Limited-Time Offer:
A STEM Summer Program Tailored for Neurodivergent Students
Empower Students to Explore STEM Careers This Summer!
Build Future Ready Skills
From teamwork to technical skills, our camp equips students with the tools they need for college readiness and success in future STEM careers. Watch your young person's confidence soar as they innovate and create!
Inclusive and Supportive Environment
🧩 Tailored for Neurodivergent Students
Our program creates a structured and inclusive space where neurodivergent students feel encouraged to learn, grow, and thrive—at their own pace and with personalized support.
Build Independence and Self Advocacy for Careers
Build Independence and Self Advocacy for CareersStudents will learn to get places independently by learning public transportation through group experience. Additionally, they will learn business culture, networking, and professionalism through visits to STEM businesses throughout the DMV.
Real World Career Exploration
Students will explore innovative STEM careers at the workplace. They will learn about the skills, jobs, and meet employees in the a real world setting. Exploration is the key to truly understand what the job and environment is like.
Participants gain career skills and networking opportunities for future success.
- Supportive and Inclusive Environment Tailored to help Neuro Divergent students thrive.
- Future Ready Skills : Gain Confidence and tools for college and STEM careers.
- Team Based Innovation: Collaborate with peers to solve real-world challengers
- Learn Through Hands-On Projects : With Virginia Tech Thinkabit: Build robots, code programs, and explore exciting STEM activities.
Summer Program at Dewberry
Location: Dewberry, Fairfax, VA
Time: June 23rd-July 18th
Program Duration: 1-Month Session
Why Join?
Why Join?
- In-depth learning from Dewberry professionals
- Hands-on experience with various STEM roles & teams
Weekly Structure
- Mondays & Tuesdays: On-site learning with Dewberry teams, STEMSkills curriculum & career skills workshops
- Wednesdays: Interactive STEM sessions at Virginia Tech’s Thinkabit Lab (electronics, robotics & coding)
- Thursdays & Fridays: Field trips to industry-leading businesses to see STEM applications in action
Limited to 20 students – apply early!
Founder of STEMSkills
M. Ed. Special Education Transition, CESP
Eric Duer is dedicated to empowering diverse learners through hands-on STEM education. With over a decade of experience in special education, Eric has partnered with schools and industry leaders to create inclusive programs that prepare students—especially neurodivergent learners—for success in STEM careers and beyond.
Eric Duer is dedicated to empowering diverse learners through hands-on STEM education. With over a decade of experience in special education, Eric has partnered with schools and industry leaders to create inclusive programs that prepare students—especially neurodivergent learners—for success in STEM careers and beyond.
- Learn Through Hands-On Projects: Build robots, code programs, and explore exciting STEM activities.
- Supportive & Inclusive Environment: Tailored to help neurodivergent students thrive.
- Future-Ready Skills: Gain confidence and tools for college and STEM careers.
- Team-Based Innovation: Collaborate with peers to solve real-world challenges.
Trusted By The Best
What Parents and Students Are Saying About STEMSkills
My daughter would do STEMSkills year round if she could! Eric has developed an amazing program that exposes students to a wide variety of fields and careers that teens with disabilities are often not introduced to. STEMSkills raises the bar, and the students rise to it. Eric's passion and commitment are evidenced throughout the program, especially in the way he and his team treat each student with respect and take a genuine interest in their individual desires and interests.
— Kristin C
Parent
I would like to talk to you about my experience at STEMSkills and how it helped me. I did it in the summer of August 2023 for two weeks and this past summer June-July. It is a really fun program because we learn how to ride the metro. We also visit different jobs and colleges for Example Nova Community College, George Mason University, Dc Streetcar, Dewberry, Virginia Tech, and etc. This program made me confident because I explored some graphic design career options that I want to do after high school. Also I saw colleges that I might want to go to. This is how StemSkills helped me.
— Zayd. M.
Student
My experience with STEMSkills has been great. The first year when I joined the program, I learned how to use the metro, and by the end of the program, I was comfortable riding on my own. My favorite program was Nova Labs because I learned how to use Tinkercad and how to do 3D designs and electronics. In my second year of STEMSkills, I really enjoyed going to Virginia Tech. My enjoyable moment was building the robot and learning about wires and traffic lights. I also really loved going to Dewberry and learning about how construction works and what software is used, such as: AutoDesk, RVT 3D modeling software, rendering software, and Photoshop. I got so much exposure because I used some of that software to practice what I had learned, and it felt like Dewberry was my job. STEMSkills has helped me grow by guiding my career choice and showing me what independence and responsibility look like, including how to pick the right colleges to attend after high school.
— Reyan M.
Student
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