S.T.E.P. specializes in providing customized, vocationally directed, 1:1 educational and functional training programs, assessments and related services for adults with special needs: learning disabilities (diagnosed/suspected), general learning limitations, attention deficits, cognitive impairments, skill gaps, and/or pain and adjustment difficulties; and significant hand limitations.

S.T.E.P.’s qualified and experienced teaching staff (B.Ed., M.Ed., TESL) and consultants are skilled in adult and special education, ESL instruction, psychology, occupational therapy and vocational rehabilitation.

As importantly for our clients:

Real teaching.
Sustainable learning.

Each of our students receives 1:1 direct, interactive, lesson-based instruction with a designated teacher.

Building Essential Skills ... One S.T.E.P. at a Time

Our name says it all! At Skills Training for Employment Preparation (S.T.E.P.), our customized programs have always integrated work on Essential Skills for identified occupational goals. We now offer focused, stand-alone Essential Skills programs as well.

After building foundational skills in our specialized academic and functional training programs, we target job-specific Essential Skills for Reading Text, Writing, Document Use, Oral Communication, Numeracy and Computer use, as applicable. All of our programs also build Thinking Skills and other important work habits.

Other comprehensive Essential Skills instruction is available for trainees who have achieved minimal functional literacy levels or Canadian Language Benchmarks 5/6 as ESL learners, but who would still benefit from personalized, 1:1 training in Essential Skills due to special learning needs.

To evaluate key Essential Skills, S.T.E.P. is an authorized Third Party Test Administration site for the Test of Workplace Essential Skills (TOWES).