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With click! 360 ° school clinic, Charles-Lemoyne College offers diagnostic and follow-up services to students from all walks of life with learning difficulties. By inaugurating the Place of Possibilities next November, Durocher Saint-Lambert College will for its part provide itself with a space of synergy between its students and experts from various backgrounds, to improve the world of tomorrow.
Helping pupils in difficulty
Learning disabilities are at the heart of the mission of Charles-Lemoyne College, which welcomes nearly 3,000 students on its Sainte-Catherine and Longueuil – Saint-Lambert campuses. “We were among the first private colleges to set up intervention plans for students with academic and learning difficulties, and 40% of our students benefit from them today,” says the director general of the establishment. , David Bowles.
Five years ago, the college extended this support by setting up a multidisciplinary services clinic on its premises. “Our families told us that they sometimes had difficulty obtaining appointments for diagnosis or follow-up in speech therapy, remedial education, psychoeducation, neuropsychology and psychology. We therefore founded our own clinic to offer these services to our students, ”says David Bowles, who quickly saw the success of this formula. “It worked so well that we extended these services to children who do not attend our college,” he explains.
An executive from the college, orthopedagogue and assistant director of pedagogy, coordinates the activities of the clinic, until then known as the “Charles-Lemoyne pedagogical clinic”. The program is now getting a new look and is now called “décclic!” 360 ° school clinic ”. One way of emphasizing the extent of the range of services offered to the community.
Next November, the clinic will move into new premises located at 960, boulevard Taschereau in Longueuil, where families will find the range of services offered to children and young people aged 4 to 21. “We will now have a storefront and be visible” rejoices Mr. Bowles, who intends to continue to support students in difficulty beyond the walls of his school. “About 90% of the clinic’s clientele come from our college and 10% from outside. Our goal is to increase this figure for years to come. “
An open ecosystem
At Durocher Saint-Lambert college, students worked with communication experts on the name of the pavilion which will be inaugurated next November to house a new collaborative space: the Lieu des Possibles. First steps towards new field experiences for these young people.
“The idea came from a reflection on the future of education,” explains the director general of the establishment, Francis Roy. We asked ourselves how to prepare our young leaders of tomorrow, whose future challenges we do not know all about, given the constant evolution of the workplace. We surveyed our community (students, parents but also the business community, non-profit organizations) to help our students become engaged citizens. These discussions led to the creation of an innovative ecosystem, open to the community’s external expertise. The Place of Possibilities will be an immersive space for learning, exchange and innovation around three areas of expertise: sustainable development, digital technology as well as creativity and entrepreneurship.
A partnership launched in the spring with the University of Sherbrooke has already enabled students to work with students on the college’s environmental charter. The college services also collaborate with universities and research centers, in particular the University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM). “We offered an experimentation environment to the students of Martin Lalonde, who gives a master’s course on innovative pedagogy. In particular, we wanted to find ways to assess students differently. The students came up with innovative tools, which we are currently examining, ”explains the director of pedagogical services at the college, Mélanie Vermette.
The college has also started a five-year collaboration with the Institut québécois d ‘artificial intelligence (Mila) to work on a charter for the ethical development of artificial intelligence in education.
“We want to equip our students so that they can have a positive impact on society”, launches the director of the college, who will become even more anchored in the community thanks to the networks to come at the Lieu des Possibles.
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