PROGRAMS Our friendship pillar encompasses programs that offer - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
WHAT IS BEST BUDDIES? GLOBAL NON-PROFIT DEDICATED TO INCLUSION FOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES Our Mission Friendships. Jobs. Leadership. Inclusive Living. Empower in g people with disabilities by helping them form
GLOBAL NON-PROFIT DEDICATED TO
INCLUSION FOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
Our Mission
Empowering people with disabilities by helping them form meaningful friendships \!\~th their peers, secure successful jobs, live independently, and feel valued by society.
FRIENDSHIP
Builds friendships between people with and w/o IDD, offering social mentoring while improving the quality of life and level of inclusion.
JOBS
Secures jobs for people with IDD, allowing them to earn an income, pay taxes, and support themselves.
LEADERSHIP
Educates and empowers people with and without IDD to be leaders, public speakers and advocates.
LIVING
Fosters an integrated experience for people with and without IDD to live independently in a dynamic environment where they can learn, grow, and thrive.
What does Best Buddies do differently that sets our programs apart from other disability organizations?
INCLUSIVE OPPORTUNIT ES
Best Buddies provides equ·table l• eadership roles and sets equal expectations for participants with and without disabilities in all programs - to serve, to pay for outings, to report, • etc.
VOLU TEER-CE
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Best Buddies is a global l volunteer movement, committed to empowering volunteers to cr, eate new opportunities for their communities to engage and provide inclusive experiences
LIFE-CYC E
Partic·ipation1in the Best Buddies movement engages volunteers as soon as they enter school through adulthood with progirams at all school levels in addition to community and employment
Our friendship pillar encompasses programs that offer socialization opportunities for people with and without IDD including: Citizens Colleges e-Buddies High Schools Middle Schools Elementar!:J Schools Our programs provide meaningful connections with their peers, gain self- confidence and self-esteem, and share interests, experiences and activities that man!:J
School Friendship Chapters served 151 individuals
Full-time Staff
School Friendship Chapters (and counting) serve 1230+ students
Full-time Staff
young adults with IDD to assert themselves as leaders in speech writing & public speaking
ELEMENTARY MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHOOLS
Total Middle, Junior & High Schools Middle, Junior & High Schools with Best Buddies Program
HIGH COLLEGES SCHOOLS
currently engaged with a Best
Missouri School Friendship Chapter Potential
MIDDLE, JUNIOR & HIGH SCHOOLS IN MISSOURI OF WHICH 27PARTICIPATE IN BEST BUDDIES
Currently serving 9 of 518 School Districts in Missouri
Clayton Ladue Pattonville Ferguson-Florissant Lindbergh Rockwood Kirkwood Parkway Webster Groves
Buddies friendship programs create inclusive school and community based settings to foster one-to-one connections between pairs
leadership opportunities for students
HOW DOES A FRIENDSHIP PROGRAM REALLY WORK?
BBMO over the next three to five years…
2019-20 Continue Growth in Greater STL & KC Regions
2020-21 Expand Remote Program Deployment Initiatives
2021-22
BBMO over the next five years…
Full Program Staff to Ensure Quality & Continuity Statewide
chapter, its leaders and faculty advisors
Increase volunteer engagement
Students without IDD are more aware that people with IDD can hold jobs in the communityand would like to work in a company that employs a person with an IDD, as shown by results from the Best Buddies Annual Survey designed by Dr. Michael Hardman, Ph.D, University of Utah Dedicated support from Best Buddies helps to remove social barriers and increase opportunities for meaningful friendships to be forged between students with and without IDD. By increasing social interactions between students with and without disabilities, programs will foster the growth of a person with disabilities’ social skills, thereby helping them become college and career ready.
Best Buddies Chapter - North Kirkwood Middle School
Special Education Teacher & BB Chapter Faculty Advisor Kathleen Murphy Friends & Best Buddies Chapter Members Audrey Bernabo Bailey Braunch Linden Burba Parent Perspective Kama Totherow
BESTBUDDIES MISSOURI
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