Career and Employment Preparation

Code	Course Description
CAEP 0201	Career Exploration and Planning This course is designed to provide students with learning difficulties or barriers to education and employment with an ongoing supportive environment in which to explore career alternatives. It will include self assessment, job training information and the development of a career plan with short and long term goals.
CAEP 0202	Job Preparation and Maintenance This course is designed to provide students with learning difficulties or barriers to employment with an increased awareness and application of employability skills. It will include exploration of employee/employer attitudes and expectations, development of self-management skills and work related communication skills. Students are expected to demonstrate appropriate work habits, meeting employers' expectations.
CAEP 0203	Interpersonal Skills for the Workplace This course is designed to prepare students with learning difficulties or barriers to education and employment with the skills to enter new working and training situations with increased confidence and to assertively handle employment related interpersonal situations. In particular, students will learn to communicate positively about any accommodations that may be required for their success on the job.
CAEP 0204	Job Search Skills This course is designed to provide students with learning difficulties or barriers to education and employment with a comprehensive overview of job seeking strategies including interview skills. It covers the basic tenets of job search recognizing the different approaches to successfully applying to a job.
CAEP 0205	Work Placement This course is designed to provide students with learning difficulties or barriers to education and employment with on the job experience related to their career goals. This placement will provide experience in two different work or training environments related to career/job choices. Students will test their ideas, gather information and gain exposure to work sites. Students are also expected to demonstrate and practice appropriate work habits.