Diploma in Techniques d'éducation spécialisée at Collège de Valleyfield in Québec, 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).
At a glance
Degree:Diploma
Field:Special Education
Duration: 3 years
Language: French
Local tuition: CAD 3,740 / year
International tuition: CAD 15,150 / year
Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Techniques d'éducation spécialisée is a three-year, full-time technical DEC with fall and winter intakes, offered at three sites: the main Salaberry-de-Valleyfield campus, the Centre d'études collégiales de Saint-Constant, and the Centre d'études de Vaudreuil-Dorion. The page describes the program as training specialized educators who build relational skills and knowledge of human behaviour to support young people, older adults, or others facing difficulty, alongside intervention techniques specific to the profession. A central structural feature is three internships (stages) integrated into the program in community and institutional settings, with the possibility of an international placement starting as early as the first year of study, or of completing some coursework and the final internship in Belgium. Learning also includes direct observation of children at play, carried out at an early-childhood centre in Valleyfield, a private daycare in Saint-Constant, or a school setting in Vaudreuil-Dorion depending on the site, plus real-context learning activities such as visits to and interventions in various settings from the first session onward. Students can access the Matériathèque documentation lab for intervention tools and teaching materials. It suits students drawn to relational, direct-support work with vulnerable populations.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Le programme Techniques d'éducation spécialisée exige uniquement un diplôme d'études secondaires (DES), sans préalable disciplinaire supplémentaire, selon la page du programme. L'admission suit donc la base académique générale du Cégep de Valleyfield (DES, ou DEP avec réussite du français, de l'anglais de secondaire 5 et des mathématiques de secondaire 4, ou équivalence reconnue). Aucun score de test de langue anglaise ou française n'est publié pour ce programme francophone, et la page ne mentionne ni entrevue, ni portfolio, ni moyenne minimale. La page précise qu'à l'hiver 2026, le programme (Valleyfield, Saint-Constant et Vaudreuil-Dorion) ne sera ouvert qu'aux personnes ayant déjà réussi une session de ce programme au Cégep ; l'admission de nouveaux étudiants se fait donc surtout à la session d'automne, via SRAM.
Application Details
Start Date:Automne et hiver (hiver 2026 réservé aux personnes ayant déjà réussi une session de ce programme au Cégep)
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through SRAM: the college's most recently published Fall cycle (Fall 2026) opened 13 January 2026 with a first-round deadline of 1 March 2026, 23:59, and the same 1 March pattern is expected to recur for Fall 2027; Winter 2027 entry opens mid-September 2026 with a first-round deadline of 1 November 2026, 23:59. Valleyfield publishes no fixed international application dates: for the 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 cycles it accepts only international applicants already living in Quebec who completed part of their secondary or vocational studies there, so the general SRAM international calendar does not apply. Admission for domestic applicants is not rolling beyond SRAM's rounds. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
