Penn State AAC Mentor Project - Sharing the Knowledge of AAC Users
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Step 4: Identify protégés who would benefit from the mentor program

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Penn State's Experience:  How did the Penn State AAC Mentor Project find protégés?

The Penn State AAC Mentor Project Team knew that there were a lot of adolescents and young adults who used AAC who were facing important transitions in their lives and who would benefit from a mentor. The team recruited protégés from a variety of sources:
  • postings to ACOLUG (the Augmentative Communication On Line Users Group).
  • letters to parents of individuals who used AAC
  • letters and E-mails to teachers, speech language pathologists, and other professionals who worked with adolescents and young adults who used AAC
  • recommendations from mentors in the program
  • suggestions from protégés participating in the program
In many cases, adolescents and young adults who had heard about the project contacted the AAC Mentor Project team directly, asking if they could be involved.

All of the protégés that participated in the Penn State AAC Mentor Project had to be functionally literate. They had to be able to read and write basic E-mail messages independently.

Protégés were asked to commit to the Penn State AAC Mentor Project for one year, e-mailing their mentor at least once a week. As with the mentors, the protégés had to complete a written application and an interview before they were accepted into the program. Once they were accepted into the program, they were asked to think about their personal goals for the program.

Continue to Step 5.
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