Program Overview

Mentoring Program

The Center for Support of Students with Specific Needs has created a mentoring program, which represents a support service. The program aims to facilitate access to education and support the inclusion of students with specific needs in all stages of their university career. Additionally, the program's goal is to facilitate the transition from secondary to higher education and support students in building and developing their academic skills, self-awareness, and achieving their academic goals.

Main Tasks of a Mentor

• Support and motivation of students
• Encouragement of students to navigate the new environment and system
• Assistance in strengthening the ability to manage study duties
• Assistance in exercising academic rights

Purpose of Mentoring

The purpose is to connect mentors and mentees from similar academic environments, with similar study ambitions and extracurricular interests, with an emphasis on personal preferences.

Who Can Become a Mentor?

Mentors should be students of Comenius University who have the desire to share their experiences. Reliability, responsibility, and adherence to agreed-upon meeting terms are essential.

How to Become a Mentor?

The preparation of mentors for work with students with specific needs includes completing a course on special pedagogical minimum. The course focuses on groups with disabilities:

• Work with students with visual impairments (blind, partially sighted)
• Work with students with hearing impairments (deaf, hard of hearing)
• Work with students with physical disabilities, chronic illnesses, and health impairments
• Work with students with mental illnesses
• Work with students with autism spectrum disorders
• Work with students with learning disabilities The course should last around 15 hours, conducted in a combined format (online, in-person, team work, self-study). The course lecturers are employees of the Center for Support of Students with Specific Needs and Comenius University. Each course graduate should present their achieved results and their own work at the end.