NEW YORK, NY /October 22, 2020/ 3BL Media–The Cooke School and Institute and Moody’s Foundation today released the report, “Roadmap for Inclusion: a Collaborative Digital Skills Training Model for Young Adults with Developmental Disabilities” outlining new employment trends and approaches to developing or improving digital skills training programs for young adults with disabilities.

The report is a culmination of findings from a year-long research project that explored avenues for collaboration between the business sector, higher and special education, and community stakeholders to increase opportunities for employment, particularly in the IT sector, for people with disabilities. It also provides a roadmap for entering the next phase of neurodiversity initiatives through the creation of a Digital Skills for the Workplace Program Model. This model, based on collaborative partnerships between business and education partners, offers soft skills and digital skills training, along with internship placements and higher education course work.

重要的研究结果表明，包容性招聘实践与工人生产力和创新的提高之间存在相关性，以及对与社会和业务相关的成果的积极影响。为了成功地加入残疾人进入工作场所，该报告表明，必须获得软技能开发，指导和入门级实习。

“Moody’s understands that any diversity or recruitment strategy must be inclusive of people with disabilities,” said Arlene Isaacs-Lowe, Global Head of CSR and President of Moody’s Foundation. “Through our partnership with the Cooke School and Institute on this research report, we have developed an actionable roadmap for businesses and others to help young adults with disabilities prepare for careers in technology and create a more productive workforce where everyone has the tools and resources to thrive.”

该报告的发布恰逢国家残疾人就业意识月75周年，这是每年10月举行的年度宣传运动。今年的主题是“增加获取和机会”，作为库克总裁迈克尔·泰米尼（Michael Termini）博士提醒我们：“在造成最近的医疗危机之后，我们发现自己想知道我们如何努力振兴经济。现在似乎是一个很好的时机，可以创造性地思考如何加强跨行业的劳动力士气和文化。我想不出比在我们的劳动力中包括残疾年轻人更好地做到这一点的方法。现在该重新想象工作场所的外观，应该包括来自社会各个部门的工人。”

Post-report, Cooke and Moody’s will be collaborating to create a Digital Skills for the Workplace Program for Cooke’s young adult students. Through the program, Cooke and other educational partners will provide training and educational support in the areas of digital and soft skills development, while corporate business partners, like Moody’s, will provide mentorship and internship opportunities. Students identified as having the potential for advance IT training, will be connected to higher education institutions and additional training opportunities to promote continued credentialing.

Download a free copy of the full report (and the Executive Summary) at:https://cookeschool.org/school/cooke-moodys-digital-skills-report/.

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关于库克学校和学院：

库克学校和学院成立于1987年，为有特殊需求的学生提供了高质量的特殊教育服务，已有30多年的历史了。188bet上不了库克设想了一个世界，在这个世界中，所有有特殊需求的人都被包括在其社区的重要成员中，过着独立和有目的的生活。库克学校为约300名学生提供服务（K-12^th年级）;它还通过过渡提供全面的过渡服务以及学术，社会和职业支持，这是一个针对18-21岁的年188bet上不了轻人的计划。库克的咨询和教师培训部，库克学院（Cooke Institute），为教师（通过高中毕业前）提供专业发展和教练服务，并每年影响6,000多名学生。188bet上不了要了解有关Cooke计划的更多信息，请访问：www.cookeschool.org.

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