DEC in Special Care Counselling

at LaSalle College - Montreal Campus Canada

The diploma of vocational studies in Computer Graphics is for those who are passionate about working with visual arts, communication and technology. The program is designed to prepare you to enter the job market directly and work as a computer graphics designer.

This Computer Graphics design training provides students with professional-grade facilities, qualified teachers who work in the industry, and a hands-on education that will give them the skills necessary to succeed as computer graphics designers.

Graduates from the LaSalle College International School of Fashion, Arts and Design often find jobs with internationally acclaimed companies such as Moment Factory, Sid Lee or ALDO, or use their new skills to become freelancers.

Costumes speak for themselves. They tell the story of a place, an epoch and most especially of a character. Whether it be a wandering knight, a nervous banker, you will be called to clothe them and bring them to life.

Conceptualizing a costume requires time travel in the past or into the future. Designing garments for an English family having a picnic on the banks of the Thames in 1776, or having to dress American political refugees exiled in Mexico in the year 2100 require extensive research.

In the cinema and television industry, costumes need to be produced in step with the scriptwriter. Knowing how to mimic the natural wear-and-tear of clothes during a short or long film and keeping the clothing style cohesive throughout will demonstrate your adaptability.

You may choose to specialize in costume design for cinema and television as of the fourth semester of your Fashion Design DEC program. Apply your talent and knowledge in the fields of cinema, television, circus and theatre.

The Technical Clothing Designer AEC program is intended for fashion or clothing design professionals who wish to broaden their knowledge in the area of outdoor clothing and obtain recognized certification.

LaSalle College’s exclusive collaboration with Techno-Espace, the technological clothing laboratory that works closely with industry, allows students to become acquainted with specialized equipment used in this constantly changing industry. Students benefit from the expertise of teachers who are currently active in this field. The goal of this AEC is to train professionals who will design and develop technical clothing products.

The technical clothing design course, students will become aware of the properties of textile materials, the human factors and environmental challenges of technical clothing design.

The Computer Science Technology DEC, with a Network and Security Management profile, was developed in partnership with key industry players. It will help you gain all the skills necessary to manage physical and cloud networks. You will also learn key cybersecurity concepts, one of the current priorities in IT.

Thanks primarily to Cisco, Microsoft and Linux technologies, it will help you develop your computer skills and knowledge for implementing, managing and monitoring computer networks.

The frequently updated Computer Science Technology courses, with a Network and Security Management profile, lead to a number of certifications recognized by the job market including: CISCO (CCNA and CCNP), CompTIA (A+), Microsoft (MCSA) and LPIC.

The virtual world is now unavoidable, and demand for community managers grows every day. Social media is truly important for clients, whether used to generate customer loyalty or improve the customer experience. This means that responsiveness is important in terms of implementing changes, and developing, operating and expanding businesses.

Community managers are responsible for the organization’s brand—they take charge of its reputation and inform the company of the competition’s practices and industry trends. They analyze the situation to gauge the efficacy and functioning of the strategies in place, with the aim of improving future actions.

The Social media strategy AEC teaches students how to develop, write and optimize promotional texts online, communicate with different web communities, and prevent and manage crises.

With a training in event planning and management, your creativity, your versatility and your ability to work within a team will be put to practice.

In the field of event planning, the team works together with a single common purpose: to ensure that the event is unique and successful! The online Event Planning and Management program is designed for event and communications enthusiasts. Do you enjoy dynamic field work? Do you adapt well to flexible work schedules? This program is perfect for you!

In collaboration with popular cosmetic companies, LaSalle College offers a professional hairdressing training officially recognized by the ministère de l’Éducation et de l’Enseignement supérieur.

From haircuts to highlights to haute coiffure, the latest fashion trends will be yours to explore with the use of our professional hairdressing studios. You can earn a Diploma of Vocational Studies in just one year, as our classes are condensed into a four-day week schedule.

As a graduate, you will find work in the entertainment industry (television, film, fashion), spas, beauty salons, hotels, resorts and you can even open your own business! LaSalle College Beauty department is in high demand and will often outsource its students to the fashion industry in Montréal, giving them immediate industry experience.

Are you passionate about travel and do you want to inspire tomorrow’s travelers? Learn how to give clients travel advice and create customized packages.

More than just basic travel agent training, the new AEC Travel Creation program will give you all the skills you need to design travel packages. The program will enable you to acquire travel expertise and master innovative tools to express your talent as a package deal broker.

Not only will you develop various techniques to meet travel customers’ needs, you’ll also gain the interpersonal skills and know-how needed in the industry. Your knowledge, both in terms of tourist and cultural attractions and travel sales and communication techniques, will be an asset on the job market.

The Early Childhood Education program (DEC) is designed to train childcare educators to work with children from 0 to 12 years old. With this training students will enhance their professional expertise in accordance with the Educational Childcare Act and its governing regulations.

During their training, students will learn how to meet a child’s basic, psychological, as well as educational needs. They will also learn to establish a partnership with parents and partners in the field to understand the importance of discussing necessary interventions with a child.

This program is specifically designed for those seeking the acquisition of fundamental and versatile skills related to the human phenomenon, necessary for the pursuit of university studies.

The program provides a solid human-centered education, using disciplines such as biology and sociology, with a particular emphasis on psychology. Providing access to many university programs, the Individual and Society profile leads students to identify, analyze and deepen notions of psychology while examining contemporary, local and international social issues.

The program has three profiles: Citizenship and Civilization, International Management and Individual and Society. The first allows you to acquire solid training focused on international reality; the second is an initiation to the basic principles of management and mathematics; the third meet the university prerequisites for psychology and psychoeducation programs.