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110 GEORGIAN COLLEGE HUMAN SERVICES = COMPETITIVE = PLACEMENT REQUIREMENTS GeorgianCollege.ca/CODA 705.728.1968, ext. 1444 ONTARIO COLLEGE GRADUATE CERTIFICATE 1 year (3 semesters) 2 field placements STARTS SEPTEMBER BARRIE APPROX. FIRST YEAR FEES: $7,397.24 ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS • Postsecondary diploma or degree with emphasis in communication disorders, linguistics, human anatomy and physiology, social sciences, or human services curricula. SELECTION PROCESS Applicants will be asked to submit and decisions will be based on a resumé, academic grades/transcripts of all postsecondary diploma and/or degree studies, a letter of intent and two letters of reference are required. This program prepares graduates to work in an adjunctive capacity as supportive personnel to qualified speech-language pathologists and audiologists in a variety of treatment settings. Emphasis is placed on preparing graduates to conduct remediation programming after the speech-language pathologist or the audiologist has completed the assessment and determined the treatment plan. Based on a thorough understanding of physiological and functional speech/language and hearing disorders, students develop programming skills and learn intervention techniques to evoke and sustain communication behaviours. Career opportunities Graduates from the program work under the supervision and direction of a qualified speech- language pathologist and/or audiologist. They find employment as supportive personnel (speech and learning technicians, speech aides, and therapy assistants) serving children and adults with communicative disorders and delays. Work settings include: • children's treatment centres • school boards • public health units • Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) • Community Care Access Centres (CCACs) • hospitals • early year's centres • private speech and/or audiology clinics COMMUNICATIVE DISORDERS ASSISTANT CODA GeorgianCollege.ca/ADTP 705.728.1968, ext. 3076 ONTARIO COLLEGE GRADUATE CERTIFICATE 1 year (3 semesters) 1 internship STARTS SEPTEMBER ORILLIA APPROX. FIRST YEAR FEES: $7,104.56 ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS • Postsecondary diploma, or degree, with a specialty in human, health or social sciences SELECTION PROCESS Applicants will be selected based on their academic grades. An overall minimum average of 65%, C+ or GPA of 2.5 is recommended in postsecondary studies. Resumé and letter of intent (upon request). In this graduate-level program, students learn to provide a client-centred and client-driven continuum of treatment for individuals with addiction problems. With a solid framework of individual and group counselling skills, students study individual, gender and societal considerations and the resulting treatment implications. They practise motivational interviewing techniques and learn the importance of matching client needs with intervention options. In addition, students re-construct education and prevention strategies and design, facilitate and evaluate such tools. Career opportunities • addictions counsellor • substance abuse counsellor • chemical withdrawal management counsellor • addictions nurse • problem gambling counsellor or attendant in residential, out-patient, and street-front treatment settings Future study options: Graduates of ADPT may be granted credit toward degree studies via an articulaion agreement with Aspen University (US). See page 23 for details. ADDICTIONS: TREATMENT AND PREVENTION ADTP