Diploma in Techniques d'éducation spécialisée at Cégep de Drummondville in Drummondville, Canada is a diploma in Special Education programme. The programme runs for 3 years. Teaching is in French. Tuition for international students is CAD 15,150 per year (CAD 3,740 per year for local students).
Techniques d'éducation spécialisée is a three-year DEC offered by Cégep de Drummondville that trains students to work with people of all ages who face adaptation, behavioural, or social-inclusion challenges. Per the program page, coursework and practicums aim to build knowledge, technical skills, and interpersonal judgment needed to support an individual or group through their personal or social difficulties, spanning areas such as prevention, education, adaptation, rehabilitation, and social inclusion. Subjects covered include human development, crisis intervention, addiction, social exclusion and violence, autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, and mental health, alongside supervised placements that expose students to a range of client groups. The page notes the program is offered with a dual-diplomation option alongside Techniques d'intervention en criminologie, allowing eligible students to work toward both credentials. Admission requires meeting the general conditions for college admission and passing a criminal background check, since some placement environments may refuse candidates with a relevant record; the program is also described as having limited enrolment. Graduates are prepared for roles such as specialized educator, community or mental-health worker, youth worker, social-integration officer, or outreach worker, making the program suited to students drawn to direct, relationship-based support work across health, social-service, and community settings.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Beyond Cegep de Drummondville's general college admission conditions, Techniques d'education specialisee requires a criminal record check (absence of any disqualifying record); some practicum settings may refuse a candidate who has a criminal record or a pending legal case. The page states the programme is contingente (capped enrolment). No English or French language test score is published, and no specific course prerequisite beyond the general conditions is stated. No portfolio or interview condition is listed. A double-diploma option with Techniques d'intervention en criminologie is offered. Intake is Fall-only, over 3 years.
Application Details
Start Date:Fall
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through the Service régional d'admission du Montréal métropolitain (SRAM): for Fall 2027 entry, round one closes 1 March 2027, round two 22 April 2027, and round three 27 May 2027; Winter 2027 entry is already open, with round one closing 1 November 2026 and round two closing 25-26 November 2026 (late admission runs to 12 January 2027). International applicants follow a separate SRAM timeline: Fall 2027 applications run from 15 March 2026 to 14 March 2027, and Winter 2028 applications run from 1 June 2026 to 31 May 2027 (Winter 2027 international applications are already closed). Admission is not open-ended rolling, but SRAM runs successive rounds for as long as places remain, and international intake can close early without notice. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
