Practical Assessment Exploration System

PAES® is a hands-on assessment of employment potential where participants explore hundreds of jobs in five career areas that are based upon typical skills found at community based job sites.

PAES is usually referred to by its acronym, but it stands for Practical Assessment Exploration System.

Hands-on Learning

How better to determine an individual's employment potential than to let them try all different types of jobs they might actually have in the future?

PAES® allows participants to clock in and go to work in a simulated work environment.

• Participants in this program can learn life-skills, find out what job skills they are good at and discover their job interests and preferences.
• PAES® teaches skills needed for vocational training, placement and independent living.
• The program's goal is to determine what an individual can do on their own with as little help as possible.
• PAES^® assesses and trains proper work behaviors, eliminating many obstacles to successful job placement.
• Participants learn through hands-on experience and are provided real and meaningful feedback.

Based on Research

PAES® is research-based and identifies aptitude for community-based employment, functional skills, interests and work behavior strengths and obstacles to success.

• PAES® exposes students to hundreds of essential work and life skills.
• PAES® encourages workplace independence and motivates students to achieve more.
• PAES® is customizable to a students level of need, suiting a wide range of ages and abilities.