C-26, r. 73 - Order in Council concerning integration of psychoeducators into the Ordre professionnel des conseillers et conseillères d’orientation du Québec

Section 30 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

30. In order to be granted a psychoeducator’s permit issued by the board of directors of the Ordre des conseillers et conseillères d’orientation et des psychoéducateurs et psychoéducatrices du Québec, a person shall, within 2 years following the date integration takes effect, apply for a psychoeducator’s permit in the form prescribed by the board of directors and demonstrate to the board of directors’s satisfaction that he has the following training or one of the following two combinations of training and experience:

(1)  training:

(a)  a master’s degree in psychoeducation awarded by Université de Montréal, by Université de Sherbrooke, by Université du Québec à Hull or by Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières; a master’s degree in special education, psychoeducation program, or a master’s degree in education, psychoeducation concentration, awarded by Université de Sherbrooke;

(b)  270 hours of supervised internship in psychoeducation or, where the internship is not completed under the academic programs referred to in subparagraph a, 270 hours of internship in psychoeducation supervised by a person trained in psychoeducation and having 5 years’ relevant work experience in the field of psychoeducation;

(2)  a combination of the following training and experience:

(a)  a bachelor’s degree in psychoeducation awarded by Université de Montréal or Université de Sherbrooke, a bachelor’s degree, a certificate of at least 90 credits or a licence in psychoeducation or in education of exceptional children awarded by Université de Montréal or Université de Sherbrooke or a bachelor’s degree in psychoeducation or in education of exceptional children in the psychoeducation program, awarded by Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Université du Québec à Hull or Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières;

(b)  270 hours of supervised internship in psychoeducation or, where the internship has not been completed under the academic programs referred to in subparagraph a, 270 hours of internship in psychoeducation supervised by a person trained in psychoeducation and having 5 years’ relevant work experience in the field of psychoeducation;

(c)  at least 75 hours of academic or applied training in psychoeducation, recognized by a resolution of the board of directors, completed during the 5 years preceding the application for a psychoeducator’s permit or, if the degree was awarded less than five years before the permit application date, at least 15 hours of such training for each year following the awarding of the degree;

(3)  both the following training and experience:

(a)  university education of at least 90 credits as follows:

i.  at least 18 credits in the person and his environment, that is in the biological, cognitive, social-emotional development of children, adolescents, adults and the aged, in the theoretical models of personality and behavioural psychology by various approaches, such as dynamic, behavioural, social, cognitive, systemic or ecological, and in the functioning of groups and minorities, cultural differences and social and legal organization;

ii.  at least 18 credits in adjustment difficulties, that is psychopathology and behavioural problems, integration and adjustment problems, such as delinquency and criminal behaviour, drug addiction, mental and physical handicaps, the dysfunctional family, gerontology and dropping out;

iii.  at least 6 credits in methods of research and analysis, that is, the scientific method and statistics;

iv.  at least 33 credits in psychoeducational intervention comprising:

(aa)  at least 21 credits in general methodology, that is, observation and evaluation, planning and organization, group leadership and application, communication, clinical diagnosis and case studies;

(bb)  at least 12 credits in environment, clients and methods of specific intervention, that is, in helping relationships, intervention in rehabilitation centres, in secure, family, school or community environments, in mental health intervention, in prevention and early intervention, working with crisis situations and in psychomotor rehabilitation;

v.  at least 3 credits in professional conduct and professional ethics, that is, the history of psychoeducation, description of current practices, practising standards and professional conduct and ethics;

vi.  at least 12 credits or 540 hours of internship in psychoeducation supervised by a person trained in psychoeducation and having 5 years’ relevant work experience in the field of psychoeducation;

(b)  at least 75 hours of academic or applied training in psychoeducation, completed during the 5 years preceding the application for a psychoeducator’s permit;

(c)  5 years’ continuous work experience in the field of psychoeducation completed during the 5 years preceding the application for a psychoeducator’s permit.

The establishment of the degrees determining the academic requirements for a permit as a psychoeducator shall not affect the rights of a person who:

(1)  is registered, for the fall 2000 or winter 2001 term, in a study program leading to a master’s degree referred to in clause a of subparagraph 1 of the first paragraph where that person subsequently earns that degree and where, within the 4 years following the date integration takes effect, the person meets the requirements under clause b of subparagraph 1 of the first paragraph and applies for a psychoeducator’s permit in the form prescribed by the board of directors of the Order; or

(2)  is registered, for the fall 2000 or winter 2001 term, in a study program leading to a bachelor’s degree or other degree referred to in clause a of subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph where that person subsequently earns that degree and where, within the 6 years following the date integration takes effect, the person meets the requirements under clauses b and c of subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph and applies for a psychoeducator’s permit in the form prescribed by the board of directors of the Order.

O.C. 1037-2000, s. 30.