Understanding Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a brain-based disorder that primarily affects the prefrontal ...
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Overcoming Learning disabilities
If your mentee has difficulty with reading, writing, math, fine motor skills, language, hearing different sounds or ...
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Steps to help stop cyber bullying
Is your mentee being cyber bullied? Did they tell you or are they showing signs of distress, perhaps shuddering ...
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Peer Project Super Volunteer Kathy Bodnar Honoured with Volunteer Toronto Legacy Award
We’re very please to share this great story. We have so many amazing volunteers who give so much to make a ...
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From Mentored to Mentor, the Growth of Charlie
Growing up with a single mom with English as his second language, school was a struggle for Charlie. With a busy ...
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Peer Project Mentor Kadeem On Becoming The Change
When Kadeem told his parents that he wanted to go into law enforcement, they didn’t know much about the field, but ...
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Peer Project Mentor Stephanie Learns To Ask Questions
Working in communications for a non-profit housing association in Toronto, Stephanie’s job became “a lot more real” ...
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TDSB Recommends Peer Mentoring To Improve School Safety
Last September, Hamid Aminzada was fatally stabbed in the hallways of North Albion Collegiate Institute. Aminzada, ...
Read moreGrowing Up Tough, Peer Project Mentor Mick Pays it Forward
Emigrating from Jamaica at age four to Toronto and landing in the Jane and Finch area (and then Mimico), Mick ...
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Peer Mentoring Helps Stop Youth Violence
Stopping youth violence starts before a kid decides to pick up a gun. Through early intervention into the lives of ...
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Spinning Wheels, Changing Lives
The snow kept coming, and we kept spinning. Thanks to all who showed up. This past Saturday (and Sunday!) The Peer ...
Read moreBowlers Are Striking People – Peer Project Bowling Bonanza
We Love the Sound of Strikes What to do on a Sunday when it’s -20C outside? Hit the lanes with The Peer Project, ...
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