我们更新的两年教育支持文凭计划使您成为支持特殊需要儿童的教育团队的一员，可以在学校工作。您将帮助有学习障碍，智力障碍，感官或身体残疾以及行为挑战的儿童。技术在当今的现代化教室或机构环境中起着关键作用，并且该计划将增强您的数字素养知识以及在未来职业中将使用的辅助技术。您将毕业，准备充分帮助学生使用iPad和当前的应用程序，包括SMART Board和其他辅助技术，例如语音转文本软件。您还将从我们的教师在该领域的最新和广泛经验中受益。学生将有机会学习一种全新的语言-美国手语
You can make a difference in a child's life as a competent, caring educational support professional. Our program will prepare you to play a vital role in the classroom supporting students with special needs. Our updated two-year Educational Support diploma program prepares you to work in a school setting as part of the educational team supporting children with special needs. You will help children with learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities, sensory or physical disabilities and behavioural challenges.<br><br>Technology plays a key role in today's modern classroom or institutional setting, and this program will enhance your knowledge of digital literacy and the assistive technologies you will use in your future career. Youll graduate fully prepared to help students using iPads and current apps, including SMART Boards and other assistive technologies, such as voice-to-text software. You will benefit from our faculty members recent and extensive experience in the field. In the second and third semesters, the roles of teacher and educational assistant will be explored and more clearly defined. You'll learn how to: manage behaviour, modify educational programming, support exceptional children, assist with curriculum planning<br><br>During third semester, you will spend three days a week in class at the College and two days a week in a classroom in an area school. The final part of the program is an intensive, semester-long, practical learning experience in an educational setting or agency. During this placement experience, you'll work with students with a range of exceptionalities including autism, physical disabilities, cognitive disabilities, visual impairments, and learning disabilities. You can complete your placement in the location of your choice, whether that's in your home town, in the Kawartha region or a larger city in Ontario.