Tag Archive for: Coaching

Research Assistant Position: Help with research, evaluation, and training and technical assistance projects in the area of youth mentoring.

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Innovation Research & Training (IRT), a behavioral science research firm, in Durham, North Carolina, seeks a full-time Research Assistant to work on qualitative and quantitative research projects, training and intervention development projects, and technical assistance projects in the field of youth mentoring. IRT specializes in the development, evaluation, and dissemination of evidence-based prevention and intervention […]

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Research Underscores Importance of Mentor Training

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Martin, S.M., & Sifers, S.K., (2012). An evaluation of factors leading to mentor satisfaction with the mentoring relationship. Children and Youth Services Review,34(5): 940-945. Problem Mentoring relationships seem to be most beneficial when mentors have ongoing support from the matching agency, ongoing training, and confidence in one’s mentoring abilities. The study’s authors investigated whether these […]

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2014 SAFE Training Certification

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Friends for Youth has been the leader in the youth mentoring field in developing guidelines for programs to implement in order to select safe volunteer mentors. Based on research from our resource SAFE (Screening Applicants for Effectiveness): Guidelines to Prevent Child Molestation in Mentoring and Youth-Serving Organizations and more recently for our chapter, Mentor Screening […]

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Mentoring and social skills training: Ensuring better outcomes for youth in foster care.

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Williams, C. Mentoring and social skills training: Ensuring better outcomes for youth in foster care. Child Welfare, 90 (1), 59-74. Background: Approximately 500,000 youth in the United States are in the foster care system, of those youth, 50-75%  experience either behavioral or social-emotional problems as well as being at risk for a myriad of other […]

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