Mentor Leadership Training Course

Role Plays


bullet  What To Do

Now you will have the chance to role play being a mentor. Read the message from the adolescent or young adult, and respond as you would if you were the mentor. Remember to use the ASK strategy.

When you are ready to do the role play:

  • Please read the description of your partner.
  • Then read the message from your partner.
  • Pretend that you are the mentor.
  • Respond to the message as you would if you were the mentor.
  • Remember to use the ASK strategy

bullet  Role Play #1

You are the mentor for Lisa. Lisa is going to graduate from high school next month. She lives at home with her parents. She would really like to get a job, but she will need help learning her job duties. She writes this message to you:

protege "I’m going to finish school next month and I really want to get a job as a teacher's aide. I've spoken with some people with disabilities, and they've suggested I get a job coach to help me learn my new job. I think it's a good idea. Do you know where I can get a job coach?"

Pretend you are Lisa's mentor. What would you write back to Lisa?


  1. Please enter your "message" in the box below.


    2. Message:

  2. Re-read your message and make changes (as necessary).

  3. Check to see if you remembered to use the ASK strategy.
  • If up answered the question yourself, are you sure that your information is accurate and complete?
  • If you sent them to someone else for an answer, are you sure that you referred them to a reliable source?
  • If you sent them to a site on the internet, did you check to make sure that the internet site was still active and would have the information that they need?
  • For example, if you decided to send them to someone else for an answer, you could write: " Lisa, I think your idea of trying to find out more information about job coaches is a great one. I have never had a job coach, but a friend of mine had a job coach, and it worked out well. If you like, I can give you her email and you can contact her with your questions. I think it would also be a good idea to contact the local Vocational Rehabilitation office, they may have some good information on how to recruit and hire a job coach You can email them at info@ovrpa.gov."
  • Did you remember NOT to try and tell Lisa about something (having a job coach) with which you have no personal experience?

continue  If you used the ASK strategy, then you are ready to try the next role play. Click here to try another role play.

review If you had difficulty using strategy, review the lesson again before you do the next role play. Click here to go back and review the lesson again.


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Last updated October, 2002.
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