Justine Lahaie

In 2017, Justine Lahaie completed her master's degree in psychoeducation at the Université de Sherbrooke, enabling her to become a member of the Ordre des psychoéducateurs et psychoéducatrices du Québec (OPPQ).

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Before obtaining her psychoeducator title, Justine held several jobs as an early childhood educator and specialized educator, which brought her into contact with a variety of clienteles: early childhood, parenting, the Aboriginal community, intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, high-potential clients, attention deficit disorder, and more.

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Having joined CERC in 2020, Justine started out offering individual psycho-educational follow-up and greatly contributed to the development of this then fledgling department at the clinic. She has since diversified her activities, and is now responsible for supervising our psycho-education trainees, developing our early childhood service offering, and coordinating our institutional partnerships. She also participates in the ASD assessment process, administering the ADOS-2 test battery.

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Alongside her activities at the clinic, Justine has a keen interest in research. She is completing her doctoral thesis in education. Justine is interested in the experiential knowledge of parents with a child presenting with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). She was the 2017 recipient of a bursary of excellence from the Institut en déficience intellectuelle et en trouble du spectre de l'autisme. In addition, Justine holds occasional lecturing and co-tutoring positions with master's students in various university departments.

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Dynamic, empathetic and a good listener, Justine is passionate about her job and is always ready to take on new challenges.

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In her spare time, she particularly enjoys spending time with her family and her dog, doing outdoor activities and enjoying nature.