the french therapeutic educational and pedagogical institutions iteps are designed for children with serious behavioural problems those who have difficulty in school and socialising but who do not present an intellectual disability or psychosis the student guidance units clbs offer both universal surveillance and individualised support for students with greater complex needs a similar structure is also in place in the french community where a number of actors are involved in providing support for students with special needs the psychomedical social pms centres have a similar role to the clb centres working in a multidisciplinary team regular medical checkups on the other hand are carried out by the schoolbased health promotion services pse while school dropout prevention is primarily handled by school dropout intermediation services pms and mobile teams ibid a national mental health screening was introduced in and covers all high school students