Youth and Adult Correctional Intervention Diploma of College Studies

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Youth and Adult Correctional Intervention Diploma of College Studies

  • Objectives John Abbott College is the only English College in Quebec to offer a program in Youth and Adult Correctional Intervention. Courses in this three-year program provide students with a solid foundation in applied social sciences, criminology, penal law and psychology. Students are encouraged to participate in community programs connected with correctional studies to allow them to exercise and develop human relation skills. Graduates will be prepared to act as authority figures and role models. As part of a team, they will also develop professional skills enabling them to work in a helping relationship to facilitate social reintegration.
  • Practical experience There are fieldwork aspects to this program.
  • Academic title Youth and Adult Correctional Intervention Diploma of College Studies
  • Course description 1st Semester
    310-100     Analysis of the Profession
    310-101     Judicial System
    310-104     Intro to Criminology
    310-105     Observation Methods
    603-101     English
    345-103     Humanities
    109-___     Physical Education
    ___-___     Complementary

    2nd Semester
    310-200     Communication Techniques
    310-201     Adult Criminology
    310-202     Juvenile Criminology
    310-205     Penal Law
    350-206     Adolescence to Maturity
    603-___     English
    345-102     Humanities
    109-___     Physical Education

    3rd Semester
    310-300     Correctional Services
    310-301     Juvenile Institutions
    310-302     Clinical Criminology I
    310-303     Psychopathology & Deviance
    310-304     Prevention
    310-305     Fieldwork I
    603-___     English
    602-___     French

    4th Semester

    310-400     Criminal Criminology II
    387-401     Ethnic & Social Diversity
    310-402     Community Resources
    310-403     Crisis Intervention
    310-404     Fieldwork II
    603-DB     English
    602-DB     French
    109-105     Physical Education

    5th Semester
    310-501     Drugs
    310-502     CPR & First Responder
    310-503     Self-Defense
    310-506     Group Techniques
    310-507     Integrating Legal
    Intervention
    310-508     Fieldwork III
    ___-__      Complementary
    345-DB      Humanities

    6th Semester

    310-600     Fieldwork IV
    310-602     Integration Seminar

    All students must pass the Ministerial Examination of College English and a Comprehensive Assessment in Correctional Intervention Technology.
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