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PAES Lab Information

The PAES lab is a career training program provided to students in our special education programs. 

PAES® is Training in:

  • Basic Generalizable Vocational and Life Skills that relate to most careers.
  • Skills needed for vocational training, placement and independent living.


PAES® is Performance Based Assessments of:

  • Students Basic Generalizable Work and Life Skills
  • Students Work Interest and Preferences
  • Students Work Competitiveness
  • Students Work Behaviors

PAES® Assessments work with most Levels of Special Education Disabilities, including Non-Readers.  PAES® Assessments can also be used for Middle School General Education students.

PAES® is Work Exploration:

  • PAES® provides exploration through HANDS-ON experience providing real and meaningful career information and knowledge of what they can do.

PAES® is Work Behavior Development:

  • PAES® assesses and trains proper work behaviors, eliminating many barriers to successful job placement.

How Does PAES® Operate?

  • PAES® is a hands on Comprehensive Work Development Curriculum that sets up in a typical sized school classroom.
  • PAES® operates in a simulated work environment. Students become employees; teachers become supervisors. Strict procedures are followed so students get the feel of real work, at the same time learn and explore new career vocational areas.
  • Each area has a comprehensive array of tasks for the students to perform. The instructor monitors the tasks and provides feedback and assistance where needed.
  • Students are encouraged to become as independent as possible and are awarded for their progress. 
  • Students completing PAES® have a thorough knowledge of many job skills and have a better understanding of the real working world.
  • A comprehensive report is developed once a student has finished PAES®. This report can easily be used to develop Career Development Plans, School-To-Work Plans, IEPs and Transition Plans.
  • PAES® provides the foundation basics for School-To-Work Transition Plans
  • PAES® provides students with Real Knowledge that is relevant to their lives. Students are encouraged to become independent problem solvers and develop higher order thinking skills.

 
Student Outcomes

  • Students who have successfully completed PAES®:
  • Know what they are good at doing
  • Know where their strengths are
  • Know work-related problem solving skills
  • Know proper work behavior needed on the job
  • Know where they are going
  • Know what careers interest them


Educational Outcomes

  • When Students finish with PAES® teachers know:    
  • What skills a student can actually perform
  • If students are competitive with the real world
  • What type of special assistance will be needed for slow learners, and the physically challenged
  • What work behaviors students have and which ones they need to develop
  • How to write better transition plans, because vital information is now available


PAES® Includes

  • Complete Curriculum Materials
  • On-Site Training
  • Complete Business/Marketing Activities Unit
  • Complete Consumer/Service Unit
  • Complete Construction/Industrial Unit
  • Complete Processing/Production Unit
  • Optional Complete Computer Technology Unit
  • Complete PAES® Behavior Inventory
  • Complete Computer Scoring Software
  • Applicable Data Collection Forms