|

AUCD Community Inclusion

AUCD’s Community Inclusion Team supports the University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) Network in partnership with the Administration for Community Living.

Learn More
|

AUCD Maternal and Child Health Engagement

AUCD’s Maternal and Child Health Engagement supports the Autism CARES Programs, including LEND and DBP Programs.

Learn More
|

AUCD Public Health

AUCD’s Public Health Team works to create health promotion and public health efforts that include people with disabilities.

Learn More
|

AUCD Emerging Leaders Community

AUCD Emerging Leaders are a part of a community that includes trainees, early career professionals, self-advocates, and family members from AUCD member Centers and Programs.

Learn More

Donate

Project

Evaluation of a Mentoring Program for Youth with Autism

Center:

MA-Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center, UCEDD/LEND

Fiscal Year:

2013

Contact Information:

Carol Curtin
[email protected]
774-455-6527

Project Description:

"Evaluation of a Mentoring Program for Youth with Autism" represents a collaboration between Partners for Youth with Disabilities, Tufts Medical Center and the University of Massachusetts Medical School, in which the efficacy of site based mentoring for adolescents with Aspergers Syndrome (AS) and high-functioning Autism (HFA) is assessed.

Keyword(s):

mentoring, youth, autism spectrum disorders

Core Function(s):

Performing Direct and/or Demonstration Services, Performing Research or Evaluation

Area of Emphasis

Recreation-Related Activities, Quality of Life

Target Audience:

Children/Adolescents with Disabilities/SHCN

Unserved or Under-served Populations:

Specific Groups

Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:

Mulit-County