MAP & Disability Resource Mentors

MAP 2023

Mentoring Assistance Program

Pre-semester Transition support for incoming students with executive functioning needs

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

Access to Disability Resource Mentors throughout the academic year
Move in early and get settled
Workshops the week before classes
Learn about campus resources
Weekly drop in hours
Events throughout the semester!

Disability Resource Mentors serve to support and encourage student success.

Through one-on-one and group meetings, Resource Mentors serve as a knowledgeable guide for DAI students, a thoughtful facilitator who provides access to people, and resources and ultimately a role model and advocate.

Disability Resource Mentors:

• Serve as an enthusiastic and culturally aware role model for their mentee
• Encourage a strengths-based mindset of their disability diagnosis
• Clarify the stigma that can be associated with a disability diagnosis and work to dismantle any self-stigma
• Help students develop a sense of belonging and bridge the URI and the DAI community by developing and maintaining relationships with mentee , and by facilitating participation in campus events
• Have familiarity with campus resources and the ability to help students identify appropriate support services as needed
• Understand the systemic complexities at URI and will demonstrate to mentee how to access places, spaces and people