Cert in Community Integration Through Co-Operative Education is a certificate in Special Education programme offered by St. Lawrence College in Kingston, Canada. The programme runs for 2 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 2,776 per year for local students.
The two-year certificate is designed for adults facing significant learning challenges, acquired brain injuries, intellectual disabilities or developmental disabilities who want to pursue further education or vocational training in a college setting. Each student follows an individualized program of study, drawing courses from at least two areas of concentration chosen from the college's program offerings.
Students take five courses each semester, each three to four hours long, with a Learning Specialist attending elective classes to support their academic needs; course choices depend on seat availability and program suitability.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: St. Lawrence College's Community Integration Through Co-Operative Education (CICE) admits applicants holding an Ontario Secondary School Certificate, an Ontario Secondary School Diploma, a Certificate of Accomplishment, an equivalent, or mature-student status, who can document an academic need for curriculum modification (e.g. an IEP, an Alternative Education Plan, or a psychological assessment). Selection also weighs the applicant's ability to function independently on campus without constant support, communicate and self-regulate consistently, participate safely in programming, attend classes and placement shifts, use required technology (a Windows laptop; tablets, Chromebooks and Macbooks are unsuitable), and access transportation to campus and placements; workplace experience is considered an asset. Shortlisted applicants attend an in-person interview and skills assessment, and the college states that completing the selection process does not guarantee admission. The page does not state an English-proficiency test requirement.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: for programmes starting September 2027 the application opens 26 September 2026, the equal-consideration date is 1 February 2027, and later applications are assessed first-come, first-served while seats remain; St. Lawrence College names Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Communicative Disorders Assistant, Medical Laboratory Science and Practical Nursing as highly competitive, requiring transcripts and proof of enrolment by the same 1 February date to be ranked. International applicants apply through SLC's own International Application Service and are assessed on a rolling basis; the college publishes no fixed international closing date, and each Letter of Acceptance carries its own accept-and-pay deadline. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
