Diploma - Educational Assistant (Special Needs Support)
- 2 years
- Duration
- 33,319 CAD
- Price
- Rolling admission
- Start
- Rolling admission
- Deadline
- Diploma
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- Welland / Canada
- Location
Program description
Are you driven to make a difference in the lives of people with special needs and to ensure that everyone achieves their full potential?
In this unique dual-focused program, you will be prepared for two career paths. You are skilled and compassionate in supporting students and adults with special needs in a community or educational setting as an Educational Support or Developmental Support Worker.
Highlights
- Gain knowledge, skills, and abilities to support people with a variety of special needs in K-12 educational settings as well as a variety of community agency settings.
- 400 hours of practical field placement experience in educational and community settings, supervised by a Field Placement Officer, with many opportunities for employment.
- Graduates receive job-related certifications in Person-Centered Training and Nonviolent Crisis Intervention/Prevention.
- Students can network professionally through school boards and community organizations.
- Take advantage of this one-of-a-kind college program to gain knowledge, skills, and abilities for work in education and community settings.
Program structure
Term One
- Computer Applications
- Essential Communication Skills for Community Services
- Educational Foundations And Strategies
- Literacy Support and Strategies
- Professional Roles of the Educational Assistant / Support Worker
- Developmental Disabilities - Overview
- Activities of Daily Living Supports
Term Two
- Numeracy Support and Strategies
- Exceptionalities I
- Assistive Technology Across The Lifespan
- Person Directed Planning
- Introductory Psychology
- Adaptive Recreational Strategies
- Field Placement I
Term Three
- Positive Behaviour Supports
- Advocacy, Empowerment and Choice
- Differentiated Instruction
- Personal Development for the Workplace
- Pharmacology
- Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Canada
- Field Placement II
Term Four
- Autism Spectrum Disorder: Effective Strategies
- Community Resources
- Exceptionalities II
- Professional Reporting
- Developmental Psychology
- Field Placement III
Price
Level One
- Tuition - 7,175.00 CAD
- Ancillary Fees - 1,651.95 CAD
- Material Fees - 146.60 CAD
- Level Total - 8,973.55 CAD
Level Two
- Tuition - 7,175.00 CAD
- Ancillary Fees - 648.95 CAD
- Material Fees - 54.00 CAD
- Level Total - 7,877.95 CAD
Year One Total - 16,851 CAD
Level Three
- Tuition - 7,175.00 CAD
- Ancillary Fees - 1,508.95 CAD
- Material Fees - 0.00 CAD
- Level Total - 8,683.95 CAD
Level Four
- Tuition - 7,175.00 CAD
- Ancillary Fees - 608.95 CAD
- Material Fees - 0.00 CAD
- Level Total - 7,783.95 CAD
Year Two Total - 16,467 CAD
Estimated Program Total - 33,319 CAD
Requirements for applicants
Admission Requirements
- Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), or equivalent including the following required course(s):
- English – any Grade 12 (C) or (U), or equivalent
- Related volunteer and or cooperative/work experience
- Leadership and Peer Support – Grade 11 (O)
- Dynamics of Human Relationships – Grade 11 (O)
- Human Development Throughout the Lifespan – Grade 12 (C) or (U)
- Challenge and Change in Society – Grade 12 (U)
- Working with School-Age Children and Adolescents – Grade 12 (C)
- Recreation and Healthy Active Living – Grade 12 (C) or (U)
Language Proficiency Admission Requirements
You will be required to provide proof of one or more of the following:
- Niagara College Mature Student Test for English
- Grade 12 English at the C or U level (Ontario High School Curriculum)
- ACE English (Academic Upgrading)
- International Credential Assessment for studies outside of Canada
If English is your subsequent language, Niagara College (for the purposes of admission to standard non-competitive programs) will also accept these English Language Test Scores
- Cambridge English Exams (B2 First/FCE, C1 Advanced/CAE or C2 Proficiency/CPE) - 169 – No skill under 162
- International English Language Testing System (IELTS) including Indicator Test** 6.0 – No individual band under 5.5.
- Duolingo Language Test - Overall score of 105+, with no individual score under 95
- Internet-based (IBT) Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) including Special Home Edition Test - Paper-based: 500, Computer based: 173, iBT: 79, Minimum: 20 Writing, 20 Speaking
- Pearson Test of English (PTE) - 46+, with no individual skill under 36
- Canadian Academic English Language Test (CAEL) including CAEL Online Proficiency Test - 60 – No individual band under 50.
- Niagara College’s English for Academic Preparation program (EAP) - Completion of Level 5 English for Academic Preparation (EAP) program with 70% and no individual grade under 50%
About the university
Niagara College, with campuses in Welland and Niagara-on-the-Lake, is conveniently located in the center of the Niagara Region, only minutes away from one of the world's most popular tourist destinations. The college is home to more than 130 cutting-edge academic programs.
All of our campuses are home to state-of-the-art facilities and innovative teaching methods, including small class sizes, cutting-edge research, and real-world application.
These courses put students in an interactive and technologically advanced learning environment. Our grads are well-versed in multiple cultures, quick learners, and risk takers who push the envelope of what's possible in business in Niagara, Canada, and beyond.
Why Niagara College?
- 130+ certificate, diploma, apprenticeship and Bachelor's Degree programs
- 600+ credit, vocational and general interest courses
- We care about you and want you to succeed - employers report high levels of satisfaction with the skills and knowledge possessed by NC graduates.
- Building a sustainable future
- More than seven thousand students per year participate in cooperative education, field placements, internships, learning enterprises, apprenticeships, clinical placements, course-based research, and fieldwork in about one hundred different academic disciplines.
