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Our faculty members maintain active involvement in the field, with all professors having worked professionally within the last five years. Their up-to-date course content combines rigorous theory with practical applications to prepare you for professional success. You'll gain expertise in creating and applying various prevention, intervention, and treatment approaches rooted in comprehensive knowledge of human development, family dynamics, and multicultural perspectives.
Key learning outcomes
Create and apply prevention, intervention, and treatment methods grounded in developmental psychology, family structures, and cultural awareness.
Provide guidance to vulnerable youth facing everyday difficulties.
Instruct essential social and practical skills while assisting with behavioral management.
Promote personal development and constructive transformation in adolescents.
Professional Pathways
Upon completing Sheridan's Child and Youth Care program, you'll be equipped to launch a fulfilling career in this vital sector.
Potential workplace settings include: Community organizations, Youth correctional facilities, Residential care environments
Shelters for unhoused individuals, Educational institutions, Social support services
Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent, including these required courses:
One English, Grade 12 (ENG4C or ENG4U) or
Mature student status.
English Proficiency Requirements
IELTS - overall score 6.0 with no individual band below 5.5
TOEFL iBT (Test of English as a Foreign Language) and TOEFL iBT Home Edition (DI Code: 9117) - overall score 80 with no individual section below 20
iTEP Academic - overall score 3.7
PTE Academic (Pearson Test of English) online or in person - overall score 58 with no individual section below 49
Duolingo English Language Test - overall score of 105 with no individual subscore lower than 85
Cambridge English Test Exams (B2 First/C1 Advanced/C2 Proficiency score) - overall Cambridge English Scale score 169 with no individual score below 162
CAEL (Canadian Academic English Language) online or in person - overall score 60 with no individual section below 50
Sheridan EPA test - Listening Band - 4.0 Reading Combined Band - 4.0 Writing - CLB 7
Sheridan's ESL program EAP level - A minimum score of 70% in listening and speaking and 70% in reading and writing. General Education courses and Navigating Digital Environments (INFO) minimum required grade of 50%.