Supporting and Including Youth with Disabilities Webinar
December 19, 2019 1:00-2:15pm EST
This webinar will focus on strategies and best practices for mentoring youth with disabilities. Attendees will hear from three programs with unique models located across the country that work to support youth and young people with disabilities. Presenters will discuss the importance of inclusive mentoring and ways to ensure that our organizations and programs work to intentionally include, engage, and empower youth with disabilities. The following organizations will participate in the webinar:
- MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership
- National Disability Mentoring Coalition
- Partners for Youth with Disabilities Mentor Match
- Disability:IN Uinta County, Wyoming
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Detroit
In oder to participate please register here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6175904439078253323
About the Collaborative Mentoring Webinar Series
The Collaborative Mentoring Webinar Series is funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention through the National Mentoring Resource Center and facilitated in partnership with MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership. These webinars would not be possible without the planning team, which includes the following Affiliates: MENTOR Colorado, MENTOR Illinois, MENTOR Independence Region, MENTOR Indiana, MENTOR North Carolina, MENTOR Vermont, and MENTOR Washington. Through ongoing planning and evaluation of the latest developments in the field, this team delivers a webinar each month focused on strengthening mentoring practice, sharing new resources, and helping the field put research into practice. Mentoring practitioners interested in the Collaborative Mentoring Webinar Series are encouraged to visit The National Mentoring Resource Center, which is funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency and facilitated in partnership with MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership. Free technical assistance is available, along with approved quality mentoring materials. Take advantage of this resource today to strengthen your program’s services to youth!
