Entries by Ariel Ervin

It’s Who You Know That Matters: How capital mentoring relationships can promote economic mobility for marginalized youth

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Gowdy, G., & Spencer, R. (2021). It’s Who You Know That Matters: Identifying Which Type of Informal Mentor Is Most Likely to Promote Economic Mobility for Vulnerable Youth. The Journal of Primary Prevention. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-021-00630-7 Summarized by Ariel Ervin Notes of Interest:  Evidence has shown that youths who grow up in poverty (especially children of color) have […]

[Webinar] Social and Emotional Learning: Exploring Models and Strategies for Mentoring Programs

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Date: May 20, 2021 1:00 PM EST In this month’s collaborative mentoring webinar series, MENTOR will be hosting a panel to discuss how social and emotional learning (SEL) can be incorporated into mentoring programs.   The panelists will also discuss ways that mentors, mentees, parents, and staff can get involved in the curriculum-building process.  To register […]

Talking to Your Children About Asian Hate

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By Betty Wang, MD, Reprinted from The Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds  Over the last year, there have been very disturbing reports and videos of hate and violence towards the Asian community. As a Chinese American, these events have left me with a sense of increased vulnerability for myself, my family, and my community. […]

It’s not a bug, it’s a feature: New study explores mentoring program activities

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Lyons, M. D., & McQuillin, S. D. (2021). It’s Not a Bug, It’s a Feature: Evaluating Mentoring Programs with Heterogeneous Activities. Child & Youth Care Forum. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10566-021-09609-1 Summarized by Ariel Ervin Notes of Interest:  Despite the prevalence of mentoring relationships between non-parental figures and youth, many evaluations on these dyads only show moderate effects on youth-related outcomes.   […]

Curbing the impact of negative student-adult relationships: A conversation with Mike Garringer

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By Julia Freeland Fisher, Reprinted from the Christensen Institute  As many readers will know, most of my research over the past few years has focused on innovations that nurture relationships in students’ lives—including new approaches to shoring up student support networks and creative ways of expanding those networks to new corners of their communities and […]

How to talk to children about difficult news

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Reprinted from the American Psychological Association Assisted by Robin Gurwitch, Ph.D.  Children’s lives are touched by trauma on a regular basis, no matter how much parents or teachers try to keep the “bad things” away. Instead of shielding children from the dangers, violence or tragedies around us, adults should talk to kids about what is […]

Mentoring expert, Renée Spencer, emphasizes the importance of developing a clearer understanding of positive youth relationships

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Experts’ Corner: Mentoring in the era of COVID-19 From the ‘Mentoring in the era of COVID-19: Nine experts in the field weigh in’ article by Justin Preston and Monica Arkin Dr. Renée Spencer, Professor and Associate Dean for Research at the Boston University School of Social Work, notes, “We’ve tried to apply tools best suited […]

New study investigates how natural mentoring affects college students’ mental health

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Le, T. P., Hsu, T., & Raposa, E. B. (2021). Effects of Natural Mentoring Relationships on College Students’ Mental Health: The Role of Emotion Regulation. American Journal of Community Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12504 Summarized by Ariel Ervin Notes of Interest:  Although social support is a major protective factor of college-related stressors, not many studies explore the impact natural mentoring […]