Georgian College

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Addictions: Treatment and Prevention

Study detals

Course type: Preparation Programme Degree: Ontario College Graduate Certificate Study mode: full-time Duration : 12 Month

Requirements

Addictions: Treatment and Prevention admission requirements
Post-secondary diploma, or degree, with a specialty in related human services, social work, or social sciences.

Selection Process
Applicants are selected on the basis of their academic grades.
An overall minimum average of 65%, C+ or GPA of 2.5 is recommended in post-secondary studies. Prior credential (diploma and/or degree) relevancy to be determined by program coordinator.

Criminal Reference/Vulnerable Sector Check
Placement agencies require an up-to-date clear criminal reference check and vulnerable sector check prior to going out on placement. Students should obtain their criminal reference three months prior to placement; checks conducted earlier may not be considered current. As some jurisdictions require longer lead-time for processing, please check with the program coordinator to ensure you allow for sufficient turn-around time. It is the student’s responsibility to provide the completed document prior to placement start.

English Language Requirements:

IELTS (International English Language Testing System Academic): 6.0 overall band score, with no band lower than 6.0
CAEL (Canadian Academic English Language Test): Minimum overall score of 60
PTE (Pearson Test of English Academic): Minimum overall score of 60
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language iBT): Minimum overall score of 83

Additional information

Program description
Students develop the skill set to provide a client-centered and client driven continuum of treatment for individuals with addiction problems. With a strong framework of individual and group counselling skills, students study individual, gender, and societal considerations and the resulting treatment implications through the lens of trauma informed care. They practice motivational interviewing techniques, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), and dialectal behaviour therapy (DBT) while learning to match client needs with intervention options. In addition, students reconstruct education and prevention strategies in an effort to design, facilitate and evaluate such tools.

Bursaries
• International Bursary for Political Unrest (IBPU)
Georgian College has established a bursary for eligible international students that are experiencing unexpected financial burdens, due to political or financial unrest in their home country. The bursary will be applied as a payment toward any outstanding balance with the college, or as a deposit toward the following semester's tuition (if applicable).
• You must be an international Georgian student.
• You must be enrolled full-time in the current academic term that you're applying in and be in good standing.
• You must have unexpected financial need because of political or financial unrest in their home country.

• Food: $250 to $400 per month (groceries and eating out)
• Transportation: $100 to $150 per month (public transportation or bike rental)
• Mobile phone and internet: $70 to $100 per month
• Miscellaneous expenses (entertainment, clothing, textbooks, etc.): $200 to $400 per month

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