Cert in Child and Adolescent Mental Health is a certificate in Clinical Psychology programme taught at Northern College in Timmins, Canada. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered fully online. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 2,775 per year for local students.
The certificate's courses span autism spectrum disorder, covering its neurodevelopmental and behavioural aspects, causes, symptoms, diagnostic tools and research-based interventions across the lifespan, and a family-support course that introduces collaborative, strengths-based engagement with families, case management and culturally competent practice. A professional communications course builds oral and written workplace skills and academic integrity, while a prevention and intervention course addresses stressful situations affecting infants, children and adolescents. Further courses cover crisis and behaviour intervention techniques for helping professionals, including conflict management and self-care; family relationships examined through developmental stages and family systems theory; and the social problems of poverty, family violence, discrimination, addiction and crime as they affect Canadian families and communities.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: This Ontario College Certificate requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma with Grade 12 English (C or U) or equivalent; mature applicants without this background may be asked to complete academic testing before admission, and missing prerequisites can be completed at no cost through Academic Upgrading. The programme page does not publish its own English-proficiency scores; Northern College's general international requirement for certificate programmes applies: IELTS Academic 6.0 overall with no band below 5.5, TOEFL iBT 79, PTE Academic 58, or Duolingo 105. No interview, portfolio, or work-experience requirement is stated. Students may take individual courses without meeting full admission requirements, but must be accepted through OCAS before completing 50% of the certificate's courses, and have five years from registration to finish.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca; Northern College accepts applications on a rolling basis for most programs right up until a semester begins if space remains, but for its limited-enrollment competitive programs — Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Practical Nursing, Veterinary Technician, Veterinary Assistant, Veterinary Technology (Wildlife Rehabilitation), Companion Animal Physical Rehabilitation, and Medical Laboratory Technician — February 1, 2027 is the equal-consideration date for Fall 2027 entry, after which remaining seats are offered first-come, first-served or waitlisted. International applicants apply through the OCAS International Application Service and are assessed on a rolling basis; Northern publishes no fixed international application deadline. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
