Disabled Sports USA Youth Sports Mentoring Program
           Serving Youth Through Sports

Start a Mentoring Program

Does your chapter provide youth the opportunity to participate in sports and recreation? Would you like to help young people make a strong, personal connection with a positive role model through sports? If so, then getting involved in the DS/USA Youth Sports Mentoring program may be a great fit for your chapter!

Disabled Sports USA headquarters will work one-on-one with each interested chapter to identify which mentoring model(s) would best fit into their adaptive sports/recreation programming, to explore partnership opportunities with local Big Brothers Big Sisters or like organizations, and to schedule mentor training sessions.

Among the several mentoring models that DS/USA offers its chapters is the Sports Trainer Model. This model revolves around identifying volunteer adaptive instructors to mentor youth with disabilities while they participate in the chapter’s ongoing adaptive sports and recreation programming together.

Benefits of the DS/USA Youth Sports Mentoring Program to chapters: 

Grant Opportunities Provides Opportunities for Youth Participation Reinforces Existing Programming Interests and Retains Volunteers Publicity Opportunities Partnership Opportunities

Please contact DS/USA for information on how your chapter can get involved in mentoring:

Adam Scott
DS/USA Youth Sports Mentoring Program Manager
240-268-1250
ascott@dsusa.org

DS/USA Chapters and Affiliates currently trained:

· AbilityPLUS (NH)
· AbilityPLUS (VT)
· Adaptive Adventures (CO)
· Adaptive Sports Center of Crested Butte (CO)
· Adaptive Sports Foundation (NY)
· Athletes Serving Athletes, Inc (MD)
· Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center (CO)
· Challenge Alaska (AK)
· Challenge New Mexico (NM)
· Common Ground Outdoor Adventures (UT)
· Disabled Athlete Sports Association (MO)
· DS/USA New England (NH)
· Greek Peak Sports Adaptive Snowsports (NY)
· National Ability Center (UT)
· National Sports Center for the Disabled (CO)
· Northeast Passage (NH)
· Maine Handicapped Skiing (ME)
· Rehab Institute of Chicago (IL)
· San Diego Adaptive Sports Foundation (CA)
· Telluride Adaptive Sports (CO)
· UCO Disabled Sports & Events (OK)
· Vermont Adaptive Skiing & Sports (VT)
· Wintergreen Adaptive Skiing (VA)