Accelerator Class Series

Build direction. Build confidence. Build momentum.

The Accelerator Class Series is an intensive 8-week virtual program designed for young adults who are ready to make meaningful progress but may need additional structure, accountability, and support to get moving.

Participants work on identifying their strengths, setting meaningful goals, building confidence, developing stronger routines, and taking consistent action toward employment, independence, relationships, and other important next steps.

The goal is to help participants move from feeling stuck to creating real direction, confidence, and momentum.

The 8-Week Program

week 1

Introduces the program structure and support system, and begins identifying strengths, interests, challenges, and goals.

Orientation and Foundation

week 2

Strengths, Identity & Capacity

Helps participants recognize strengths and understand how anxiety or past frustration may have shaped their confidence.

week 3

Direction and Decision-Making

Explores realistic next steps in work, education, independence, and community — moving from "I don't know" to supported decisions.

week 4

Structure, Routines & Follow-Through

Builds daily and weekly routines, time management, and accountability systems that support real progress.

week 5

Skill Development AND Real-World Practice

Practices social, work-readiness, independence, and community skills through Progress Partners classes and coaching.

week 6

Managing Blocks, Anxiety AND Setbacks

Identifies what gets in the way — fear, avoidance, low confidence — and builds strategies to keep moving forward.

week 7

Ownership, Independence AND Self-Advocacy

Builds greater ownership of goals and decisions, along with self-advocacy and independence skills.

week 8

Transition Plan and Next Steps

Reviews progress and builds a clear plan for what comes next, identifying the next phase of support.