Background: Although youth with disabilities have much to gain from employment readiness
programs, they are often excluded from or have limited access to vocational programs. One …

Background: Youth with disabilities are at high risk of unemployment compared with youth
without disabilities. They often encounter challenges in accessing vocational programs that …

Background: Youth with disabilities are more likely to live in poverty and be unemployed
compared with youth without disabilities. Such trends are often a result of a lack of support …

Background: Youth with disabilities encounter many challenges during their transition to
adulthood including finding employment. Jobs are often inaccessible, and youth often face a …

Background: Children and youth with disabilities experience many challenges in their
development, including higher risk of poor self-esteem, fewer friendships, and social …

Purpose: Youth with disabilities experience barriers in transitioning to Post-Secondary
Education (PSE) and employment. Mentorship programs provide a promising approach to …

Background: Peer-mentoring is a method of delivering support that may ameliorate some of
the challenges that youth with physical disabilities experience when preparing for future …

Background: Early childhood intervention services support children with disabilities or
developmental delays from birth to school entry with the aim to achieve optimal outcomes for …

Background Peer‐delivered interventions are a best practice in mental health, yet no such
intervention exists for young adults (YA) with intellectual/developmental disabilities with co …

Background There is a need for mentoring interventions in which transition‐age youth and
young adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (I/DD) participate as both …