Our Mission

ALSO is an adult learning program offering both in-person and on-line tutoring, in English and ASL, supporting the development of the skills needed for employment, further education or training and increased civic participation. We meet each person where they are enabling them to commit to learning and to imagine a different future for themselves.

ALSO's ASL RAPP website (www.aslrapp.org) provides bilingual language learning tools and resources for families with Deaf children.

About ALSO (Alternative Learning Styles and Outlooks)

Since 1981, ALSO has been delivering literacy support to adults and families in Ottawa. ALSO is a community-based program located in Vanier. ALSO provides service city-wide. 

We are often people's first step towards re-engaging with community, employment and training. We offer one-on-one teaching building on each individual's strengths, supporting them to develop the skills needed for the next step in their journey towards a better life for themselves, and often for their families.

ALSO is about building community, making changes and moving forward. We support the adults and families we work with to get a job, keep a job, prepare for education or training and to support their children's’ successful transition to full time child care or school. 

ASL RAPP provides bilingual language learning tools and resources. It promotes language learning by building the skills of both the parent and the child.  We support Deaf and hard of hearing children (1-7 years) and their parents. ASL RAPP provides parents with the tools to support the ASL language development of their Deaf or hard of hearing children as well as themselves.

ASL RAPP aims to increase family connections and family communication; it allows parents to learn with their child at home; it gives parents the tools they need to support their child’s language learning as well as their own.