PAES

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Work Development Transition Curriculum

Practical Assessment Exploration System

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PAES Student Report Example
PAES Helps with Transition Requirments
PAES IEP Transition Objectives

PAES Provides:

Work and Life Skill Training
Career Assessment
Work Exploration
Work Behavior Development
Data Collection and Student Reporting

Students are *Paid to Explore Multiple Work Areas using Hands-On Jobs.

*Students are paid with simulated money and paychecks through the Money Manager Program. Students spend their earned money during pay day’s when payroll is dispersed, and the school store is open.

PAES Five Work Areas

1) Business/Marketing

2) Consumer Service

3) Construction/Industrial

4) Computer Technology

5) Processing/Production

Where Is PAES Used?

PAES is used in Middle School to prepare students for career placement in High School programs. Students can gain experience and knowledge in a wide array of job opportunities.
PAES is used in High School for those students that are not in regular mainstream classes.
PAES is used in Transition Schools.
PAES develops basic skills needed and used in C.B.T. programs and teaches proper behaviors on the job.
PAES is used for Vocational Rehabilitation.
PAES can be used as a scheduled Work Development Class within the TAI WAYPOINT Transition Planning Program.

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

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