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Comprehensive Childcare

Working with children calls for more than just good intentions. This certification course will enable you to enhance your professional formation and provide this population with high-quality attention.

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Duration 120 hours over 30 weeks In-person modality

This program

Participants will identify the relevance of using a variety of tools in their professional field when they work in the different phases of attention for children and their families. They will develop specific diagnosis, intervention, counseling and collaboration skills that form an integral part of psychological attention in this stage of development, as appropriate for their area of expertise.

Intended for psychologists, social workers, family guidance counselors, pre-school or elementary school teachers, special education teachers, learning specialists, psychopedagogical counselors, and professionals who intend to do assessment and intervention with children and their families.

Course content

Psychological attention in childhood: a collaborative proposal
Psychological assessment in children
Reporting results and dialogue with parents
Effective interventions in childcare
Elaboration of a personal childcare model

By the end of the program

Participants will:

Gain a better understanding of how people from different professional backgrounds collaborate to provide child care.
Understand the different models of child care and apply those that are consistent with their practice.
Structure a comprehensive evaluation process for the population they work with.
Sharpen their skills for evaluating, integrating results, and delivering them to parents or school intervention teams.
Compare different child care models in order to select appropriate strategies, which they will integrate into the construction of a personal model that addresses the needs of people within the context where they work.
Develop collaborative interaction skills to work with child care professionals and with non-professionals involved in providing child care.
Broaden the support network of professionals who could help provide attention for the people they work with.