Sentences with phrase «caring adult mentors»

«The Barrie & District Association of Realtors has helped us provide caring adult mentors to hundreds of children ages 6 - 18 in our community, for over 21 years,» says Marianne Arbour of the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Barrie & District.

BOSTON — The Big Ten Conference is joining MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership (MENTOR) and local nonprofit partners across the country to launch the Coaches» Mentoring Challenge — an effort to connect young people with caring adult mentors.

Since then, each January has served as an annual kickoff of the widespread movement to connect more of the nation's young people with caring adult mentors.

They provide a safe place, caring adult mentors, fun, friendship, and high - impact youth development programs on a daily basis during critical non-school hours.

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Find adult mentors to serve as «lifelines» — caring models who offer support.

Even if educationally dysfunctional, the school likely has its share of caring, educated adults who serve as role models and mentors for needy children.

Literacy support, homework help, Sports Mentor and Caring Adults.

Mentors are caring adults recruited from the community, schools, employers, and partner organizations.

Introducing a stable and caring adult — a mentor — into these students» lives can combat those attitudes, since mentors can help make connections between school and life while fostering students» self - confidence.

Learners should be well known by their instructors and have opportunities to develop strong relationships with caring adults, counselors, mentors, and teachers.

During this free webinar, on Tuesday, May 23 (11:00 am — 12:30 pm PT / 2:00 pm — 3:30 pm ET), you'll hear what teachers, mentors, school nurses and other caring adults can do to identify and help students improve attendance as soon as they show signs of falling off track.

Relational dynamics of this sort have the effect of further complicating the victim's survival adaptations, especially when a superficially caring, loving or seductive relationship is cultivated with the victim (e.g., by an adult mentor such as a priest, coach, or teacher; by an adult who offers a child special favors for compliance; by a superior who acts as a protector or who can offer special favors and career advancement).

Puppies who enroll into Puppy Day Care are closely supervised and paired with our Mentor Dogs — adult dogs who have been extensively temperament tested and are exceptional with young pups — to further teach them appropriate play behavior and manners.

«Survivors» tend to have three characteristics: a supportive adult mentor, such as a teacher or neighbor; a strong fantasy life; and the responsibility of caring for another, either a sibling or an animal.

Mission: To expand the mentoring field's regional capacity to reach more school - aged children with caring, committed adult mentors, using best practices, training and professional support to achieve lifelong positive educational and behavioral outcomes for youth.

Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: Appreciation, Caring adults, Coaches, Family gratitude, Grandparents, Gratitude, Mentors, Modeling, Mother's Day, Significant others in child's life, Social and Emotional Skills, Teacher Appreciation Day, Teacher Appreciation Week, Teachers

The only answer compatible with nature is for parents and adults entrusted with their care to serve as their mentors, guides, nurturers, and role models.

In recent decades, we have seen a growing class gap in time spent with parents, educational performance, and participation in school activities... low - income children need more time with caring adults, including mentors.

Participants will engage with the following program components throughout the four years of participation: a strong relationship with a caring adult that can serve as a mentor (belonging); engaging in experiential science activities using current technologies through Makerspace activities (mastery); implementing Makerspace activities with school aged youth in the community (generosity); and learning to plan for a successful post high school transition to adulthood (independence).