Understand the role of school stakeholders

If your child has a particular need, he may be called upon to meet with one of the many specialized and professional workers who work at the school. Remedial teacher, social worker, exceptional education technician. Who are they, and what will their role be with your child?

The role of the various school stakeholders

Several specialized and professional workers work in schools to help students with special needs. Your child may be offered occasional follow-up or regularly depending on the problem. Here is the role of each of them.

The remedial teacher

He carries out an evaluation and an intervention with students who present or are likely to present learning difficulties in reading, writing, or mathematics.

The speech therapist

A specialist in communication disorders, he evaluates and treats students struggling with various problems, including expressive (speaking and writing) and receptive (understanding and reading) language, communication (related to deafness or intellectual disability), or speech (such as stuttering).

The school psychologist

He specializes in mental health and learning and adaptation difficulties in the school environment. Thanks to his in-depth knowledge of the stages of child development, he can advise the school team and the parents by putting the problem in a broader perspective. He can intervene as much with students' parents as with teaching staff.

The psychoeducation

Its role is to assess and support students in the field who have adjustment difficulties that manifest themselves on the behavioral level. Their objective is to promote their social integration and autonomy and prevent or resolve any conflicts.

The social worker

He intervenes with a student when the difficulties of the latter experience in his environment and when these difficulties have repercussions on his functioning at school. 

He ensures the link between the school environment, the parents, and the health and social services system, to which he generally reports even if he works at the school. In particular, he carries out individual or group counseling and consultations with students, school staff, and parents.

The exceptional education technician (TES)

It works to facilitate and maintain the social integration or rehabilitation of students who have adjustment difficulties related to a physical or intellectual disability, behavioral disorder, pervasive developmental disorder, or mental health problem.

The guidance counselor

Specializing in evaluating psychological and personal resources, he accompanies students to discover their personality traits, values, and interests, to encourage them to persevere in school and find their place in the world, within society.

The attendant for disabled students (PEH)

It helps students with disabilities to evolving in the school context, whether by assisting them in their movements or by ensuring their well-being, their hygiene, and their safety, according to their needs or the instructions received within the framework of an intervention plan.

A winning collaboration!

If you think your child could benefit from the help of one of these professionals, do not hesitate to talk about it with his teacher or with the school administration, clearly identifying your child's needs.

Finally, even if each of these interveners has a well-defined role to play with your child at school, don't forget that they all work as a team to provide him with the most effective intervention possible and lead him towards school success! Also Read: The Soft Roots