Advanced College Diploma – Child and Youth Care (B992)

The Child and Youth Care three-year advanced diploma program at St. Clair College prepares specialists to facilitate positive change in children, youth, and families coping with complex social, emotional, behavioral, and mental health challenges:

• Relational & Therapeutic Practice: Focuses on establishing therapeutic relationships, understanding child/youth development, developing clinical observation skills, and mastering crisis intervention and counseling techniques.

• Complex Client Support: Prepares students to handle challenging cases including difficult home environments, substance abuse, mental health struggles, homelessness, self-harm, suicidal ideation, and youth justice conflicts.

• Extensive Practical Fieldwork: Includes extensive field placements integrated across each year of study to build real-world experience and professional networks.

• University Degree Pathways: Graduates with a minimum GPA of 3.0 are eligible for block transfer pathways into Year 3 of Bachelor’s degree programs in Disability Studies, Psychology, and Social Work at the University of Windsor.

• Diverse Career Opportunities: Equips practitioners for employment in child and family service agencies, residential/day treatment centers, young offender facilities, children’s aid societies, educational institutions, group homes, and respite services.

Academic Background: Grade 12 / High School Diploma.

Minimum GPA: 50.0%

Minimum Language Test Scores:

• IELTS: 6.0

• TOEFL: 83.0

• PTE: 60.0

• Duolingo: 110

Conditional & Direct Admission Options:

• Direct Admission (Pending Scores): Applicants awaiting official language test results can apply directly and receive a conditional offer, provided qualifying passing scores are submitted prior to receiving a final offer letter.

• English Pathway Courses: Applicants may satisfy language requirements by completing English language courses prior to starting the academic program, with length determined by initial language proficiency levels.

Entrance scholarships for international students at St. Clair College are automatically evaluated upon enrollment (excluding ESL and EAP programs):

Scholarship Amounts by Program Structure:

1-Year Certificate: $500 CAD

2-Year Diploma: $1,000 CAD

3-Year Advanced Diploma: $1,500 CAD

4-Year Degree: $2,000 CAD

Application & Assessment: No separate application is required; eligible students are automatically assessed upon admission.

Disbursement Criteria: Funds are deposited directly into the student’s college account after September 18, 2026, upon confirmation of a valid study permit and full-time enrollment in the Fall 2026 intake.