074 – Psychologist – ID-ASD-PI specialization

Percentage of work: 40%

Nature of the work

The position of psychologist encompasses, in particular, responsibility for preventing, detecting, evaluating, helping and guiding handicapped students or students experiencing or likely to experience social maladjustments or learning difficulties aimed at supporting them in their educational path and their personal and social development. In collaboration with our partners, our goal is to contribute to the development of the abilities of individuals living with intellectual disabilities (ID), autism spectrum disorders (ASD), or physical impairments (PI) and to maximize their autonomy for better social participation. This is achieved through a comprehensive clinical approach to reducing disabling situations to support the maintenance or resumption of their daily life habits.

Some characteristic duties

• Contribute to the detection of difficulties and identification of students experiencing problems, using an approach focusing on prevention and intervention; plan and conduct psychological evaluations to determine the student’s behavioural assessment and needs; select and use recognized standardized psychometric tools; conduct interviews and make observations, as needed; analyze and interpret the observations and data collected.
• Work and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to draw up and review a student’s individualized education plan by including, in the plan, their action plan, if necessary; participate in defining intervention objectives and means; work with other team members to harmonize and coordinate interventions and to assess the achievement of goals. Use methods that promote the continuity and complementarity of psychosocial interventions between the members of the multidisciplinary team and the teams within the institution.
• Help teachers determine the nature of the problem; provide them with advice and support in their educational process; suggest or apply solutions conducive to improving the conditions for a student or a group of students’ success; plan, organize, and conduct training activities.
• Work with students, groups of students, or parents. Help them identify difficulties, support them in exploring solutions, and, as needed, recommend resources.
• Advise management staff, prepare expertise, evaluation, information, and progress reports, and formulate appropriate recommendations to support decision-making.
• Provide advice and support to school staff regarding student integration into regular classes; propose appropriate intervention means or activities for a student or a group of students.
• They may be called upon to help defuse crises or emergencies and to propose solutions.
• Develop and maintain relations with representatives of partner organizations, the health and social services network and school boards.
• Prepare and update files according to the standards related to the practice of the profession and the rules defined by the school board; prepare progress notes or evaluation, end-of-process and follow-up reports on their interventions.