亨伯的发展服务工作者（DSW）文凭课程教您有效提高有特殊需要的人的身体，心理和情感健康的技能。我们的教职团队由活跃于该领域的发展服务专家组成，我们的小班制允许个性化的关注。我们的课程是根据发展服务领域专家的意见而设计的，以确保课程是最新且相关的。您的研究将从了解人类发展的阶段，发育障碍的类型以及针对该人群的可用社区支持服务的范围开始。接下来，您将学习干预技术，以人为本的计划，异常心理学/双重诊断，基本药理学，为患有自闭症和其他复杂需求的人提供支持，加强沟通方式以及对受虐待者的有效应对措施。最后，您将发展建
Humber’s Developmental Services Worker (DSW) 2-year diploma program teaches you skills to become a highly skilled professional who will effectively promote the physical, mental and emotional health of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities across their lifespan. Our faculty team consists of developmental services professionals who are active in the field, and our small class sizes allow for individualized attention. Our curriculum is designed with input from developmental services field experts, ensuring courses are current and relevant. Your studies begin with an introduction to the developmental services sector and an overview of the types of developmental disabilities and the range of available community support services for this population. Next, you will learn about positive behaviour supports and intervention techniques (practising strategies with the use of simulation), person-centered planning, dual diagnosis, health and wellness, basic pharmacology, supporting people with autism and other complex needs, sign language and augmentative forms of communication, and effective responses to people who have experienced abuse. Finally, you will develop skills in building interpersonal relationships and problem-solving. You will also build your expertise in our counselling labs which provide an ideal setting to develop competencies for working with individuals with limited verbal skills and through hands-on practice of health-care skills and medication administration. This program includes 600 hours of field experience.