Peer Mentor Program

The peer mentor role:

Peer Mentors help new, neurodiverse / neurodivergent students transition to college. Peer Mentors help on a weekly basis throughout the academic year by meeting with their students on a regular basis in formal and informal settings for an average of four to six hours per week. Through these meetings, Peer Mentors provide regular check-ins, support the student in identifying and accessing support resources, facilitate positive social engagement, and more.

Peer Mentors should have a desire to support others’ success and an interest in learning about the strengths as well as challenges of neurodiversity.

Peer Mentor Eligibility requirements:

• Stanford rising sophomore, junior, senior
• At least one year of experience as a Stanford undergraduate
• Eligibility to work and completion of Stanford employee on-boarding.
• Capacity to commit to all Peer Mentor responsibilities during the academic year. Times include mentor orientation, five 1-hour trainings, and academic year meetings and mentoring of 4-6 hours per week.
• Willingness to be flexible and adapt to the needs of others
• Communicate reliably by email, typically within 24 hours
• Responsiveness to guidance by SNP staff; responsiveness to requests by or needs of student mentee

Applications can be found here and are accepted on a rolling basis. For more information, visit the Becoming a Peer Mentor page.

If you are interested in having a peer mentor, please fill out the NSSP Application and an SNP staff member will contact you with more information. Right now, we are only able to pair current and incoming freshmen with peer mentors. If you are not a freshman but would like to participate in other components of the Neurodiverse Student Support Program, you can fill out the same NSSP Application and an SNP staff member will contact you with more information. 

 As with all of the Stanford Neurodiversity Project's programs, there is no cost to participate in this program. You can contact us at stanfordneurodiversityproject@stanford.edu with any questions.