Special Needs Educational Assistant
Be a child’s champion
Your open heart and caring attitude could make all the difference to someone that needs you. Our Special Needs Educational Assistant program will prepare you for a rewarding career helping children with a variety of challenges thrive in a school setting. This unique, two-year diploma will complement your desire to make a difference with the knowledge you need to do just that. You’ll learn about speech and language development, behavioural analysis and much more. The road to a truly wonderful and exciting career is waiting. Let us help you make the first step.
Special Needs Educational Assistant is right for you if you:
- are flexible, patient, sensitive and creative
- believe each child is valued and can make difference
- possess good speaking and writing skills
- take direction and work independently and effectively in a team environment
- have good observation skills
- have a positive attitude
- can deal with the emotional and mental stress of working with a student or groups.
Helping you help others
We’ll give you everything you need to start making an impact on someone’s life. You’ll get into the heart of this rewarding career starting with your first semester where you’ll complete the first of four practicums, helping you gain valuable hands-on experience necessary in this significant line of work. And, we can be flexible. We offer a host of alternate delivery options from on-campus learning to distance learning to video conferencing. You can look forward to the meaningful, long-lasting career you’ve always wanted.
| Tuition | Fees | Books & Supplies | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year 1 | $3,438 | $801 | $1,900* |
| Year 2 | $3,430 | $744 | $1,500* |
