In the fall of 2018, the YEP Career Readiness program at Partners for Youth with Disabilities (PYD) was grateful to partner with the Spaulding Rehabilitation Network, who have provided access to the Job Lab space at Spaulding Hospital in Cambridge, MA. Our YEP Career Readiness program now provides our community-based Pre-employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS), through […]
Partners for Youth with Disabilities (PYD) is excited to announce that we are expanding Campus Career Connect (C3), our e-mentoring program to support college students with disabilities, across the entire United States. The C3 network was designed specifically to support young adults with disabilities in improving their employment outcomes, including securing internships and jobs in […]
In celebration of National Mentoring Month, here is the story of one of our current matches. This post is written by their match specialist, Emma. Matt is one of the best mentors I have had the pleasure of working with. He is mentoring a 16-year-old named Jaden who happens to be a close neighbor of […]
Our organization came to life in 1985, and ever since, Partners for Youth with Disabilities has helped young people with disabilities reach their full potential and lead their lives with dignity, pride, and purpose. For over three decades, our PYD staff has worked hard to match our youth with great mentors. Our dedicated mentors are […]
Elizabeth (Lizzie) has had a prominent presence at PYD for over three years. She participates in our theater arts and group mentoring programs, and has been matched with her mentor for over two years. In addition to these programs, Lizzie also participated in a leadership development fellowship last year at PYD. She began attending college […]
Introducing Mentor Appreciation Night’s Lens Partnership honoree, Kyle! Kyle has mentored with us here at PYD for three and half years. Kyle explains: “I gravitate and want to be a part of PYD because of who they work with, but more importantly how they go about it.” He feels the PYD staff make the organization […]
At Friday’s Mentor Appreciation Night, we are excited to honor Olivia with the Rayleen Lescay Spirit Award! This award honors those who are dedicated to PYD’s group mentoring programs; ones that she has been affiliated with for four years now. As a sophomore at Landmark College in Vermont, Olivia cannot be present all of the […]
The Chris Dunne Peer Leadership Award is one of the four awards we’ll be honoring our young leaders with at Mentor Appreciation Night on November 2nd. The award is based on leadership and spirit in the PYD community. For the past two years, Austin has had many roles at PYD. He started out in our […]
Tyrell, a high school student at BCLA has actively participated in PYD’s career readiness program since November 2017. He took 7 weeks of classes at PYD where he learned professional skills such as communication, interviewing, and resume building. He then started an internship at the State Street Corporation after expressing an interest in mathematics and […]
As part of our career readiness program, Winston worked with Paul Fox, the owner of Spectacle Eyewear in the South End for 8 weeks. See what Winston has to say about his successful experience here: “At first I was a little nervous to work at Spectacle and meet Paul Fox (the owner). I would think […]