Diploma in Techniques d'éducation spécialisée at Heritage College in Gatineau, Canada is a diploma in Special Education programme. The programme runs for 3 years. Teaching is in French. Tuition is 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
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Special Education Techniques at Cégep Heritage College trains students to work as health technicians in a helping profession, supporting people's quality of life as part of a health care team. Graduates apply an individualized clinical plan to assist clients with development, adaptation and quality of life, using a hands-on, experiential learning approach the page describes as including classroom work, fieldwork and a co-op placement. The program builds counselling skills so graduates can form therapeutic, professional relationships with clients and their families, and it develops the ability to design, implement and evaluate inclusive, needs-based intervention plans grounded in the biopsychosocial model and in best practices for different client groups. Graduates are described as qualified to work in settings including educational institutions from preschool through higher education, short- and long-term care facilities, hospitals, rehabilitation centres, CLSCs, residences for the elderly, shelters, and group homes and other social service facilities. The program suits students drawn to a hands-on, front-line helping role supporting people's development and wellbeing, whether entering the workforce directly or continuing to further studies such as social work.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission follows Heritage College's general requirements for Quebec applicants: the Quebec Diploma of Secondary Studies (DES), including Secondary 4 Science or Physical Science, Secondary 4 Mathematics, Secondary 4 History, Secondary 5 Language of Instruction and Secondary 5 Second Language. The college's admission table lists no further course prerequisite specific to the Special Education Techniques programme (Ministry code 351.A1). No separate English or French proficiency test is required of Quebec DES holders, since the language of instruction is already certified through the diploma. Out-of-province and international applicants must instead meet the college's separate published requirements for those categories.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through SRAM: the Winter 2027 intake opened 15 September 2026, with a round-1 deadline of 1 November 2026 and a round-2 deadline of 25 November 2026; Fall 2027 round dates had not been posted as of September 2026, though the college's own page shows a recurring pattern of applications opening in mid-January and round 1 closing 1 March. International applicants apply through the same SRAM service: the Fall 2027 window opened 15 March 2026 and closes 14 March 2027, after which no international candidate can be admitted; the equivalent Winter deadline for the current cycle (31 May 2026, for Winter 2027 entry) has already passed. Admission runs in fixed rounds rather than staying open indefinitely, though later rounds absorb remaining seats. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
