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OPINION: There’s an effective way to guide our students through mental health problems

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…ething that professionals often can’t, and vice versa. As a case in point, peer-to-peer programs can be a source of culturally sensitive support when colleges’ and K–12 schools’ counseling staffs are overwhelmingly white. A MassINC Polling Group survey last October found that Black, transgender and first-generation college students reported using peer counseling more often than other students, and were more likely to prioritize finding a peer coun…

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OPINION: There’s an effective way to guide our students through mental health problems

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…ething that professionals often can’t, and vice versa. As a case in point, peer-to-peer programs can be a source of culturally sensitive support when colleges’ and K–12 schools’ counseling staffs are overwhelmingly white. A MassINC Polling Group survey last October found that Black, transgender and first-generation college students reported using peer counseling more often than other students, and were more likely to prioritize finding a peer coun…

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A novel peer-to-peer coaching paraprofessional training program to support digital mental health

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…in a variety of approaches, one of those being digital CBT with certified peer-to-peer coaching Researchers highlight how they maintained fidelity during their coaching program: Supervision & training are provided by grad students in a clinical psych program The training program consists of 4 levels that include digital CBT content, role-play exercises, invite corrective feedback, supervision, and video recordings The design of the training was i…

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FORUM: Can e-mentoring really support youth with significant needs?

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…given community or population’s needs. Ellen Mahoney — Founder, Sea Change Mentoring E-mentoring’s success lies in its ability to reach populations that have traditionally been difficult to reach. These populations may be people living in rural areas, people with physical disabilities, international populations or highly mobile students like kids whose parents are in the military or expatriate kids. For example, our program, Sea Change Mentoring,…

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Reframing mentor disposition & holistic development to promote inclusive student partnerships in near-peer mentoring

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…encourages student involvement in influencing learning and teaching. While peer mentoring is an excellent approach to establishing student partnerships (e.g. co-researchers or teaching assistants) and strengthening students’ holistic competencies*, there is concern that it is simultaneously exclusive. For instance, teachers can choose mentors based on specific criteria. This paper examines the experiences of three mentors with self-perceived dispo…

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Research highlights the importance of peer mentoring for youth offenders

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…effectiveness of mentoring, there is still a lack of empirical research on peer mentoring within the Youth Justice System This current study examines the pros, cons, and challenges of having young offenders as peer mentors, as well as identifying themes regarding relationship-based practice literature Four overarching themes were identified from the qualitative data: (1) “experiential knowledge”, (2) building trusted relationships, (3) barriers to…

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What are the benefits and motives of becoming college peer mentors in sports?

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…, who were predominantly first generation to attend university, engaged in peer mentoring to develop cultural capital for their chosen professional field, but also to give back and support the development of social and cultural capital for mentees. Practical implications for developing future peer support programmes are presented, as are future research avenues and limitations. Implications (Reprinted from the Discussion) Using Bourdieu’s theoreti…

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Profiles in Mentoring: Michael Karcher on connectedness and mentoring

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…3.304D (Main Campus, COEHD Dean’s Suite) San Antonio, TX 78207 (210) 458-2032; 458-2650 (department) michael.karcher@utsa.edu visit websites for information on research www.schoolconnectedness.com (e.g., https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21133579 ) www.schoolbasedmentoring.com www.crossagepeer*]}*mentoring.com (e.g., US Dept. of Justice program review of CAMP at https://www.crimesolutions.gov/ProgramDetails.aspx?ID=432 (CAMP seen in action as Veloci…

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Like compulsive gold miners: Reflecting on five (and counting) new meta-analyses

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…f youth and approaches. This includes, most recently, a study of cross-age peer mentoring. Analyses included six studies and revealed a medium-sized overall effect of cross-age peer mentoring programs (g = 0.45). Several program characteristics moderated effect sizes, most notably, the level of adult oversight and supervision.   Although these findings should be interpreted with caution given the limited number of programs, the results do highligh…

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Five important takeaways from a new meta-analysis

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…nd goals to match youths’ presenting concerns and identities. #2 Cross-age peer mentoring is particularly effective The study results also indicated that near-peer mentors are more effective than intergenerational mentors in formal mentoring programs for youth involved with the foster care system. Moderation analyses of program characteristics revealed that near-peer mentors were more than twice as effective as intergenerational mentors (b = 0.359…