Human Services: Learning in Action

The outdoor playground used by the Vermilion campus day care as well as for play programs needed some work.

The Human Services club took the lead in a cross-campus team that took on the redevelopment.

The project also became part of an early childhood educational research project about outdoor play.

Presuming competence was a concept for 1st year child and youth care counsellor students, until they hosted a fall break activity for local youth.

As one student explained the concept means assuming the kids are capable of doing whatever you have planned and being careful not to undermine their abilities if they can't.

Games, crafts and learning activities were all on the agenda.

For more details, read the story CYCC students connect with local youth.

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For students, learning comes in preparing and executing a project. They choose a project, research it, find the connection to what they’ve learned about human development, prepare a pitch including a budget, present it and then make it happen.

Projects have included: 

• an introduction to wheel chair curling
• a small lending library near a K-12 school 
• cleaning Ronald McDonald House in Edmonton
• sensory baskets for autistic children and children at a womens’ shelter
• sanitary packages for the homeless 
• school supplies for elementary school aged students 
• cultural experiences for a variety of age groups 
• activities in playschools to continuing care centres 
• stocking food banks 

Further reading from: 

2021 – Fostering community connections

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