May-August 2026

Important Note: Students who have not registered for courses for one or more years must apply for Continuance before they can register. More information.

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EDUC-5405-770 Reclaiming Children & Youth

Instructor: K. Anderson Leachman
Dates and Times: May 4th to June 15th: TTh; 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Location: LIVE: Scheduled class times will take place using an online platform. Students must be available during the posted lecture times for live streaming and/or group interactions. High speed internet is mandatory.

This course is designed to prepare educators to meet the needs of emotionally fragile and behaviourally disruptive children and youth. Emphasis is on Life Space Crisis Intervention (LSCI), an advanced, interactive, therapeutic set of strategies that help teachers and other caregivers understand the cycle of conflict and its long-term effects. Students learn to reframe problems from crisis management to crisis teaching, treat disrespectful students respectfully, de-escalate aggression and counter-aggression, recover after a crisis, and turn crisis situations into learning opportunities.

This is a core course in the Inclusive Education stream and counts as an elective in the School Counselling and General streams.

EDUC-5425-770 Counselling Ethics for Canadian School Settings

Instructor: C. Pitura
Dates and Times: May 4th to June 15th: MW; 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Location: LIVE: Scheduled class times will take place using an online platform. Students must be available during the posted lecture times for live streaming and/or group interactions. High speed internet is mandatory.

This course is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of legal and ethical issues as they relate to the profession of school counselling. The objectives are to provide students with an overview and general understanding of: (1) standards of practice for counsellors; (2) professional responsibilities of counsellors in a variety of settings; (3) ethical counselling relationships; (4) ethical consulting and referral in counselling, and (5) legal and ethical guidelines in school settings. Topics include: informed consent, confidentiality, record-keeping, boundary issues, training and competence, clinical supervision, working with minors and diversity issues.

This is a core course in the School Counselling stream and counts as an elective in the General stream.

EDUC-5445-770 Educational Assessment

Instructor: M. Mitchell-Pellett
Dates and Times: May 4th to June 15th: MW; 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Location: LIVE: Scheduled class times will take place using an online platform. Students must be available during the posted lecture times for live streaming and/or group interactions. High speed internet is mandatory.

This course reviews current theories and applications of both formative and summative assessment practices for students in the inclusive classroom. Students explore standardized, normed, and criterion-referenced assessments and the interpretation of specific programming for identified students. This course gives students the opportunity to work with strategies and provides direction in working collaboratively with administrators, classroom teachers, students, parents and auxiliary professional personnel.

*Prerequisites: EDUC-5440 and EDUC-5441 (Inclusive Education I and II)

This is a core course in the Inclusive Education stream and counts as an elective in the General stream.

EDUC-5431-770 Mental Health Promotion in Schools

Instructor: TBD
Dates and Times: May 4th to June 15th: TTh; 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Location: LIVE: Scheduled class times will take place using an online platform. Students must be available during the posted lecture times for live streaming and/or group interactions. High speed internet is mandatory.

Teachers are often the first people who suspect mental illness in children. They work with children living with mental illness on a day-to-day basis. School-wide mental-health promotion requires an understanding of a whole-school-based response for nurturing mental health and resiliency for students and the school community. Issues related to physical and mental well-being, emotional literacy, and resilience are examined from a developmental perspective (early years, middle years, and senior years). This course promotes mental health, reduces the stigma associated with mental illness, and incorporates prevention and early intervention strategies in child and adolescent mental health.

This course counts as an elective in the Inclusive Education, School Counselling and General streams.

EDUC-5412-770 Gifted Education in Inner City

Instructor: K. Reimer
Dates and Times: July 20 to July 31st; MTWThF; 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location: LIVE: Scheduled class times will take place using an online platform. Students must be available during the posted lecture times for live streaming and/or group interactions. High speed internet is mandatory.

Specific facets of gifted education are explored in this course: practical and logistical concerns in inner city enrichment programming, theoretical models to guide practice, developing self-awareness in teachers and students, and strategies for the promotion of social capital across socioeconomic strata. Emphasis is placed on identifying and nurturing the talents of marginalized students.

This course counts as an elective in the Inclusive Education and General streams.

EDUC-5430-770 Sex Health Education

Instructor: B. Button
Dates and Times: July 20 to July 31st; MTWThF; 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location: LIVE: Scheduled class times will take place using an online platform. Students must be available during the posted lecture times for live streaming and/or group interactions. High speed internet is mandatory.

This course provides a comprehensive overview of the potentially sensitive outcomes of the Physical Education and Health Curriculum and how this pertains to the school counselor. The course provides an overview of the importance of personal and social management, health lifestyle practices, and personal safety for all students. In addition, students learn how mind and body are connected to promote lifelong healthy living.

This course counts as an elective in the School Counselling and General streams.

EDUC-5422-770 Early Year & Middle Year School Counselling

Instructor: TBD
Dates and Times: July 20th to July 31st; MTWThF; 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: LIVE: Scheduled class times will take place using an online platform. Students must be available during the posted lecture times for live streaming and/or group interactions. High speed internet is mandatory.

This course provides a thorough study of counselling as it relates to the early and middle years' student. Emphasis is placed on the role and function of the school counsellor within the framework of a comprehensive developmental guidance program model. Contemporary issues related to early years and middle years students are explored and strategies for assisting students are examined.

This is a core course in the School Counselling stream and counts as an elective in the Inclusive Education and General streams.

EDUC-5451-770 Teachers and the Law

Legislation is examined with a special emphasis on inclusion and the provision of education to students with exceptional leaning needs: (1) federal law; the constitution Act, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, (2) Manitoba Law; the Public Schools Act, Education Administration Act, Personal Health Information Act, Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, Child and Family Services Act, Human Rights and (3) Manitoba regulations and standards for appropriate educational programming. Manitoba Education and Advanced Learning, interdepartmental protocols, school division policy, and case law are included to provide participants with a current and comprehensive overview of the legal requirements for teachers.

This course counts as an elective in the Inclusive Education and General streams.

EDUC-5410-770 Understanding & Responding to learning Disabilities

Instructor: TBD
Dates and Times: August 10th to August 21st; MTWThF; 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: LIVE: Scheduled class times will take place using an online platform. Students must be available during the posted lecture times for live streaming and/or group interactions. High speed internet is mandatory.

Learning Disabilities (LD), often termed invisible or hidden disabilities, can take many different forms and wide range of students to varying degrees. Issues emphasized in this course include definition; affect a types of disability; characteristics; self-concept; diagnosis; assessment; and remedial, compensatory, and classroom strategies.

This course counts as an elective in the Inclusive Education, School Counselling and General streams.

EDUC-5001-006 ST: Media Literacy

Instructor: R. Chambers
Dates and Times: TBA
Location: Off-Campus

* TBA

This course counts as an elective in the General stream.