School Age Children
As your child gets older, your thoughts turn to school. Which school will they be able to attend? How can I prepare my child? What are the resources available in my area? Below, you will find information we have gathered, but we recommend you contact your School Commission.
Here is a list of special needs schools. Next to the school's name, we noted the city in which the school is located but we recommend you contact the school because, in some cases, they accept students from other regions as well.
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Centre Académique Fournier - Montreal
Its mission is to help children having behavior disorders associated or not with learning difficulties by giving them the tools to reintegrate into a regular school.
www.academiefournier.qc.ca/index.php (French only)
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Centre François-Michelle - Montreal
This primary and secondary school greets students from the ages of 4 to 21 years old living with a light intellectual deficiency and who's progress is slowed by problems associated with: language, perception, motivity, behaviour.
www.francois-michelle.qc.ca/missc.html (French only)
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Centre pédagogique Lucien-Guilbault inc. – Montréal
Primarily a school for children with learning difficulties, the Center has evolved over the years but still remains focused on establishing a school organisation based on childrens' needs, cognitive research and social and educational trends.
www.cplg.qc.ca/index.html (French only)
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École Bel-Essor - Longueuil
"Ecole Bel-Essor" belongs to the Marie-Victorin School Commission which greets children between the ages of 4 and 12, having various degrees of intellectual disabilities associated or not with a physical or sensory disability. Although the school welcomes children from a diversity of nationalities, French is the language of choice for teaching. The children attending this school come from about 15 towns in the South Shore area and are transported in adapted vehicles.
www.educ.csmv.qc.ca/Bel_Essor/ (French only)
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École de L'Envol - Quebec
The school offers services for children having one or more of the following: intellectual deficiency; visual handicap with an intellectual deficiency; psychopathological syndrome; physical handicap with an intellectual deficiency; atypical deficiency.
www.csdps.qc.ca/csdps.asp?no=838 (site in French only)
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École des Érables - Deux-Montagnes
This school offers specilized services to 100+ students between the ages of 4 and 21 years old living with moderate to serious intellectual deficiency.
www.cssmi.qc.ca/etablissements/des_erables/ (French only)
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École Esther-Blondin - Terrebonne
This regional school for severly deaf children between the ages of 4 and 13, covers Laval, Laurentiens and the Lanaudière area.
ATS 450-492-3775
Voice 450-492-3632 p. 1117
Principal: Nathalie Brisebois
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École Gadbois – Montreal
"L'école Gadbois" greets children between the ages of 4 and 13 years of age. These children are either deaf or have difficulty communicating. The school also has children who have disabilities associated with their deafness: physical or intellectual, neurological problems, learning difficulties, etc.
www.csdm.qc.ca/gadbois/index.html (French only)
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École Jacques-Ouellette - Longueuil
This school specializes in children having a visual disability. It is important to note that for a child to attend this school, he or she MUST have a visual handicap which falls within the school's criteria. If your child is treated by "L'Institute Nazareth" and Louis Braille or the CNIB (The Canadian National Institute for the Blind), your child will be admitted. Some children with visual handicaps can be integrated in a regular school with the help of Jacques-Ouellette school which, through a special group of teachers, will give support for adjustments, specialized material and educational methods. Children who have either a physical or intellectual handicap or motor skill problems along with their visual handicap may attend this school if they meet the criteria for their visual disability.
educ.csmv.qc.ca/jacques_ouellette/ (French only)
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École Jean-Piaget - Laval
This school greets children between the ages of 4 and 21 having various degrees of physical and intellectual diabilities. It services the regions of Laval-Laurentiens-Lanaudière.
www.cslaval.qc.ca/pages/cadre-etScol.html (French only)
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École Joseph-Charbonneau - Montreal
Joseph-Charbonneau highschool devotes itself to the education and rehabilitation of children from the region of Montréal and the western part of the province of Quebec. It greets children between the ages of 13 and 21 having serious motor and sensory deficiencies.
www.csdm.qc.ca/joseph-charbonneau/ (French only)
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École Joseph-Paquin - Quebec
Specialized school for children with hearing problems or severe language problems(dysphasia). Preschool secondary 2.
www.csdps.qc.ca/csdps.asp?no=839 (site in French only)
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École J.P.H. Massicotte - Victoriaville
This specialized school main objective is to rehabilitate children, adolescents, and young adults having an intellectual handicap or learning disabilities.
www.csbf.qc.ca/jphm (French only)
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École le Tournesol - Montreal
The school offers services to 2 groups of students 4 to 21 years of age: the first having moderate to severe intellectural deficiency associated or not with other difficulties; the other group consists of autistic children associated with an intellectual deficiency.
www.cspi.qc.ca/lt (French only)
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École le Sommet - Montreal
This school greets children having intellectual disabilities, pervasive developmental disorders (PDD), psychopathology from preschool to high-school.
http://www.summit-school.com/
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École Marc-Laflamme - Montreal
This school greets children between 5 and 12 years of age experiencing difficulties due to their mental health. The education covers the regular program from preschool to 6th grade, as well as a special-needs program.
www.cspi.qc.ca/ml/ (French only)
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École Notre-Dame - Longueuil
This school opens its doors to students having a moderate intellectual disability between the ages of 13 to 21 years old.
educ.csmv.qc.ca/Notre_Dame/(French only)
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École Oraliste de Québec pour enfants sourds – Québec
"L'École oraliste de Québec" is a specialized school for severly deaf children. Their program is based on the use of spoken language. Its mission is to prepare children for a regular social and scholarly integration.
www.ecoleoraliste.qc.ca(French only)
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École René-Saint-Pierre - Saint-Hyacinthe
L'école René-Saint-Pierre offers special services to students having learning disabilities and to handicapped students.
www.rsp.cssh.qc.ca/ (French only)
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École Victor-Doré - Montreal
This primary school greets 173 students from many different regions, having physical, intellectual and motor skill disabilities.
www.csdm.qc.ca/victor-dore/ (French only)
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Montreal Oral School for the Deaf - Montreal
The Montreal Oral School for the Deaf offers both direct and indirect intervention to hearing-impaired students according to their needs and abilities. Direct services include full-day programs, daily intervention, and itinerant services. Indirect services are offered to students on a less frequent basis.
www.oraldeafed.org/schools/montreal/index.html
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Giant Steps - Montreal
The mission of the school is to provide the child with a Pervasive Developmental problem (PDD) with an individually adapted and comprehensive education, and to integrate, him/her into regular school settings.
www.zone-office.com/gistmo/cgi-bin/site.pl?page=1&lg=1
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Peter Hall School - Montreal and ville St-Laurent
Accepts pupils from 4 to 21 years of age who are intellectually handicapped with or without associated handicaps without distinction to race, language or religion.
www.peterhall.qc.ca/defaulta.htm
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Vanguard School - Laval, Westmount and ville St-Laurent
Offers services adapted to elementary and high school students who have serious learning difficulties.
www.vanguardquebec.qc.ca/english.htm
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Other sites of interest
Centre de documentation de la Commission Scolaire de Montréal (Montreal School Commission - Documentation center)
On this site, you will find organizations, documentation, web sites, resources and tools for handicapped students.
www.csdm.qc.ca/sassc/Script/Handicaps/AccueilHandicap.htm (French only)
Fédération des Commissions Scolaire du Québec (Federation of the Quebec School Commission)
www.fcsq.qc.ca/index.html (French only)
Office des personnes handicapées du Québec
The following site answers some questions you might have concerning your child attending school.
www.ophq.gouv.qc.ca/Communications/M_FAQ.htm#5 (French only)
Projet Intégration sociale des enfants handicapés en milieu scolaire (A site dealing with the integration of handicapped children in schools)
www.cooptel.qc.ca/~isehms/isehms.htm (French only)
Quebec Association for Postsecondary Students with Disabilities (QAPSD)
The QAPSD is a non-profit organisation which was created on April 21, 1991 by students with disabilities with the support of the Confédération des organismes provinciaux de personnes handicapées du Québec (COPHAN).
www.aqeips.qc.ca/en/about/index.php
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