Entries by Cyanea Poon

How relationships with trusted adults can benefit youth

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Meltzer, A., Muir, K., Craig, L. (2018). The role of trusted adults in young people’s social and economic lives. Youth & Society. DOI: 10.1177/0044118X16637610 Summarized by Karina DeAndrade Notes of Interest: The purpose of this article was to explore the importance of relationships between youth and trusted, non-parental adults, as well as the impact these […]

Latino/as’ perception of peer: Mentors as social capital

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Moschetti, R. V., Plunkett, S. W., Efrat, R., & Yomtov, D. (2018). Peer mentoring as social capital for Latina/o college students at a Hispanic-serving institution. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 17(4), 375–392. https://doi.org/10.1177/1538192717702949 Summarized by Ariel Ervin Notes of Interest: Moschetti, Plunkett, Efrat, and Yomtov (2018) administered a mentoring program targeted at Latino/a university students […]

Mentoring Short Course 2019

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Short Course: “INNOVATIONS IN MENTORING FOR SOCIAL INCLUSION” lead by prof. dr. Jean Rhodes Date: 7 / 8 October 2019 Location: NHL Stenden University, Leeuwarden, NL The European and UMB/MENTOR Centers for Evidence-Based Mentoring organize a Mentoring Short Course on the 7th and 8th of October 2019, in Leeuwarden, NL. It is the third Short Course the two […]

Sustainability of supportive housing for families in the child welfare system

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By Nickolas Bagley, Youth Today Published: June 26, 2019 Report Intro/Brief: The Partnerships to Demonstrate the Effectiveness of Supportive Housing, funded by the US Department of Health and Human Services, was designed to explore the effects of providing housing and intensive services to high-need families in the child welfare system. Demonstration sites created new service delivery […]

Webinar: Making the Connection-STEM & MENTORING

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MAKING THE CONNECTION: STEM & MENTORING Thursday, July 18, 2019 1:00PM – 2:15PM EDT Increasing exposure and engagement in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) is currently a large focus of many youth serving programs around the country. This webinar will focus on research-informed best practices and strategies that mentoring programs can implement to strengthen […]

The longitudinal effects of mentoring in middle school aged children in Portugal

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Nunez, J. C., Rosario, P., Vallejo, G., Gonzalez-Pienda, J. A. (2013). A longitudinal assessment of the effectiveness of a school-based mentoring program in middle school. Contemporary Educational Psychology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cedpsych.2012.10.002 Summarized by Karina DeAndrade Notes of Interest: This longitudinal study examines the effects of mentoring programs in middle school children. Specifically, 94 seventh-grade students were randomly […]

Mentoring Short Course 2019

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Mentoring Short Course 2019 Short Course: “INNOVATIONS IN MENTORING FOR SOCIAL INCLUSION” lead by prof. dr. Jean Rhodes Date: 7 / 8 October 2019 Location: NHL Stenden University, Leeuwarden, NL The European and UMB/MENTOR Centers for Evidence-Based Mentoring organize a Mentoring Short Course on the 7th and 8th of October 2019, in Leeuwarden, NL. It is the third […]

My experience bringing mentoring to tribal communities

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By Crystal Aschenbrener, National Mentoring Resource Center The NMRC has this great new evidence review on mentoring American Indian and Alaskan Native youth up on the website (co-authored by yours truly), and before you read it, I want to share just a bit about some of the things I have learned that worked in my career. This […]