The centre is open from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, Monday to Friday. Our team consists of three special educators, a carpenter, a gardener, two teacher’s assistants, and a helper. A physician, physiotherapist, occupational therapist and the training coordinator for the foundation make weekly visits to the CVT.

The young adults at the CVT are almost exclusively graduates of KV School. They range in age from 16 to 21 and are all potentially employable. In an effort to create a workplace-like environment, students sign the attendance register when they arrive each morning, and sign out in the afternoon when they leave. Sessions are devoted to hands-on acquisition of skills which include cooking and housekeeping tasks, gardening, carpentry and office skills.

We also work on issues of personal hygiene and grooming, workplace manners, appropriate sexual behaviour, handling money and negotiating public transport. Real-life experiences form a large part of the curriculum and trainees go to restaurants, buy what they need from the market, attend concerts and films, visit neighbours, prepare meals, shine shoes, wash cars, make phone calls and mail letters.

After trainees have sampled the various skills-activities being taught in the centre over a period of one year, staff members assess their aptitudes and interests and then guide them toward the acquisition of skills best in accord with their abilities and preferences.