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Department of Child and Youth Care (CYC) courses at UVic:

CYC 100A - Introduction to Professional Child and Youth Care Practice: Part One

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Fall
  • Summer
 Historical and contemporary conversations about the professional field of child and youth care and its diverse practices and contexts. Introduction to strength-based practice, inclusiveness, caring in context, normative development, and ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 100B - Introduction to Professional Child and Youth Care Practice: Part Two

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Spring
 Continuation of 100A Course reviews: 0

CYC 101 - Introduction to Child and Youth Care Practice and Communications Technology

2011/2012 academic year:
  • not scheduled, yet
 A communications technology-based introduction to the fundamental concepts, relationships and professions associated with the field of Child and Youth Care. Introduces key skill areas that will facilitate learner/practitioner success. Students ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 130 - Professional Communications in Child and Youth Care

2011/2012 academic year:
  • not scheduled, yet
 Development of communication skills, with a focus on the Aboriginal learner. Emphasis is on written expressions, through personally meaningful, career relevant assignments and co-operative learning embedded in the professional foundation ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 131 - Child and Youth Care Practice in Indigenous Settings

2011/2012 academic year:
  • not scheduled, yet
 Structured opportunities for learners to identify, visit and examine examples of child and youth care practice in their own locale and within their own cultural frame of reference. They will ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 132 - Indigenous Leadership in Child and Youth Care

2011/2012 academic year:
  • not scheduled, yet
 An online course that develops the learner’s understandings of various forms of leadership that can contribute to achieving Indigenous goals for children, youth, families and their communities. Learners will study ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 152 - Introduction to Helping Skills in Child and Youth Care Practice

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Fall
 Focuses on introducing foundational helping and communication skills using video recording. The students explore the use of interpersonal and communication skills, helping strategies, and the development of therapeutic relationships within ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 166A - Lifespan Development (Conception to Late Childhood)

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Fall
 Introduces students to concepts and models of how human behaviour is acquired, maintained, and modified. Focuses on human development from conception to late childhood as a knowledge base for practice ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 166B - Lifespan Development (Adolescence to Late Adulthood)

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Summer
  • Spring
 Introduces students to concepts and models of how human behaviour is acquired, maintained, and modified. Focuses on human development from adolescence to late adulthood as a knowledge base for practice ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 171 - Introduction to Families: Issues, Patterns, and Processes

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Spring
 Conceptual frameworks and theories for understanding a variety of family challenges and difficulties. Takes an international perspective where issues related to parenting are compared and contrasted in terms of diversity ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 205 - Applying Change Theory in CYC Practice

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Fall
  • Spring
 An introduction for students to various orientations towards planned change. How change occurs and how helping professionals can facilitate such change is the main focus. By critically reflecting on fundamental ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 210 - Supervised Practicum I

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Spring
  • Summer
 An opportunity to practice evolving CYC skills in an applied setting. Students work directly with children/youth in a supervised practice situation in order to promote professional skill acquisition and integrate ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 230 - Introduction to CYC Practice in Indigenous Contexts

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Fall
 An exploration of Indigenous perspectives and contexts, both historical and contemporary, in relation to practice with Indigenous children, youth, families and communities. Readings, activities, and assignments provide an historical overview ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 240 - Ethical Decision-Making in Child and Youth Care Practice

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Spring
 An introduction to historical theoretical perspectives in the western philosophy of ethics, an overview of decision-making models and current professional perspectives on ethics in Child and Youth Care/human service practice. ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 250 - Introduction to Law in Child and Youth Care Contexts

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Fall
 The Law as an expression of social policy, and the processes by which laws are developed, enacted and changed; Family Law and the Family Courts, with special reference to laws ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 251 - An Introduction to Child and Youth Care for Human Services Diploma Students - Bridging Course One

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Fall
 An introduction to the field of CYC for students who are entering the BCYC program following successful completion of a human services diploma. Readings, practice scenarios, activities and assignments will ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 260 - Special Topics in Child and Youth Care

2011/2012 academic year:
  • not scheduled, yet
 An opportunity to examine selected current issues in child and youth care. Course reviews: 0

CYC 265 - Introduction to Group Work in Child and Youth Care Practice

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Spring
 A presentation, in an experiential format, of theoretical approaches and techniques related to the planning and facilitation of groups for children and youth. Students will explore how to plan for, ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 290 - Directed Studies in Child and Youth Care

2011/2012 academic year:
  • not scheduled, yet
 Research projects, additional course work or directed readings in a specified area. Course reviews: 0

CYC 310 - Supervised Practicum II

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Fall
  • Spring
  • Summer
 Students work directly with children/youth in a supervised practice situation in order to promote professional skill acquisition and integration. Emphasis is placed on observation and recording skills, understanding the structure ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 310A - Child and Youth Care Practicum by Prior Learning Assessment (PLA)

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Fall
  • Spring
  • Summer
 Students with significant work or volunteer experience in Child and Youth Care may complete the first CYC practicum by Prior Learning Assessment. Students will present evidence of their prior learning ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 338 - Applying Developmental Theory in Child and Youth Care Practice

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Fall
  • Spring
 Focuses on the application of contemporary child developmental theories and research, as well as cultural and social class theories, to child and youth care practice. These developmental theories will be ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 350 - Applying Law in Child Protection and Child and Youth Care Practice

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Spring
 An opportunity to put into practice the theoretical and legal foundation gained from the prerequisite course. Students will explore issues of diversity and the dynamics of law, Child and Youth ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 351 - Applying Change Theory in CYC Practice with Contemporary Families

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Fall
  • Spring
 An exploration of the application of change theories in CYC work with contemporary families. Focuses on issues and techniques in assessment; case planning and intervention, while studying major therapeutic approaches, ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 356 - Child and Youth Care Practice with Families

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Summer
  • Fall
 Focuses on the various kinds of strategies used when working with families in a variety of settings. Using a strengths based approach, it covers interventions that promote positive ways of ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 360 - Special Topics in Child and Youth Care

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Summer
 An opportunity to examine selected current issues in child and youth care. Course reviews: 0

CYC 361 - Supervision in the Human Services

2011/2012 academic year:
  • not scheduled, yet
 Course content includes a range of supervisory roles and responsibilities, the stages through which each supervisory relationship passes, the obligations and limits related to the supervisory relationship, relevant communication skills, ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 364 - Disability and Child and Youth Care Practice

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Spring
 An introduction to disabilities for child and youth care practitioners. It includes an historic perspective on disability, demographics, definitions and conceptual models of disability and service delivery. Quality of life, ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 365 - Theory and Practice of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

2011/2012 academic year:
  • not scheduled, yet
 Participants will increase their knowledge, skills, and self-awareness on the theory and application of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Students use a "hands on" approach to ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 370 - Applying Assessment and Case Planning in Child and Youth Care Practice

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Fall
  • Spring
  • Summer
 Focuses on the skills necessary to working professionally with individuals, groups and families: intake interviewing needs and risk assessment, intervention planning and implementation, case management and reporting. Knowledge and skill ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 374 - Promoting Positive Outcomes in Children's Environments

2011/2012 academic year:
  • not scheduled, yet
 Designed for all practitioners who work with young children, an exploration of the relationships between risks, opportunities, and change in their environments. The key premise is the belief that practitioners ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 379 - Interdisciplinary Perpectives on Sub-Saharan Africa

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Fall
 An overview of key African issues, through presentations by University of Victoria professors with research and development interests in Africa. Topics include: pre-history and paleo-anthropology, literature and the arts, colonial ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 380 - Practices for Young Children and Families: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Spring
 In this foundational course for the Early Years Specialization, the historical and philosophical trends that influence and shape services and policies for young children and their families will be examined. ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 381 - Leadership, Advocacy and Policy for the Early Years

2011/2012 academic year:
  • not scheduled, yet
 Explores leadership, advocacy and policy within the context of key political debates and controversies affecting early years services. Key areas of study will include: creation of networks and relationships with ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 390 - Directed Studies in Child and Youth Care

2011/2012 academic year:
  • not scheduled, yet
 Research projects, directed readings, or additional course work in a specified area. Course reviews: 0

CYC 410 - Advanced Supervised Practicum

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Fall
  • Spring
 This supervised practicum focuses on the student's chosen professional area of interest and provides an opportunity to apply case planning, intervention, and evaluation skills at an advanced level. Professional consultation, ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 410A - Advanced Supervised Block Practicum

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Fall
  • Spring
  • Summer
 A condensed 4 month practicum within which students are required to complete 286 hours. Some practicums are block practicums only, such as Child Life and Child Protection. Check with a ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 423 - Research Methods in Child and Youth Care

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Fall
 The design of research and evaluation in child and youth care. Within an applied research practitioner context, students will be introduced to the knowledge and skills necessary to locate, understand, ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 424 - Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis in Child and Youth Care

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Summer
  • Spring
 Provides students with a grounding in the techniques commonly used in the analysis of both quantitative and qualitative data in child and youth care as well as the logic of ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 460 - Special Topics in Child and Youth Care

2011/2012 academic year:
  • not scheduled, yet
 An opportunity to examine selected current issues in child, youth and family care. Course reviews: 0

CYC 461 - Child Life Practice in Hospitals and Community Settings

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Fall
 A foundation to child life practice in hospitals and community health care settings. Emphasis is placed on examining professional issues concerning child life specialists, the application of various conceptual frameworks, ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 462 - Perspectives on Substance Use in Child and Youth Care Practice

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Fall
 An introductory course on substance use and its impacts, particularly in relation to working with children, youth, families and communities. Students are expected to understand and critically reflect on a ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 463 - Substance Use: Prevention and Treatment Approaches in Child and Youth Care Practice

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Spring
 An examination of current approaches to working with substance use at the individual, family and community levels. The intended outcomes and goals of treatment and prevention will be explored. Differing ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 467 - Interdisciplinary Practice with Children, Youth and Families

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Summer
 Opportunities for applying the skills and knowledge essential for effective interdisciplinary practice with children and families in a CYC perspective. Explores the rationale for, and develops a critical analysis of, ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 470 - Mental Health and Child and Youth Care Practice

2011/2012 academic year:
  • not scheduled, yet
 An introduction to the cultural, philosophical, political, legislative and ethical history of mental health and mental illness. Includes an introduction to current assessment procedures within the mental health field including ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 475 - Advanced Child and Youth Care Practice with Families and Groups

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Fall
  • Spring
  • Summer
 This advanced course focuses on the development of skills required for child and youth care practice with families and groups. In a supervised teaching setting, students will assess the needs ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 476 - Child and Youth Care Practice with Families

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Summer
 Focuses on the development of skills related to child and youth care practice with families. Students are required to apply theory through interventions for children, parents, and their families based ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 480 - Advanced Applied Capacity Building for the Early Years

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Fall
 The central focus will be the practitioner's roles in strengthening community capacity for early years care and development. Local, national and international case examples will be employed to explore the ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 481 - Issues of Assessment and Evaluation with Young Children and Families

2011/2012 academic year:
  • not scheduled, yet
 An exploration of: (a) processes of assessment of young children and families including their implications and effects within various cultural and economic contexts; (b) methods of program evaluation including ethical ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 490 - Directed Studies in Child and Youth Care

2011/2012 academic year:
  • not scheduled, yet
 Research projects, directed reading, or additional coursework in a specified area. Course reviews: 0

CYC 495 - Advanced Seminar in CYC Theory, Research and Practice

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Fall
  • Spring
 Exploration of current topics in CYC theory, research and practice. Students' projects will apply the latest strategies for conducting qualitative and/or quantitative research. Students are expected to contribute to the ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 541 - Historical and Contemporary Theoretical Perspectives in Child and Youth Care

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Fall
  • Summer
 An exploration of historical and contemporary perspectives in child and youth care, including selected works of international pioneers across a range of child and youth care areas of practice. The ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 543 - Qualitative Research Methods in Child and Youth Care

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Spring
 An overview of approaches to qualitative research which are applicable to child and youth care practice. Students will explore the underlying assumptions of qualitative research design and will practice techniques ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 545 - Quantitative Research Methods in Child and Youth Care

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Fall
 Students will be expected to learn and be able to apply the techniques of quantitative research methodology to the field of child and youth care. Topics will include: research design ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 546 - Human Change Processes: From Theory to Practice

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Spring
  • Summer
 The framework for exploring human change processes will grow out of questions like the following: What is change? How does change occur? What kinds of change strategies are more effective ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 547 - Professional Leadership in Child and Youth Care

2011/2012 academic year:
  • not scheduled, yet
 Aspects of professional leadership, including ethical practice, teams and teamwork, change management and managing transitions, diversity and cultural competence, transformational learning, learning organizations and environments, strategic thinking and participative management ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 549 - Program Design and Development in Child and Youth Care

2011/2012 academic year:
  • not scheduled, yet
 Engages learners in various processes of program planning. Learners will also examine the cycles of planning and delivery of programs in the field of child and youth care. Various learning ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 551 - Ensuring Quality in Child and Youth Care Programs

2011/2012 academic year:
  • not scheduled, yet
 Explores what we know about creating quality programs for children, youth and their families. Recent advances in defining quality, creating client-centred standards, assessing outcomes, developing self-renewing organizations, and involving families ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 552 - Ethics in Practice

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Fall
 Critical reflection on professional and applied ethics from multiple perspectives and traditions. Topics include: developing a familiarity with various conceptual resources and ethical decision-making frameworks, recognizing one's socio-cultural and historical ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 553 - Practicum in Child and Youth Care

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Fall
  • Spring
  • Summer
 Students are required to work in an applied program for children, youth and their families with supervision in order to develop their professional skills to an advanced level of competency. ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 554 - Diversity in Practice

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Spring
 Explores the complexity of diversities that shape the contexts of professional practice with children, youth and their families who come from different communities, represent a wide range of social networks, ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 558 - Graduate Writing Seminar

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Summer
 Engages students in the process of proposal writing in preparation for either their master's research thesis or applied research project. Includes a consideration of the Human Research Ethics Board review ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 561 - Special Topics in Child and Youth Care Theory

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Spring
 Explores specialized areas of theoretical interest in the field of Child and Youth Care. Course reviews: 0

CYC 562 - Special Topics in Child and Youth Care Intervention

2011/2012 academic year:
  • not scheduled, yet
 Students will study models of intervention in child and youth care which are specific to their area of specialization. Course reviews: 0

CYC 563 - Specialized Practicum in Child and Youth Care

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Fall
  • Spring
  • Summer
 In consultation with a faculty adviser, students will select a special setting for advanced work and training. In some settings, this may take the form of a clinical internship. Students ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 564 - Special Topics in Child and Youth Care Research

2011/2012 academic year:
  • not scheduled, yet
 A variable content course that is focused on research in selected areas of Child and Youth Care. Topics will vary and students may take the course more than once for ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 565 - Child and Adolescent Development in Context

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Spring
  • Summer
 A holistic and contextualized perspective on child and adolescent development highlighting the importance of culture and context to human development. Recent publications highlighting non-western perspectives on human and social development ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 566 - Implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

2011/2012 academic year:
  • not scheduled, yet
 Examines the history of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, its relation to other human rights frameworks, and its use as an advocacy tool by professionals working with ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 568 - Program Evaluation and Policy in Child and Youth Care

2011/2012 academic year:
  • not scheduled, yet
 Drawing on knowledge and skills in program design and development, learners will learn to utilize program and personnel evaluative practices and explore strategies for ensuring transfer from program delivery and ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 569 - Human and Organizational Change

2011/2012 academic year:
  • not scheduled, yet
 Explores theories and case studies relating to the nature of change at various levels of personal and organization functioning. Developmental, therapeutic and transformational change will be examined in the contexts ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 571 - Youth Substance Use: Perspectives on Theory, Research and Practice

2011/2012 academic year:
  • not scheduled, yet
 Contemporary theoretical perspectives on youth substance use will be critiqued. Students will apply research strategies used to identify prevalence and risk factors associated with youth substance use patterns, and assess ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 580 - Child and Youth Care in the Context of International Development

2011/2012 academic year:
  • not scheduled, yet
 A historical perspective on the relationship among various constructions and understandings of children and their identified needs, and the policies, initiatives and priorities of various governmental and non-governmental organizations and ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 582 - Children's Survival, Health, and Development in Ecocultural Context

2011/2012 academic year:
  • not scheduled, yet
 An exploration of the diversity of settings, goals, opportunities and challenges for children's survival and development. Expands learners' knowledge of proximal and distal determinants of children's health, in local, national ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 590 - Directed Studies in Child and Youth Care

2011/2012 academic year:
  • not scheduled, yet
 Individual studies under the direct supervision of one or more faculty members. The content, credit value and method of evaluation must be approved by the instructor and School of Child ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 598 - Applied Research Project

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Fall
  • Spring
  • Summer
 Students will undertake an applied research project which could, for example, include: (1) program development, (2) program needs assessment, (3) development of an assessment tool/protocol for clients, (4) evaluation of ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 599 - Thesis

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Fall
  • Spring
  • Summer
 Specialized research on a topic chosen in consultation with the student's supervisory committee. The thesis should be an original piece of research that would be suitable for publication in a ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 641 - Generating Knowledge in Child and Youth Care

2011/2012 academic year:
  • not scheduled, yet
 Extends learners' understanding of methodologies used to conduct social inquiry and how decisions about methodology affect knowledge outcomes and influence policy and practice. The focus will be the interplay of ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 643 - Qualitative Research in Child and Youth Care

2011/2012 academic year:
  • not scheduled, yet
 Opportunities for learners to apply research practices commonly used in qualitative research. Examples of such competencies may include, description, interpretation, and analysis found in methodologies such as grounded theory, critical ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 645 - Quantitative Research in Child and Youth Care

2011/2012 academic year:
  • not scheduled, yet
 Students will be exposed to an in-depth exploration and application of specific quantitative methods for studying issues related to child and youth care. Examples of possible foci include secondary analyses, ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 671 - Social and Cultural Contexts of Child and Youth Care Policy, Practice, Research and Pedagogy

2011/2012 academic year:
  • not scheduled, yet
 A problem-based approach to learning that situates concepts and theories within issues related to children, youth, and families. Utilizes existing child and youth care research in relation to the challenges ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 680 - Doctoral Seminar in Child and Youth Care

2011/2012 academic year:
  • not scheduled, yet
 Builds a collegial environment to support doctoral students in the midst of their inquiry and research process by providing opportunities for participating in collaborative inquiry, for presenting and critiquing work ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 682A - Internship in Child and Youth Care Research

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Fall
  • Spring
  • Summer
 Learners may be involved in an ongoing research project in CYC or a closely related field in which they will play an active role in some aspect(s) of conducting the ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 682B - Practice Internship in Child and Youth Care

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Fall
  • Spring
  • Summer
 A practice Internship provides opportunities for the student to be actively involved and supervised in a practice setting. Practice settings may include teaching environments, face to face counselling settings, international ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 690 - Directed Studies in Child and Youth Care

2011/2012 academic year:
  • not scheduled, yet
 Individual study at the doctoral level under the direct supervision of one or more faculty members. The content, credit value and method of evaluation must be approved by the instructor ... Course reviews: 0

CYC 693 - Candidacy Exams

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Fall
  • Spring
  • Summer
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CYC 699 - PhD Dissertation

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Fall
  • Spring
  • Summer
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CYC 140 - WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS IN CYC

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Spring
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CYC 280 - CREATING PROGRAMS+ENVIROMNTS

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Fall
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CYC 330 - APPL PRCTCE:INDIGENOUS CONTXT

2011/2012 academic year:
  • Spring
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