Mentoring Resources
External Resources | Articles Related to Mentoring
Brief explanations of the resources are listed below. Each resource is paired with a link to a Web site. Click on the link to view the resource in its original format.
National Center for Mentoring Youth with Disabilities
This site offers programs and information about mentoring youth with disabilities. It is a Massachusetts based national program interested in the development of one-to-one and group mentoring services. http://www.pyd.org/national-center/index.htm
- Mentoring Guidebook. A 145 page book describing best practices and strategies for mentoring youth with disabilities. The guide includes suggestions for starting a program, development, evaluation, and much more. http://www.pyd.org/national-center/GuideBookAssembly_medium150.pdf
Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology
DO-IT serves to increase the participation of individuals with disabilities in challenging academic programs and careers. It promotes the use of computer and networking technologies to increase independence, productivity, and participation in education and employment. http://www.washington.edu/doit/
- Specific resources to help members of the post-secondary community create accessible environments, programs, and resources for students with disabilities as well as information to help students with disabilities prepare for and succeed in college: http://www.washington.edu/doit/Resources/postsec.html
- Described on the DO-IT the Web site as: “How DO-IT does it, and how you can do it, too”: http://www.washington.edu/doit/mentor
American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)
Home of the Disability Mentoring Day program and a host of resources, the AAPD offers tools for educators and people with disabilities. http://www.aapd.com/index.php
- Information about the Disability Mentoring Day Program: http://www.dmd-aapd.org/
- Tools specific for educational interests: http://www.aapd.com/links/linkeducation.php
DisabilityInfo.gov
This is the official Web site created by the federal government to provide for information of interest to people with disabilities, their families, employers, service providers and others. It was created as a part of the New Freedoms Initiative as an effort to connect people with disabilities with the information and resources necessary to pursue personal and professional goals. http://www.disabilityinfo.gov/digov-public/public/DisplayPage.do?parentFolderId=85
- Resources specific to education: http://www.disabilityinfo.gov/digov-public/public/DisplayPage.do?parentFolderId=85
Association of Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD)
From the Web site: AHEAD is the premiere professional association committed to full participation of persons with disabilities in postsecondary education. http://ahead.org/index.htm Resources about best practices and accommodation: http://ahead.org/resources.php
Successful Transitions in Diverse Environments (STRIDE) Hawai‘i
STRIDE is a collaborative project to design, develop, implement, and evaluate an effective vocational rehabilitation model for mentoring culturally-diverse youth and young adults with disabilities as they transition into meaningful community environments, post-secondary education or employment. Collaborators include state agencies, university and disabilities organizations. http://www.hawaii.edu/stride/
