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Special Educational Needs

Published date: August 26, 2019
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Services for students with special educational needs are provided by the Public Schools Branch and La Commission scolaire de langue française (CSLF).

What kinds of services are provided to students with special needs?

The school boards provide services for a variety of special needs, including:

  • Alternative education programming for students with exceptional behavioural difficulties
  • Autism services for school-age children
  • Community access services
  • Counselling services
  • English as an additional language/French as an additional language (EAL/FAL) services
  • Inclusive education services
  • Individual education planning (IEP)
  • Psychology services
  • Services for blind or visually impaired students
  • Services for deaf or hard-of-hearing students
  • Speech language services

Who can I contact for more information?

Public Schools Branch

Toll-free: 1-800-280-7965

Email: elsb@edu.pe.ca

ELSB Stratford Office

234 Shakespeare Drive

Stratford, PE  C1B 2V8

Mailing address: PO Box 8600

Charlottetown PE  C1A 8V7

Tel: 902-368-6990

Fax: 902-368-6960

ELSB Summerside Office

288 MacEwen Road

Summerside, PE  C1N 0J1

Tel: 902-888-8400

Fax: 902-888-8449

La Commission scolaire de langue française

1596, route 124

Abram-Village, PE  C0B 2E0

Tel: 902-854-2975

Fax: 902-854-2981

Email: cslf@edu.pe.ca