My Special Care Couseling Glossary
My Special Care Counselling Glossary
Hi, my name is Coralie, and I am studying at the Cegep the Thetford in the Special Care Counseling program. I'm starting my second year of formation. For this semester, we have to do an intern ship. I decided to go at in a child care centre (CPE) and I really like it. There are some vocabulary that we can associate to my study program.
- academic
- adjective
- Relating to education and scholarship.
- Example: He used academic methods for having good grades.
- fr: académique
- adapt
- verb
- Become adjusted to new conditions.
- Example: A teacher can help a child adapt to his difficulties.
- fr: adaptation
- aid
- verb
- To provide with what is useful or necessary in achieving an end.
- Example: The educator would aid the intern with their interventions.
- fr: aide
- approach
- noun
- To take preliminary steps toward accomplishment or full knowledge or experience of.
- Example: Having a good approach is comforting for children who are stressed.
- fr: approcher
- autism
- adjective
- Relating to or affected by autism.
- Example: I really liked help the little autistic boy with his language difficulties.
- fr: autiste
- capabilities
- noun
- The power or ability to do something.
- Example: All capabilities of this child must be used to maximum advantage.
- fr: capacités
- communication
- noun
- The action of exchange information between people using language, symbols or signs.
- Example: Yesterday, I had a communication with my colleague about a student who needs special attentions.
- fr: communication
- community
- noun
- A group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.
- Example: This organization helps people in the community to manage a budget.
- fr: communauté
- development
- noun
- A personal process in which a person can evolve and learn.
- Example: Your child has autism, but we can help him in his development with activities and stimulation.
- fr: développement
- dyslexia
- noun
- A general term for disorders that involve difficulty in learning to read or interpret words, letters, and other symbols, but that do not affect general intelligence.
- Example: My nephew has dyslexia and that cause him difficulties at school.
- fr: dyslexie

- education
- noun
- The process of receiving or giving systematic instruction, especially at a school or university.
- Example: Adult education is an integral part of life-long education and can contribute decisively to economic and cultural development, social progress and world peace, as well as the development of educational systems.
- fr: éducation
- equipment
- noun
- The process of supplying someone or something with items' necessary for a particular purpose.
- Example: Volunteers need to be taught how to use specific equipment.
- fr: équipement
- individual
- noun
- Of or for a particular person.
- Example: We can do some individual activity with a child with special needs to stimulate him more.
- fr: individuel
- intervention
- noun
- The act of interfering with the outcome or course especially of a condition or process.
- Example: In my internships, I do a lot of spontaneous interventions with the kids.
- fr: intervention
- methods
- noun
- A particular form of procedure for accomplishing or approaching something, especially a systematic or established one.
- Example: A lot of methods can be used for getting the attention of the children.
- fr: méthodes
- resource
- noun
- An action or strategy which may be adopted in adverse circumstances.
- Example: Many other professionals can be a good resource for us to help someone with his difficulties.
- fr: ressource
- school
- noun
- An institution for educating children.
- Example: A special care counseling can work in a school with children.
- fr: école
- service
- noun
- Work somebody does for other people or an organization.
- Example: We offer our services to people in need.
- fr: service

- syndrome
- noun
- A group of symptoms which consistently occur together, or a condition characterized by a set of associated symptoms.
- Example: Foetal Alcohol syndrome occurs when a mother is consuming large amounts (more than 40 g per day) of alcohol whilst pregnant and can result in birth defects.
- fr: syndrôme
- technique
- noun
- A way of carrying out a particular task, especially the execution or performance of an artistic work or a scientific procedure.
- Example: These's a lot of techniques that we can use during a helping relationship.
- fr: technique