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Home  >  Articles by: Kristin Humphrey
  • By Kristin Humphrey
  • December 22, 2015

30 Incredible Things Our Mentees Accomplished During 2015

This blog post was written by Kristin Humphrey, Mentoring Director, Partners for Youth with Disabilities (PYD), a member organization in the National Disability Mentoring Coalition. As the 2015 year comes […]

  • By Kristin Humphrey
  • September 25, 2014

The MRC Mentoring Project: Highlights from our first Career Mentor Brunch

On Saturday, September 13th, PYD hosted our first Career Mentor Brunch, in collaboration with Massachusetts Rehab Commission (MRC) with a mentor-for-a-day model. The event took place at the Institute for […]

  • By Kristin Humphrey
  • April 16, 2014

Temple Grandin on the Importance of Mentors

In her groundbreaking autobiography, The Way I See It, Temple Grandin writes about the role mentors can play for people living with disabilities: “Mentors did, indeed, play a pivotal role […]

  • By Kristin Humphrey
  • January 22, 2014

Learning How To Be An Advocate For Mentoring

In honor of National Mentoring Month, PYD recently collaborated with Mass Mentoring Partnership to host a training for our Mentor Match participants on advocacy and lobbying. Participants learned how the […]

  • By Kristin Humphrey
  • July 2, 2013

Moments in Mentoring: Celebrating an All-Star Match

Starrmaine applied to PYD’s Mentor Match program in 2008 when she was 11 years old, in search of a mentor who would make her feel special and lend an open […]

  • By Kristin Humphrey
  • May 22, 2013

Sign up for the 2013 Youth Leadership Forum

There is only one week left to sign up for the 2013 Massachusetts Youth Leadership Forum (YLF)! YLF is an incredible leadership opportunity for selected youth with disabilities to attend […]

  • By Kristin Humphrey
  • April 5, 2013

Recognition of our Research on Autism and Mentoring

Recently in the “Chronicles for Evidence Based Mentoring” — an online source for sharing new findings and ideas about youth mentoring — there was an article written that highlighted PYD’s recent […]

  • By Kristin Humphrey
  • February 25, 2013

Eight Tips for Setting Goals with Your Mentee

Research shows that a mentoring relationship with structure has a better chance of being successful; setting goals together as a match is one great way to build structure. Here are […]

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