Advanced Special Needs Training
The Creche Child and Family Centre and George Brown
College collaborate to offer to Early Childhood Educators advanced
specialized training for work with children with special needs. The
goal of this initiative is to strengthen the capacity of early childhood
educators to respond to children with special needs. The training reflects
a philosophy of inclusive treatment of the child with special needs
in early childhood settings. The training is a combination of theory
and case-based application. The training consists of two major modules,
the first composed of eight theory-based study sessions and the second
of a series of monthly network meetings.
Reaching In - Reaching Out
Reaching In - Reaching Out is a two year research project conducted
by The Child and Family Partnership: The YMCA of Greater Toronto, the
University of Guelph, The Creche Child and Family Centre and George Brown
College. The project uses human development knowledge about resiliency,
adapts it for application with preschool children in licensed child care,
evaluates the impact of the newly developed strategies and will disseminate
the relevant findings and materials to Canadian and International audiences
in child care and related fields. Enhanced resiliency has significant
promise for long-term outcomes for children. The project aims to strengthen
early childhood development, learning, care and to improve parenting.
Casa Loma Child Care Centre at George Brown College is one of the four
child care centers in the project involved in the development of tools
and curricula.
IDEAS - Emotional Well-Being in Child
Care
IDEAS is a vehicle for discussion of emotional well
being in child care. It is a partnership between Children's Mental
Health, Early Childhood Education and George Brown College. The goal
is to support frontline early childhood educators working with infants
and young children through the publication of current research and
theory in children's mental health and development and relevant
application. In the Fall of 1999, IDEAS formed a new partnership with
the Canadian Child Care Federation. IDEAS is published as a separate
section in the Fall and Spring editions of the Canadian Child Care
Federation's magazine: Interaction.
For access to Interaction visit the Canadian
Child Care Federation web site.
Advisory Committees
The Program Advisory Committees (PAC) play an important
role in the educational process at George Brown College. In the Early
Childhood Development program, our committees provide the necessary
link between GBC and the community we serve. Advisory committees enable
our program to respond thoughtfully to current needs and assist us
in the identification of trends and changes in the marketplace.
Committee members participate directly in developing and reviewing programs
to ensure coherence with the College's mission and strategic direction.
It also assists in maintaining the educational currency of our program
by identifying the needs of the business and social sectors served by
the College.
George Brown College participates on The Special Needs Advisory Committee
in Toronto. And, we're members of the Canadian Child Care Federation.
About Placements
Over 100 agencies provide a variety of field placement
opportunities for the School of Early Childhood programs.
Field placements offer students the opportunity to gain experience
in licensed community-based child care programs, employer-based programs,
schools, programs for children with special needs, hospital playrooms,
and family resource programs.
George Brown College operates nine innovative child care centres offering
training and high quality child care in a variety of
facilities. Staffed by fully trained Early Childhood Educators the centres
play an important
role as lab schools in helping students develop their
skills in working with young children. Students must complete at least
one field placement
at a lab school centre. The lab schools operate in
co-operation with ScotiaBank, Waterpark Place, the Baycrest Geriatric
Centre, Oxford Properties,
and the Toronto District School Board. They include:
- Casa Loma Child Care Centre
- Esther Exton Child Care Centre
- Queen Street Child Care Centre
- Richmond/Adelaide Child Care Centre
- Rose Avenue Child Care Centre
- Ryerson Public School School Age Program
- Scotia Plaza Child Care Centre
- University of Toronto, Child Care on Charles Street
- Waterpark Place Child Care Centre
George Brown College remains committed to operating the child care centres
as a fundamental component of the Centre for Early
Childhood Development, and as a provider of high quality child care in
Toronto.
If you are interested in finding out about international placement
opportunities, visit our Jamaica
Outreach Project.
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