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Wilson, Nathan J.; Cordier, Reinie; Milbourn, Benjamin; Mahoney, Natasha; Hoey, Ciarain; Buchanan, Angus – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2020
Background: Gaining employment can be challenging for young adults with intellectual disability (ID). This study reports on a mentoring intervention to help counter barriers to employment. Method: A single-group, pre-post design was used. Eighteen young men with mild to moderate ID joined a local Men's Shed and were assigned a Shed member as their…
Descriptors: Intergenerational Programs, Mentors, Young Adults, Males
Quintanilla, Andres, Comp. – Excelencia in Education, 2017
Although strides have been made in the past 10 years and Latino male college enrollment has increased by 75 percent, they still lag behind their peers in both enrollment and completion. This brief provides a summary of Latino males in postsecondary education and examples of programs increasing Latino males' success.
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Males, Mentors, Educational Attainment
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Misan, Gary; Ellis, Bronwyn; Hutchings, Olivia; Beech, Amy; Moyle, Courtney; Thiele, Nicola – Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 2018
Intergenerational learning activities benefit both older and younger participants. The Whyalla Men's Shed (WMS) not only meets many of the needs of its older participants but has recently become involved in several initiatives that foster intergenerational collaboration and learning. An agreement between the University of South Australia (UniSA)…
Descriptors: Males, Intergenerational Programs, Health Promotion, Cooperative Learning