Diploma in Techniques d'éducation spécialisée at Vanier College in Montréal, 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 (351.A1) is a three-year career Diploma of Collegial Studies at Vanier College that trains students in a range of therapeutic and intervention models used to support people with physical, neurological, psychosocial, mental health, and developmental needs across all age groups. Classroom study of these disabilities, disorders, and adjustment issues is reinforced through three supervised internship placements, where students apply what they have learned directly with real clients under professional oversight. Admissions consider prior volunteer experience with special-needs populations an asset when reviewing applicants, reflecting the practical, people-facing nature of the field. The program suits students who want to turn an interest in helping others into a career working with diverse populations, including children, adults, and seniors, across settings such as schools, hospitals, shelters, group homes, rehabilitation centres, and long-term care facilities. It is a hands-on, intervention-focused program rather than a purely academic one, with the repeated internships intended to build confidence and competence before graduates enter the workforce.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Special Education Techniques states no specific course or grade prerequisite beyond Vanier's college-wide Quebec secondary-school baseline. The programme itself asks for a letter of intent, a police background check before internship placements (completed after admission), and considers volunteer experience with people with special needs an asset alongside personal life experience and interests. No IELTS/TOEFL-style English score is required for admission: Vanier's admissions pages confirm English-proficiency testing is no longer an admission requirement, while a CEFR B2 French test (TCF, DELF, DALF or TEF) is required only of out-of-province or international applicants who did not complete Quebec secondary schooling.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic and international applicants to Vanier College apply through the shared SRAM portal (admission.sram.qc.ca) serving Montréal-region cégeps. For Winter 2027, applications opened 15 September 2026, Round 1 closes 1 November 2026 and Round 2 closes 25 November 2026, with unfilled seats carried forward. SRAM has not yet posted Fall 2027 domestic dates. Internationally, SRAM's Fall 2027 window runs 15 March 2026 to 14 March 2027; its next window (Winter 2028) runs 1 June 2026 to 31 May 2027. Admission is rolling by round, not a single fixed date. Vanier's own international-applicants page confirms international students use the same SRAM system as domestic ones, bound by the same round deadlines. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
