Adults with Special Needs Living a College Experience

Adam's P.A.C.E.

Adam's P.A.C.E. (Post secondary Alternative Community-based Education) is an inclusive post-secondary program that offers students the chance to live the full college experience while receiving personalized support. As an extension of Riverside School Board’s alternative services, this program is tailored to meet the unique needs of young adults in their final years of schooling. Specific learning goals are designed through a student-centered planning process to meet the needs of individual students.

The program takes place at Champlain College located in Saint-Lambert.

The program includes community-based instruction, job and mobility training, audited college classes and activities, transition planning, and inter-agency collaboration. Students also have opportunities to develop functional academic skills with a view to real life application, develop social skills with other people of similar ages, integrate in campus and community life and develop age-appropriate leisure and recreation pursuits.

What to Expect

A personalized 5-day-a-week program tailored to student objectives.

An opportunity for students to audit CEGEP courses while benefiting from community involvement and gaining workplace experience.

With the guidance and support of the P.A.C.E. team, students strive to accomplish their goals.

Students are part of the Champlain College student body, members of the Champlain student union, and build lasting connections.

The 3 main components of the program are:

Academics

Social Integration and Skill Development

Internships (preparation for the world of work and employment)

Who to contact

If you are interested in our program or would like more information, please contact our Guidance Counsellor Celeste Alberga.

Where Adam's P.A.C.E. is located

Champlain College
900 Riverside Drive,
Saint-Lambert J4P 3P2