On Friday, May 24, PYD’s National Center kicked off a summer-long disability inclusion training and technical assistance contract with the nonprofit Future Chefs. Future Chef’s mission is to prepare urban youth in Greater Boston for quality early employment and post-secondary education opportunities in the culinary field and support them in developing a broad base of transferable […]
Last week, PYD’s National Center kicked off the second year of the three year “Inclusive Fitness for Youth” Initiative, funded by the Boston Foundation. Some readers might remember that in 2012 — the initiative’s first year — PYD worked with the South Boston Boys and Girls Club. This year, PYD selected the Boys and Girls Club […]
On Friday, March 22nd, PYD’s National Center team presented a two hour workshop entitled “Inclusive Programs Improve Quality for All Youth” at the 12th Annual Youth Work Intensive, sponsored by Health Resources in Action and taking place at Harvard University. In attendance were participants from a range of youth-serving organizations throughout the Boston area, including: […]
On Tuesday, February 12th, the South Boston Boys and Girls Club celebrated the official opening of their newly renovated, and fully inclusive, youth fitness room. PYD’s Regina Snowden, Steve Slowinski, and Kaela Vronsky, were there to revel with them in this great achievement. Funding for the renovation came through PYD’s Inclusive Fitness for Youth Initiative, […]
Recently, Kaela Vronsky (National Center director) was invited to contribute a guest blog post for the National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (NCWD/Youth). You can find the original article at the NCWD’s website, and the full text is provided below:
The National Center for Mentoring Youth with Disabilities was formed in 2005 in response to requests from organizations interested in learning from PYD’s inclusion experience and program design. Since that time, it has provided trainings to organizations throughout New England and presented at conferences across the nation. You can find the full list of the […]