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- Title
Mentoring Transition-Age Youth With Blindness.
- Authors
Bell, Edward C.
- Abstract
This article reports on a mentoring project designed for transition-age youth (ages 16–26) who are persons with legal blindness. Youth were matched with adult mentors who were also persons with blindness but who have achieved academic and career success. Results demonstrate that youth who participated in the project for 2 years had significant increases in career decision-making efficacy, positive personal hope for the future, and positive attitudes about blindness. Implications for practitioners suggest that mentoring is a valuable tool to assist youth with blindness as they prepare for the academic and work world.
- Subjects
YOUTH with disabilities; VOCATIONAL guidance; SERVICES for blind people; MENTORING; IDENTITY (Psychology); SERVICES for people with visual disabilities; ACADEMIC achievement research; SELF-efficacy; SERVICES for people with disabilities
- Publication
Journal of Special Education, 2012, Vol 46, Issue 3, p170
- ISSN
0022-4669
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0022466910374211