Termination & Closure

These articles explore factors that lead to early terminations and strategies for managing match closure.

Cultivating a willingness to try, fail, and try again in youth

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by Junlei Li  (The Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and…

Peeling the onion: How many matches survive to the completion of programs?

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by David L. DuBois  Here's a good question from Nina Jonson,…

When is it the right time to close a struggling match?

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Although there are some obvious times when a mentoring match…

To disclose or not to disclose, that is the question

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Henretty, J., & Levitt, H. (2010). The role of therapist…

Au Revoir: Considerations for ending mentoring relationships

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Editor's note: We stumbled onto this thoughtful article and immediately…

Peer mentoring: An effective vehicle for promoting healthy behaviors

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Petosa, R.L., & Smith, L.H. (2014). Peer mentoring for health…

Beyond “how’s it going?”: A new questionnaire assesses mentors’ satisfaction

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Rhodes, J., Schwartz, S., & Wu, M. (2014) Validating a Mentoring…