EPMS du Provinois, through its Children's Platform, supports children with neurodevelopmental disorders by offering tailored educational, pedagogical, and therapeutic responses. This support, organized within the institution, at the child's living environment, or in collaboration with schools, aims for an individualized and inclusive path, involving families, EPMS professionals, the National Education system, and local partners.
Schooling is a key aspect of this support, adapted to each child's abilities and pace to foster learning, autonomy, communication, and socialization. Professionals work collaboratively to ensure program coherence. The teaching unit has been operating within the EPMS du Provinois premises since the 2026 school year, leveraging the complementary skills of teachers and medico-social professionals.
An externalization project is underway to establish this teaching unit within the Les Marais Elementary School. The aim is to allow children supported by EPMS to thrive in a school environment shared with other students. This will facilitate shared break times and collective activities, participation in school projects, inter-student interactions, and, where appropriate, time spent in other classes.
This initiative seeks to progressively develop mutual understanding, awareness of difference and disability, without creating an isolated classroom. A classroom within the school has been provided and equipped, with an opening scheduled in the coming weeks.
This effort aligns with an existing dynamic established by the Maternal Autism Teaching Unit (UEMA), located at the Raymond-Louis Kindergarten. The UEMA supports young children with autism spectrum disorder, providing them with an integrated educational and medico-social approach from kindergarten, facilitating their participation in school life and their inclusion.
School catering, managed by the ESAT (Establishment and Service for Supported Work) since 2009, is another manifestation of this inclusion policy. Approximately 35 individuals with disabilities prepare and serve around 500 meals daily for Provins schools, interacting directly with children during meal service.
These various initiatives – the UEMA, the externalization of the teaching unit, and the ESAT's involvement in catering – reflect a shared ambition: to develop inclusive solutions in the region, enabling children and adults with disabilities to find their place, access learning, and participate in community life.
