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Black Children and Youth Can Benefit From Focused Research on Protective Community Resources

December 13, 2023/in Culture and Context, Mentoring Practice/by Ariel Ervin

By Mavis Sanders, Dominique N. Martinez, Shana E. Rochester, and Jennifer Winston, Reprinted from ChildTrends Sanders, M., Martinez, D.N., Rochester, S.E., & Winston, J. (2023). Black children and youth can benefit from focused research on protective community resources. Child Trends. https://doi.org/10.56417/9297o3835j Child Trends recently announced that protective community resources (PCRs) would be one of two […]

Advancing Racial Justice in Mental Health Care: Implications for Mentoring Programs.

November 29, 2023/in Special Populations, Uncategorized, Youth with Mental Health Needs/by Jean Rhodes

by Jean Rhodes In a special issue of the Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, mentoring experts Noelle M. Hurd and Andrea S. Young, address the problem of racial injustice in the field of clinical child and adolescent psychology and more broadly. The collection of articles focus on the disparities faced by racially and […]

How To Find A Mentor As A College Student Or Recent Grad

November 29, 2023/in Mentor Recruitment and Retention, Mentoring Practice, Special Populations, Students/by Ariel Ervin

By Tracy Brower, PhD, Reprinted from Forbes If you want to advance your career, expand your capabilities or just get advice, you can’t do better than finding a mentor, especially as a college student or recent grad. But a lot of people aren’t sure how to find a coach, and they are reluctant to ask […]

Voices of Black youth remind adults in schools to listen — and act to empower them

November 15, 2023/in Culture and Context, Mentoring Practice, Natural Mentoring, Special Populations, Students, Teachers/by Ariel Ervin

By Tanitiã Munroe, Reprinted from The Conversation The idea of inviting students into classroom conversations that teach them to define and express their concerns, ideas and opinions takes inspiration from the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). The right to be heard is the general principle, and Article 12 of the […]

The top 30 mentoring movies of all time

November 1, 2023/in Culture and Context, Mentoring Practice/by Jean Rhodes

By Jean Rhodes To mark its 25th anniversary back in 2015, MENTOR: National Mentoring Partnership compiled the top 25 mentoring movies of all time. Since then, 5 additional movies that touch on themes of mentorship make the list. These include: “Soul” (2020) – This animated film from Pixar delves into mentorship through the story of […]

Want to Improve Mentoring Outcomes? Try These Two Ideas.

November 1, 2023/in Ethical Considerations, Mentoring Practice/by Jean Rhodes

By Jean Rhodes In a recent publication, Sam McQuillin and colleagues discuss two concepts that should become household words in mentoring: task-shifting and Just-in-Time Training (JITT). Together, they could help bridge the gap between the demand for and supply of effective mental health and educational services, especially in low-resource communities. Neither are new concepts. In […]

Dr. Anita Caduff sheds light on immigrant students and mentoring

October 27, 2023/in Culture and Context, Immigrants and Refugees, Mentoring Practice, Special Populations, Students/by Saniya Soni

Dr. Anita Caduff is a Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of California San Diego and former middle school teacher whose research focuses on the understanding of the transformative power of social relationships, particularly for immigrant-origin students. In this interview with Assistant Editor, Saniya Soni, she shares insights into her most recent study, shedding light on […]

Taking stock of 22 years of mentoring research through 22 seminal studies

October 16, 2023/in Children of Incarcerated Parents, Ethical Considerations, Mentoring Practice, Termination & Closure/by Jean Rhodes

By Jean Rhodes Citation: Hagler, M. A., Jones, K. V., Anderson, A. J., McQuillin, S. D., Weiler, L. M., & Sánchez, B. (2023). Striving for safety, impact, and equity: A critical consideration of AJCP publications on formal youth mentoring programs. American Journal of Community Psychology, 1–13.https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12702 In an excellent new empirical review published in the […]

In it together: Why a sense of “shared reality” is vital in mentoring

September 19, 2023/in Improving Outcomes, Supportive Accountability/by Jean Rhodes

By Jean Rhodes “If you have ever been to an award ceremony, then you know the drill” observes psychologist Abdo Elnakouri and his colleagues, “Awardees dutifully list off those who helped them along the way: mentors, family, friends, and perhaps a surprisingly crucial acquaintance or two. Without them, the crowd is told, success would not […]

How can we actually measure mentors’ cultural responsiveness? New NMRC report has answers

September 18, 2023/in Culture and Context, Mentoring Practice/by Ariel Ervin

By Savannah B. Simpson & Amy J. Anderson, Reprinted from the National Mentoring Resource Center While there are high rates of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, people of color) families and youth looking for support from mentoring programs,[1] the disproportionate number of White volunteer mentors in the U.S. presents considerations for mentoring practice to effectively serve BIPOC […]

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