Special Care Counselling

Join LaSalle College Montréal's Special Care Counselling program and acquire the tools needed to carry out appropriate interventions in terms of adaptation, education, and rehabilitation through collaboration with professionals like teachers, psychologists, and occupational therapists.

Get hands-on experience in the workplace through practical workshops, professional internships, and pre-graduation projects.

Experiment with cutting-edge, industry-standard equipment, software, and technology in our advanced facilities, including:

• FLEX classrooms,
• Active learning classrooms,
• Mini-Lab,
• LaSalle des petits Daycare,
• ChatGPT, Perplexity,
• And many others!

Actively participate and collaborate with teachers using these specialized facilities, boosting your motivation and confidence.

Diploma of College Studies (DCS) programs consist of:

• General education courses common to all programs,
• General education courses specific to the program,
• Complementary general education courses.

Concentration Courses

• Special Care Counseling Profession (45 h)
• Intervention Process 1 : Observation (45 h)
• Health and Professional Integrity (45 h)
• Child Psychology in Special Care Counseling (45 h)
• Adaptation Process (45 h)
• Preparation for Internships (45 h)
• Communication Skills in Special Care Counseling (45 h)
• Intervention Process 2 : Introduction to the Helping Relationship (45 h)
• Adolescence Psychology in Special Care Counseling (45 h)
• Planning and Leading Activities 1 (60 h)
• Learning Challenges (60 h)
• Intercultural Approach : Initiation (45 h)
• Youth with Adaptation Difficulties (45 h)
• Intervention Process 3 : Approaches and Techniques in Special Care Counseling (60 h)
• Adult Psychology in Special Sare Counseling (45 h)
• Planning and Leading Activities 2 (45 h)
• Internship 1 : Initiation to Intervention (180 h)
• Helping Skills in a Crisis Context (45 h)
• Addictions (45 h)
• Intervention Process 4 : Intervention Plan (45 h)
• Internship 2 : Intervention Experimentation (210 h)
• Intellectual Disabilities and Autism Spectrum Disorder (60 h)
• Psychopathologies (45 h)
• Aging Process (45 h)
• Physical and Neurological Disabilities (45 h)
• Violence and Victimology (45 h)
• Interventions for Families (45 h)
• Intercultural Approach : Intervention (45 h)
• Contemporary Ethical and Political Issues (45 h)
• Internship 3 : Intervention Process (465 h)

* The College reserves the right to substitute certain courses.

General Education Courses

College-level institutions emphasize general education that focuses on core cultural knowledge, skill development, responsible citizenship, and shared cultural heritage.

Alumni have a well-rounded skill set and general knowledge that is valued in the workplace.

• 3 Physical Education courses (90 h)
• 3 Philosophy courses (150 h)
• 4 Language and Literature courses (240 h)
• 2 Second Language courses (90 h)
• 2 Complementary courses (90 h)