“I thought it was going to be a lot harder” : community mentors supporting social inclusion

N. Wilson, C. Bigby, R. J. Stancliffe, S. Balandin, D. Craig

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    Abstract

    ![CDATA[Aim: Older people with intellectual disability want to pursue an active and meaningful retirement. We successfully tested a mentoring model. Members of mainstream community or volunteer groups were trained to mentor a person with intellectual disability to participate in the group. The aim of this study was to explore the mentoring experience and use these insights to further refi ne our mentoring model.]]
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationA World of Potential: IASSIDD 14th World Congress, Halifax World Trade Centre, July 9-14 2012
    PublisherIASSID
    Pages660-660
    Number of pages1
    Publication statusPublished - 2012
    EventInternational Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Conference -
    Duration: 14 Jul 2014 → …

    Conference

    ConferenceInternational Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Conference
    Period14/07/14 → …

    Keywords

    • people with disabilities
    • retirement
    • mentoring

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