The Immortelle Centre

The Immortelle Children's Centre is a special school for persons with various disabilities 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.

Immortelle Children's Centre
for Special Education
Address
1A St. Ann's Gardens

St. Ann's

Port of Spain

Trinidad and Tobago
Information
School typePrivate
Opened1989
FounderMrs Beth Teelucksingh
School districtPort of Spain and Environs
CategorySpecial Education (Profound)
OversightSchool Board
ChairmanMr Charles Mouttet
PrincipalMrs. Charlene Gittens (Acting)
Faculty25
GenderCo-ed
Enrollment70
Campus typeUrban
Colour(s)Orange, White and Gray
   
AffiliationsConsortium of Disability Organisations, Private Special Schools Association of Trinidad and Tobago

The school was founded in 1986 by Beth Harry.[2][3][4]

Services

The Centre offers a wide range of services to its students given the broad range of their abilities and various 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
  1. "The Trinidad Guardian -Online Edition Ver 2.0". Legacy.guardian.co.tt. 2005-08-17. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
  2. 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 – via Google Books.
  3. "New iPads for children at Immortelle school". www.guardian.co.tt.
  4. Hanley-Maxwell, Cheryl; Collet-Klingenberg, Lana (August 4, 2011). "Education". SAGE Publications – via Google Books.


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