Entries by Jean Rhodes

Mentoring and the “looking glass self”

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In describing the influence of his mentor, one young man recently wrote: When I first met [basketball coach] Steve, I was the product of the housing projects, a product of a single-parent home looking for guidance and attention. I was in and out of trouble. One day Steve took me aside and said, “Do you […]

Mentors’ Corner: How much should a mentor disclose?

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Editors Note:  In this  feature Gail Manza and Susan Patrick draw from their new book Mentor’s Field Guide, which is framed as a series of 67 answers to the most common questions that arise in youth mentoring. We hope that you will share these links with the mentors in your program.  Question 25. Will talking about […]

The test of time in school-based mentoring: Role of duration and re-matching on academic outcomes

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Grossman, J.B., Chan, C.S., Schwartz, S.E.O. & Rhodes, J.E. (2012). The test of time in school-based mentoring: The role of relationship duration and re-matching on academic outcomes. American Journal of Community Psycholog, 49, 43-53 summarized by Stella Kanchewa, M.A., UMass Boston clinical psychology doctoral student Problem: Youth mentoring programs face the challenge of creating matches that […]

Friends for Youth’s 14th Annual Mentoring Conference April 18 – 19

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Oracle Santa Clara Conference CenterMentoring is once again a popular prevention and intervention strategy, especially within large programs that offer other services to more vulnerable populations of youth. Many of us are now aware of and follow standards and practices that make services effective, which shows how far we’ve come as a field. But, do […]

Lunch buddy mentoring program: A successful approach to working with aggressive children

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Cavell, T. A., & Henrie, J. L. (2010). Deconstructing serendipity: Focus, purpose, and authorship in lunch buddy mentoring. New Directions for Youth Development, 2010(126), 107-121.  Background Aggressive children are at risk for problems such as delinquency, school failure, and substance abuse. In this study Cavell and Henrie (2010) evaluated a school-based prevention program for highly aggressive school-age children. […]

Podcast describes an online mentoring program for aspiring composers

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http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/97022/vt-students-learn-music-composition-through-mentor/ Vt. Students Learn Music Composition Through Mentoring Program Thursday, 01/03/13 4:50pm LISTEN (5:18) MP3 | Download MP3 Neal Charnoff  (reprinted from VPR) Music composition is alive and well in Vermont schools, thanks to an online mentoring program. Music-COMP is a non-profit service which brings together music teachers and professional mentors to insure that composition […]