GET INVOLVEDWHY YOU SHOULD BECOME A MENTORIt’s lots of fun!

You’ll change a young student’s life!

You’ll make life long friends

You get to do art (but you don’t have to be an artist!)

Gain leadership skills

Fullfill volunteer hours for graduation

Future job opportunities with Eye to Eye

Reccomendations

Networking opportunities

Resume booster

MENTOR REQUIREMENTSShort mentor interview

Background check

Weekly 1-hour art room meetings with mentees

DAY:

TIME:

Fun mentor community events!

Mandatory mentor empowerment training with

free pizza!

DATE:

TIME:

LOCATION:

HOW TO BECOME A MENTORIf you’re labeled with a learning disability (such as

dyslexia, dyscalcula, auditory processing disorder, etc.)

and/or ADHD and want to become a mentor, contact

your student chapter coordinator to get involved:

CHAPTER COORDINATOR(S) CONTACT INFO

EYE TO EYE CHAPTER:

NAME(S):

EMAIL:

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of mentors reported that it was feeling that they were a part of an LD community (often for the first time) that they were able to increase their self-confidence, self-esteem, and their ability to act as an advocate for themselves

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Our mentees need a safe place. They need, like all

kids, to be heard. And most of all, they need self-

confidence. With Eye to Eye, they find not just a safe

place, but also a great place. And it’s fun! “Regular”

school reminds kids with LD/ADHD of what they can’t

do. With Eye to Eye, it’s all about can do.

Our mentoring movement is based on an after-school

program using a fun, art-based curriculum to help our

WHAT WE DO

Eye to Eye “Graduates” overwhelmingly report

increased self-esteem, a newfound ability to self-

advocate and a greater appreciation of how their own

minds work. The label? It will always be there, but

it’s now joined by a badge of distinction - being a

different thinker.

OUR OUTCOMES

mentees to discover and use their individual strengths,

value their own unique minds, and speak up for what

they need to succeed in the classroom.

of mentors strongly agreed that being a part of Eye to Eye helped them think differently about their strengths

84%

86%of mentors felt that being part of Eye to Eye made them a better advocate for themselves as a student with a learning difference

WHO WE AREIt starts with a label: Learning Disabled. Attention

Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Too often, it also ends

there. That’s where we come in. As the only national

mentoring movement pairing kids with learning

disabilities (LD) & ADHD with similarly labeled college

and high school students, Eye to Eye encourages

students with LD/ADHD to become their own best

advocates and to embrace their unique way of looking

at the world.

Our mentors use individual and group projects to

guide their mentees to unearth their own potential,

in their own way and on their own timetable. Art

removes the mentee’s barriers to learning: there are

neither rules nor expected outcomes. Each mentee

learns his or her strengths and comes to value them.

They see that there are many ways to solve a problem.

Because they set their own expectations, they aim

high, and use their newfound skills and confidence

back in the classroom.

The mentors make all the difference. They are

empathetic, well-trained and deeply committed college

and high school students with LD/ADHD who have all

faced the same challenges as the kids they support.

Eye to Eye mentees see a hopeful future in their

mentors.

HOW WE DO IT93%of mentees reported that their mentor was the kind of student they wanted to be

At Eye to Eye we see a future where all people with

LD/ADHD take ownership of their labels and are

open about how their brains work. Our movement

is about not only growing a network of youth

mentoring programs run by and for those with

learning differences but also spreading awareness

and advocating for our schools, employers, and

communities to give us an equal shot.

This movement is made up of millions of actions that

may seem small but build to something great.

OUR VISION