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Diploma
A student may complete the following tasks:
- Work with children and adults with developmental disabilities, including autism in a variety of community and educational settings.
- Provide health care and administer medications.
- Teach skills to people with developmental disabilities.
- Perform functional behavioural assessments and implement behavioural interventions based upon these assessments.
- Implement augmentative communication strategies such as Boardmaker.
- Demonstrate effective and appropriate communication strategies and counselling techniques when working with people with developmental disabilities and their families.
- Facilitate community participation.
- Lead and implement person-directed planning.
- Report incidents of abuse of children and adults with developmental disabilities in accordance with provincial legislation.
For more information on placements for the Developmental Services Worker program, please contact:
Holly Duff, Field coordinator
hduff@fanshawec.ca
519-452-4430 x4184