism spectrum disorders, youth centres, psychiatric hospitals, youth drop-in centres, schools, and community organizations. Graduates may continue to university studies in fields such as special education, criminology, preschool, elementary and secondary teaching, guidance counselling, psychoeducation, psychology, sexology, and social work, and other programs with no specific prerequisites.