Special Needs Advisory Committee (SNAC)
Mandate
The Special Needs Advisory Committee (SNAC) has the mandate to advise the Centre de services scolaire on the following:
- Special Education Policy.
- Allocation of financial resources to the services intended for those students.
The committee can also advise the Centre de services scolaire on the implementation of an individualized education plan for a student with special needs.
Composition
- Parent representatives designated by the Parents’ Committee. The parent representatives must constitute the majority (Consequently, there should be a minimum of eight (8) and a maximum of ten (10) parents’ representatives);
- Representatives of teachers, non-teaching professional staff and members of the support staff, designated by the associations representing them at the School Service Centre and selected from the persons who provide services to those students;
- Representatives of a body that provides services to handicapped students or to students with social maladjustments or learning disabilities, designated by the administrator after consultation with these organizations;
- School principal designated by the administrator;
- The administrator or designate and the director of Educational Services or designate also sit on the committee but do not have voting rights.
| Role | School/Organization | Name of member |
| Parent | Mgr-Scheffer | Nancy Rémillard Abbygail Wellman |
| Parent | St-Paul Mountain Ridge |
Tiffanie Conway Christa Walsh |
| Parent | St-Augustine | Lydia Shattler |
| Parent | Mecatina | Vacant Position |
| Parent | Harrington | Stephanie Rowsell |
| Parent | St-Joseph | Vacant Position |
| Parent | Netagamiou | Vacant Position |
| Parent | Gabriel Dionne | Vacant Position |
| Parent | Kegaska | Ashley Morency |
| Representative of the Parents’ Committee | Parents’ Committee | Kimberly Buffitt |
| Professional Staff (SPPNEQ) | Centre St-Theresa | Tara-Lee Lavallée |
| Support Staff (SERF) | Vacant Position | |
| Francophone Teacher (SERF) | Vacant Position | |
| Anglophone Teacher (LNSETA) | Harrington | Keith Rowsell |
| Representative from External Organization | CISSS de la Côte-Nord | Dean Buckle |
| Representative from External Organization | Coasters Association | Gabrielle Anderson |
| School Principal | Gabriel-Dionne/St-Joseph | Karine Dubé |
| Coordinator of Educational Services | Centre St-Theresa | Katia Tardif |
| Director of Educational Services | Centre St-Theresa | Marie Hamel |
| Administrator | Centre St-Theresa | Marc-André Masse |
English Parents' Committee Association
General
Websites of General Interest for Parents:
- Office des personnes handicapées du Québec
- Parents.Quebec
- Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse
- Developmental Language Disorder (Resource from the UK)
- Alloprof parents
- English Parents Committee Association of Quebec: www.epcaquebec.org
- LEARN Quebec: Parents https://www.learnquebec.ca/info-resources
- Famille Quebec: https://www.mfa.gouv.qc.ca/en/Pages/index.aspx
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Pamphlet – The modification explained to parents |
Specific
| Dyslexia |
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| Down Syndrome |
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| Autism & Intellectual Disabilities |