Child Care - Dutchess Community College

Child Care from Dutchess Community College is a Campus Associate Child Care degree that prepares you for a Human Services career. The Child Care program is designed to prepare students to work with children, adolescents, or adults with mental, emotional or physical handicaps in a variety of settings, such as residential and day schools, group homes, crisis intervention centers, youth correctional facilities, and special needs day care centers. Skills for working with persons with special needs are developed through study and practical field experience. Emphasis is also placed on the personal growth and development of the individual student as it relates to their work with clients. Graduates of the program are qualified as human services generalists. Graduates may transfer credits from this program to a variety of senior colleges offering a baccalaureate degree in such fields as social work, psychology, and human services. The Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.) degree is awarded upon completion of the requirements for this program. Upon completion of this program students will be able to: 1. Identify components of the Human Services Delivery System including: The roles of the various members of the service delivery team. Client assessment/referral process. The history of the field of human services. 2. Recognize and discriminate between normal and abnormal development and behavior. 3. Differentiate among the three major theoretical perspectives with treatment applications of each. 4. Demonstrate application of the client-centered counseling process. 5. Employ the concept and components of a therapeutic milieu. 6. Display an understanding and respect for the diversity of cultures, races, genders, and sexual orientations among clients and co-workers, and in society as a whole. 7. Exhibit the ability to use technology effectively. View more details on Dutchess Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Child Care courses.