College Life Mentoring
The College Life Mentor program offers individuals support as they pursue higher education whether living at home or on a University campus. Our program bridges the gap between intensive high school support services and academic support programs available on campus.
The College Life Mentor program can be the lifeline for your young adult as he or she pursues higher education, assuring the best chance of an enjoyable college experience, and a bright, successful future. Whether your young adult chooses a community college or to live away from home at a University, this new life experience may present with a new set of challenges both academically and socially.
Our College Life Mentors (CLM) are licensed clinical social workers who address the needs of individuals enrolled in higher education without the typical supports provided in high school and beyond what is provided by on campus support programs.
The College Life Mentor program provides your student with access to our CLM through video chats on their computers. Working face to face with a CLM can help ease the transition while helping your young adult to organize, plan, and manage their studies and addresses their social emotional needs if needed. Most importantly our CLM will be there for your student should bumps in the road arise.
By helping to coordinate efforts between your student, academic support, professors, and counselors, parents can be assured that their young adult is being held accountable for managing his/her own success, both academically and socially.
Transitioning to higher education is a major milestone that should be celebrated. Our College Life Mentor program is open to individuals who have an IEP or 504 plan while in high school and can begin as early as junior year of high school to provide help selecting an appropriate college and continues throughout your student’s college career.
How do you know this service is right for your student?
Is your young adult taking an active role in the college application process?
Does your young adult struggle with organization and study skills?
Is your young adult able to self-advocate?
Will he or she take initiative to pursue help if needed?
Can your young adult successfully form new peer relationships?
Does your young adult have the skills to live cooperatively with a roommate?
Can he or she adapt to college class schedules meeting weekly and successfully plan how to complete assignments, projects, and reports?
Will your student effectively strategize study skills and prepare for exams without cramming?