MENTORING

Students with disabilities, their parents, families and circle of support face complex issues when planning for the transition from school to adult life. Utilizing families who have already gone through the process as mentors allows for information and experience to be shared more readily. Business professionals and persons with disabilities who have found satisfying employment also serve as powerful mentors for students as they explore employment and independent living.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
The AACAP developed Facts for Families to provide concise and up-to-date information on issues that affect children, teenagers, and their families.

Best Buddies
A non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of people with intellectual disabilities by providing opportunities for one-to-one friendships and integrated employment.

Institute on Independent Living
The Institute's purpose is to promote the opportunities of persons with disabilities to gain more personal and political power, self-determination, full participation and equality through information, training materials, consultancy and technical assistance. The Institute works in cooperation with other organizations that support these aims at the local, national and international level, including self-help groups in developing countries.

Joni and Friends
The disability outreach of Joni Eareckson Tada. Founded in 1979, Joni and Friends gives a biblical attitude toward disabilities, both visible and invisible.

Mentor
Make a difference in a life. Find a mentoring opportunity in your area!

National Mentoring Network
Whether you are a young person looking for a mentor or a parent considering finding a mentor for your child, you have come to the right place.

Parent Advocacy Coalition for Education Rights (PACER)
The mission of PACER Center is to explain opportunities and enhance the quality of life of children and young adults with disabilities and their families, based on the concept of parents helping parents.

Parents Helping Parents (PHP)
Mission is to help children with special needs receive the resources, love, hope, respect, healthcare, education and other services they need to achieve their full potential by providing them with strong families and dedicated professionals to serve them.