Focus on what you can do not what you can’t! Join a Life Skills (for learning disabilities and or learning difficulties) course at Adult Education Wolverhampton. Take those first steps towards your future with skills for living and employment. We offer courses where you will succeed and develop the skills for needed for independence, allowing you to take part in your community. You will be inspired to learn while you overcome disability.

Courses will be planned around:

• independent living
• making friends, developing relationships and getting to know your community
• good health and wellbeing
• lifelong learning and employment or volunteering

There are 4 pathways:

• Get Learning courses are shorter. They will focus on practical activities and the development of skills. These include English, maths and digital skills.
• Keep Learning courses will concentrate on independent living skills and being more active in your community.
• Move On courses will provide you with an opportunity to learn work skills. Activities may include setting up an enterprise. Separate English and maths classes will be a requirement of this pathway.
• Supported Internships and Supported Employment will provide you with skills to help move you closer to paid employment and will include a work placement.

See the separate web page for more details. Get in touch if you are not sure which course best meets your needs, we are here to provide you with information, advice and guidance. You can join at any point in the year following an informal interview, support assessment and where best suits your needs. It’s all about you!

The skills you will learn are:

• How to communicate well
• How to look after yourself in class, at home and in the community
• How to work as part of a team
• How to problem solve and tackle unexpected problems
• How to organise yourself including punctuality and working independently

You can decide to join one course or build a programme of courses that matches your needs and helps you to reach your goals.

Information for Parents and Carers - We offer a rich and motivating environment where students will be supported to achieve their goals. All courses are taught by specialist staff with appropriate support. Get in touch to talk to a member of the team. Learning within a supported environment, you will build confidence, resilience and self-esteem.

"I enjoy coming to Adult Education Wolverhampton because the Life Skills courses have helped me with my  confidence. The courses that I'm doing are the following, supported employment, every day Life Skills and cooking. I have enjoyed these course because the skills I learn I will be able take forward into my future goals. The support staff and teachers are really knowledgeable and supportive." - Ellie Hickman

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We offer enrolment on many courses at different times throughout the year and also deliver courses at community locations across the city.

You can apply for a course in the following ways:

• Apply for a course online
• Call us 01902 558180
• Attend an Open Day
• Visit our Foyer Building where we can advise you further

Find out more about how to enrol here.