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BE EMPOWERED


FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES




PREPARE FOR YOUR FUTURE



At the Bender Leadership Academy, you can build the critical skills and
competencies to transition from school to work, meet the expectations of
employers, and develop a long-term career path.

We are dedicated to supporting successful paths to employment for all people
with disabilities.

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Learn

We deliver competency building programs that enable students with disabilities
to engage in work opportunities, celebrate successes, and achieve career goals.

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Work

Together, we can have positive impact on the future of students with
disabilities by providing the steppingstones for success.

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Lead

HONORING MARY BROUGHER



July 2, 1964 – August 10, 2021

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   Prior to her death, Mary Brougher, a founding board member of Bender
   Leadership Academy, was working on a new initiative to build resiliency,
   coping strategies, and advocacy for youth with disabilities.
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   Today we are celebrating this legacy through the Mary Brougher Mental Health
   Initiative and through #NotAshamed.
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   #NotAshamed celebrates the lives of those, like Mary, who have a mental
   health disability and addresses mental health stigma and its
   intersectionality across diverse communities.

Mary Brougher Mental Health Initiative




EMPOWER OTHERS


FOR COMPANIES & COMMUNITIES



MAKE A DIFFERENCE

At the Bender Leadership Academy, you can impact the future of today’s youth
with disabilities by engaging in mentorship, career development, leadership
training, and civic engagement opportunities.

Bender Leadership Academy has been serving high-school students with
disabilities, since 2001. We accomplish the mission of competency-based
workforce development and are dedicated to supporting successful paths to
employment for all people with disabilities.

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GIVE

The Bender Leadership Academy delivers competency building programs that enable
students with disabilities to engage in educational, empowerment and work
opportunities, celebrate successes, and set and achieve career journey goals.

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Teach

Bender Leadership Academy programs address the development of general employment
competencies, the lack of experience barrier to employment of people with
disabilities and raises the marketability of participants through building
career competencies while gaining work experience.

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Serve


CELEBRATE SUCCESS


FOR STUDENTS AND PARTNERS



ACHIEVE CAREER GOALS



At the Bender Leadership Academy, we believe that success starts with
opportunity and is achieved when we support our students in developing
competencies and applying innovative solutions.

Our strategies for success include developing work readiness skills, building
leaders, and providing work-based experiences.

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Opportunity

We value the partnerships we have developed with our communities, educators,
employers, volunteers, and mentors.

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Community

Our approach is to create a continuum of learning and definitive path to success
within an environment that focuses on ability.

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The transition from youth to adulthood is challenging for almost every young
person and this is particularly true for young people with disabilities. Part
of a successful future includes finding and keeping employment. There continues
to be a dilemma facing youth with disabilities. In spite of supportive
legislation (e.g., the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the
Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act) and effective
practices, many of these youth continue to experience high unemployment as well
as insufficient opportunities to obtain competitive employment with the
potential of career growth.
Guideposts for Success, National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability

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