Graduate Certificate - Early Childhood Education - Special Needs (07901)

Humber’s Early Childhood Education – Special Needs graduate certificate program offers a unique opportunity to pursue an exciting and challenging career working with children with special needs and their families. Through our practical, skill-based curriculum, you will develop many valuable skills including how to: Consult and collaborate interprofessionally with a team of early childhood educators, professionals and families to facilitate inclusion Advocate and facilitate community outreach for children and their families Observe, assess and implement using a variety of tools and techniques that support children’s development Conduct independent research in a chosen area of interest Plan and deliver professional development activities Cultivate reflective practice skills for the purpose of self and professional development. Students complete approximately 400 work placement hours assigned by faculty. During that time, students may be assigned a placement in community-based/government services and agencies such as a treatment centre, hospital, mental health agency, child-care centre or community association. You may have a full year placement which allows you to become fully immersed in the agency or a different placement each semester ensuring a variety of experiences.