Leaders: Kimberly Stathas, Samiah Ziadeh, Izzy Gaidhane, Sunshine Lee
Description: Teaching Health and Reinforcing Inclusivity Volunteer Experiences (THRIVE) is a student-run organization designed to connect health professional students with volunteer opportunities to support local community members with intellectual disabilities.
Teaching Health and Reinforcing Inclusivity Volunteer Experiences (THRIVE) is a student-run organization designed to connect health professional students with volunteer opportunities to support local community members with intellectual disabilities. The mission of Teaching Health and Reinforcing Inclusivity Volunteer Experiences (THRIVE) is to provide professional healthcare students volunteer opportunities with individuals in the community with intellectual disabilities. THRIVE works to:
Improve provider communication and competency skills for patients with different types of disabilities through volunteer/training activities.
Support community-based health education efforts.
Reduce healthcare anxieties and stressors commonly experienced by patients with disabilities.
THRIVE is led by current healthcare profession students whose goal is to increase our knowledge of best practices in caring for and communicating with people with intellectual disabilities through organized community events, health education sessions, and student-led workshops.