The Immortelle Centre
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| Immortelle Children's Centre for Special Education | |
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| Address | |
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1A St. Ann's Gardens St. Ann's | |
| Coordinates | 10°40′47″N 61°30′27″W / 10.6797°N 61.5076°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Private |
| Opened | 1989 |
| Founder | Mrs Beth Teelucksingh |
| School district | Port of Spain and Environs |
| Category | Special Education (Profound) |
| Oversight | School Board |
| Chairman | Mr Charles Mouttet |
| Principal | Mrs. Charlene Gittens (Acting) |
| Faculty | 25 |
| Gender | Co-ed |
| Enrollment | 70 |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Colour(s) | Orange, White and Gray |
| Affiliations | Consortium of Disability Organisations, Private Special Schools Association of Trinidad and Tobago |
The Immortelle Children's Centre is a special school for disabled people located in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.[1] It is the only school in the area that accepts persons with multiple disabilities in the moderate to severe range.
The school was founded in 1986 by Beth Harry.[2][3][4]
Services
[edit]The centre offers a wide range of services to its students given the broad range of their abilities and challenges. The centre is a pioneer among local special schools for its wide use of various therapies. As part of its general curriculum the school offers music therapy and art therapy onsite as well as equine therapy and aquatherapy. The Immortelle also has several arrangements with foreign universities and local professionals who visit yearly for varying periods of time to offer services in psychotherapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy.
References
[edit]- ^ "The Trinidad Guardian -Online Edition Ver 2.0". Legacy.guardian.co.tt. 2005-08-17. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
- ^ Harry, Beth; Klingner, Janette K. (April 1, 2014). Why Are So Many Minority Students in Special Education?: Understanding Race & Disability in Schools, Second Edition. Teachers College Press. ISBN 9780807755068 – via Google Books.
- ^ "New iPads for children at Immortelle school". www.guardian.co.tt.
- ^ Hanley-Maxwell, Cheryl; Collet-Klingenberg, Lana (August 4, 2011). Education. SAGE Publications. ISBN 9781483305745 – via Google Books.
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