Diploma in Specialized Education Techniques at Collège Laflèche in Trois-Rivières, Canada is a diploma in Special Education programme. The programme runs for 3 years, delivered on campus. Tuition for international students is CAD 6,767 per semester (CAD 2,365 per semester for local students).
Specialized Education Techniques (code 351.A1) is a technical Diplôme d'études collégiales (DEC) at Collège Laflèche that prepares students to work with children, adolescents, adults, and seniors facing adaptation difficulties such as autism spectrum disorders, mental-health issues, substance dependency, behavioural difficulties, learning challenges, homelessness, or social-reintegration needs. The program teaches psychosocial intervention practices alongside judgment, relational skills, and the ability to manage complex situations professionally. The college offers several pathways: a regular three-year sequence, a two-year intensive sequence, a work-study conciliation option, and a shortened option for students who already hold a related DEC. Training includes three integrated internships of increasing intensity, undertaken in settings such as schools, daycares, youth centres, child-protection services, and community organizations. It suits students who are emotionally stable, patient, and comfortable engaging with others, with good observation skills and ease in facilitation and communication, who are considering careers in psychosocial or specialized-education intervention.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission follows Collège Laflèche's general CEGEP admission conditions, which require a Quebec Diploma of Secondary Studies (DES) or a recognized equivalent, as set out on the college's admission page; the Specialized Education Techniques program (Éducation spécialisée, 351.A1, regular pathway) states no further program-specific prerequisite beyond that. Two alternate entry routes are published for this program: the intensive/work-study (CTÉ) route requires applicants to be 18 or older and to have held their DES for at least one year, or to have obtained or be in the process of obtaining it through the adult-education sector; a second-DEC route admits holders of a DEC in Early Childhood Education (TÉE) or Recreation Management (TGIL). No language-proficiency test is stated. The page also notes, as a career rather than admission condition, that a judicial record is not itself a barrier to admission but can make finding employment in the field difficult.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Collège Laflèche takes applications directly rather than through a regional admission service (SRAM, SRACQ or SRAS), though applicants may also apply elsewhere through those services in parallel. Fall 2026 admission is already closed; for Winter 2027 entry the published rounds close 1 November 2026 (decision by 11 November, registration by 25 November), 14 January 2027, and 15 January 2027 for the first week of classes (registration by 21 January 2027). The college has not yet posted Fall 2027 deadlines. No distinct international closing date is published: the $50 CAD application fee applies equally to Canadian and international applicants, and late Winter admission continues on a rolling basis through the first week of classes. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
