Starkloff Disability Institute

Candidate education: Starkloff career academy: Starkloff career academy helps adults with disabilities gain the skills and confidence needed to succeed in the workplace. The 4-week foundations course helps people with disabilities looking for their first job gain the foundational knowledge, skills, and tools they need to start their career journey. The 8-week transitions course helps individuals who may be changing professions or responding to newly acquired disabilities successfully advance their careers. The monthly advancements course provides disabled professionals who want to become supervisors or take on leadership opportunities with mentoring, virtual lunch-and-learns with guest experts, and networking opportunities. Access u: access u is a program designed to empower college students with disabilities to develop professional skills and successfully begin their careers. Through one-on-one meetings, workshops, and events, students acquire the skills to become competitive job seekers. Students can receive perseonalized assistance regarding developing a Disability disclosure plan, creating competitive resumes and cover letters, preparing for interviews, building professional networks, and more. Students who complete the access u curriculum receive exclusive connections to sdi's corporate partners offering internship and career opportunities.dream big: the dream big program strives to empower college and technical school-bound youth with disabilities to dream big about their future. The program aims to show students that they can do many things that their non-disabled peers can do, and they should not limit their career goals. By participating in dream big, students will gain the confidence to explore different career paths and an understanding of the steps necessary to successfully live independently as a person with a Disability.

Community education: Starkloff provides innovative solutions and educational tools to companies wishing to hire qualified people with disabilities and communities looking to ensure all of their members can participate fully. These include custom consulting opportunities and programs such as the Starkloff Disability employment summit to help expand public awareness and the universal design summit which provides education on how to build communities where all people can live, work, and play. The organization's team has over 100 years of experience and leadership in the area of Disability, and its methods and been tested and proven successful at numerous companies and organizations across st. louis and beyond.