Speech and Language Assistant diploma
Note: This program is not available in
2005/06.
Entrance requirements
• Completion of a minimum of
30-credit certificate in a related field (such as ECE, CYC,
Social Services, Recreation Therapy, Music Therapy) including
six credits of university transfer English or communications,
six credits of Human Development/ Developmental Psychology, and
a GPA of 2.84 or higher;
or
• 30 university transfer credits
including six credits of Human Development/Developmental
Psychology, and six credits in English/Communications with
overall GPA of 2.33 or higher.
It is strongly recommended that
all applicants for the program have a current first aid
certificate and updated Rubella and TB clearance.
Program length and location
This program is available on a
part-time basis only, and can be completed over a minimum of
two years. Classes are held at Mission or Abbotsford campuses.
How to apply
1.
Submit the application fee along with your UCFV application for
admission form to the Admissions and Records (A&R) office.
Application forms are available from any A&R or Student
Services office. You can also print an application form from
our website at www.ucfv.ca/ar, or you can apply directly
through the internet at www.pas.bc.ca.
See
the
Program Charts
for a complete list of application dates and general admission
information.
Additional documents required for a
complete application:
• Official transcripts showing
completion of the stated prerequisites.
2.
After your application is received, the Admissions and Records
office will inform you of an orientation that you must attend.
Further details about the program, including registration,
scheduling and costs, will be available at the orientation
session.
Program outline
Course Title Credits
SLA 201 Introduction to the
Profession of Speech-
Language Pathology and the Role of the
Speech Language Assistant 3
Language Pathology and the Role of the
Speech Language Assistant 3
SLA 202 Language, Learning, and
Literacy 3
SLA 203 Communication Disorders
and
Intervention Techniques 3
Intervention Techniques 3
SLA 204 Articulation/Phonology 3
SLA 205 Programming 3
SLA 206 Amplification Systems Aural
Rehabilitation 3
Rehabilitation 3
SLA 207 Language Learning
Environments 3
SLA 209 Introduction to
Linguistics
or LING 101 Introduction to Language 3
or LING 101 Introduction to Language 3
SLA 215 Practicum — 200 hours
6
Total 30
Course listings
For complete details on courses see
the
SLA Course descriptions.
Full-time faculty
Christine Puder, BA CYC (UVic), MEd
(UBC), Department Head
Gwen Clarke, MSc (Edison)
D’Anne Epp, BA, MEd (Ottawa)
Linda Matwichuk, BA (Man), Grad.
Studies ECE (WWU), MAdEd (St. FX)
Maple Melder Crozier, BA (CSU), MS Ed
Psyc (CSUH)
Lou Schroeder, ECE, MEd Elem. Ed.
(Wichita State)
Les Stagg, BEd, MEd (UBC)
Part-time faculty
George Melzer, MECE (SFU)
Cindy Rammage, BA (UVic)
Sessional faculty
Colleen Bohlen, BA (UBC), MA (WWU)
Diane Eynon, BA (Minn.), MA (N.
Dakota)
Rob Lees, PhD (UBC)
Staff
Doris Ball, Department Assistant
ECE/CYC External Advisory committee
Pam Biero, Peardonville House
Bev Barnaby, Fraser Health Authority
Rob Bates, Ministry of Children and
Family Development
Barbara Braun, Braun-Tasaurus
Preschool
Diane Eynon, Fraser Valley Child
Development Centre
Vernie Greenhalgh, Chair, Sandcastle
Developmental Preschool
Luci Honey/Janet Tomayer,
Understanding the Early Years Project
Cheryl Havens and Carrie Grywacheski,
Hand in Hand School Age
Childcare Programs
Childcare Programs
Laurie Kocher, School District #34,
Abbotsford
Todd Koverchuk, Ministry of Children
and Family Development
Joane Laliberte, Upper Fraser Valley
Developmental
Preschool/Rotary House
Preschool/Rotary House
Rob Lees, Community Psychologist,
Ministry of Children and Families
Mark Littlefield, Abbotsford Community
Services, Family
Outreach and Education
Outreach and Education
Nita McKay, ECE Programs, Langley
College
Maggie Medcalfe, Fraser Valley Child
Development Centre
Lorna Rannie, Infant Development
Program, Fraser Valley Health Region
Gwen Reece, ECE Dept, Columbia Bible
College
Louise Smith, Coordinator, New
Beginnings/Youth Commission
Zelda Williams, Manager, Future 4
Nations/Headstart
Lori Richardson, SCC, Mission
Association for Community Living
The Family Child Care certificate
program provides training for people who want to provide care
for young children in a home setting. People who are currently
providing child care are also welcome to take the program.
Because of the variety of child care
arrangements being offered in the community, this program
provides training for family child care providers as well as
nannies and parent aides. These are the people who provide care
in a home-setting for small groups of young children.
In the summer of 1988, UCFV conducted
a survey of family child care providers to help determine the
educational interests and needs of individuals providing
in-home care for young children in the UCFV region. In 1993
UCFV wrote the provincial curriculum for all B.C. Colleges.
The B.C. Child Care Facilities Act
(1978) defines family childcare as:
“The provision, in a home
environment of child care, including an opportunity for social,
emotional, physical and intellectual growth, for children from
birth to school age.”
The Provincial Act regulates the
physical conditions under which a family childcare can operate.
Trained providers give potential consumers of this form
of childcare the reassurance they need, in order to carefully
select the type of care they desire. With well-trained family
childcare providers, children can be cared for in their own
neighbourhoods, in their own home, or near a parent’s
workplace, in groups of less than five children, at reasonable
cost. At present there is a critical lack of licensed and
available child care spaces.
Program goals
• To increase the number of
present and potential family child care providers.
• To increase the skills and
knowledge of providers.
• To raise public awareness
and the expected standard of quality.
• To encourage providers to
create a network and climate of professionalism.
• To promote continued
professional development through knowledge in the area of
readings, organizations and other information available to
other early childhood educators.
• To bridge the gap between
formal and less-formal child care providers and arrangements.
• To provide prospective
employers of parent aides or nannies with a training
opportunity as a condition of employment.
• To achieve a common
professional understanding of liability arrangements and legal
concerns in terms of care for young children.
• To provide a laddered
educational program with transferability to the ECE certificate
program.
Entrance requirements
Participants in this program:
• Need to be able to read and
write at a post-secondary level
• Need to be in good physical
and mental health. Non-smokers preferred.
• Must have a keen commitment
to working with young children.
Individuals applying for the Family
Child Care training program should plan to take courses in the
10-month time frame. Spaces if available will also be offered
to individuals wishing to take only some of the courses listed.
Students will need to arrange for time
in which they can observe a variety of family child care
settings.
UCFV reserves the right to cancel any
course for which there is insufficient enrolment. Maximum class
size is 24 and minimum class size is 12.
Note: This program also
qualifies graduates as preschool or childcare assistants.
Note: Completion of this program
with grades of C+ or better in all courses will be considered
as six credits of advanced standing toward an Early Childhood
Education certificate. Successful completion will also result
in preferential admittance into the ECE program for qualifying
applicants. It will also result in a letter of Licensing Board
equivalency to enable one to work as an assistant in a
childcare setting.
How to register
Students may usually register two
weeks prior to the course start date. Consult the UCFV
Continuing Studies booklet for course start dates and the
program head for more information.
Note: Registrations will be received
as long as space is available. If enrolment is low at the
Mission, Hope, or Chilliwack campus, students will be referred
to the Abbotsford campus.
Fees and additional costs
Fees stated are in effect for 2005/06
and are subject to change for 2006/07. Fees are approximately
$125 per course, including books.
Program content and outline
In addition to classroom instruction
and observations, students will be required to read and study
outside of class approximately three hours per week. Guided
observations require four hours per course. Each course is 21
hours of instruction, plus four hours of guided observation.
Course Title Credits
FAM 01 Introduction to Family
Childcare 1.5
FAM 02 Understanding Child
Development 1.5
FAM 03 Understanding
Children’s Behaviour 1.5
FAM 04 Nutrition, Health and Safety 1.5
FAM 05 Planning Children’s
Experiences 1.5
FAM 06 Operation of Family
Childcare–
and Administration/Parent Interaction 1.5
and Administration/Parent Interaction 1.5
Total 9
Family Child Care students are welcome
to attend workshops and seminars as available through Early
Childhood Educators of British Columbia, or UCFV.
Evaluation
Assignments will be given during each
course. Participants will also be required to maintain a
journal and resource file throughout the program.
Course listings
For complete details on courses see
the
FAM Course descriptions.
Instructors
Gwen Clarke
Isabel Hay
Bev Higgins
George Melzer
Barb Presseau
Website:
www.ucfv.ca/ece
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