The goal of the Center is to advance
youth mentoring research, make the findings more accessible to the field and increase practitioners» skills and knowledge in applying evidence - based practice to their work.
Youth mentoring research suggests that failing to provide some sort of resolution or closure process at the end of a relationship can be particularly damaging for mentees who've been let down by other relationships with adults.
Not exact matches
Though
youth -
mentoring programs have taken off, the
research base has yet to catch up.
The program representative did not provide information about
research conducted on how to implement Friends for
Youth Mentoring Services.
New directions for
youth development: Theory, practice, and
research: A critical view of
youth mentoring.
Youth mentoring: Improving programs through
research - based practice.
Improving
youth mentoring through
research - based practice.
Leveraging grassroots and corporate support, collaborations with national
youth - serving organizations and innovative
research, MENTOR advocates for public investments in quality
mentoring programs and policies to ensure safety and effectiveness.
The present
research develops and validates a
youth mentoring relationship quality inventory, based on data from a national evaluation of Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS)
mentoring programs (N = 347
youth).
Research areas include youth - based mentoring, at - risk student success, creativity in counseling, supervision, multicultural counseling, and literature reviews for best practices in counseling and r
Research areas include
youth - based
mentoring, at - risk student success, creativity in counseling, supervision, multicultural counseling, and literature reviews for best practices in counseling and
researchresearch.
Researchers at the Pacific Institute for
Research and Evaluation conducted this study in partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana to investigate whether three types of parent / guardian
mentoring variables (parent / family characteristics, parent engagement in the match, and parenting style) influence match quality, match length, and
youth program outcomes.
The Elements provide
research - informed standards for creating and sustaining quality
youth mentoring programs and meaningful
mentoring relationships.
This
Research Board is comprised of prominent
mentoring and
youth development researchers who have expertise in areas that are representative of the diversity in
youth mentoring program models, settings for implementation, and specific populations and outcomes of interest.
Since 2008, the Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention has invested more than $ 600 million in
youth mentoring grants and
research.
The NMRC
Research Board also helps develop a repository of
mentoring program resources (e.g., training guides, handbooks and curricula) that are intended to promote positive
youth outcomes, particularly those relating to the prevention of delinquent behavior, victimization and juvenile justice system involvement.
Over his career, he has contributed to many leading
research - to - practice events, such as the Summer Institute on
Youth Mentoring and the annual conferences hosted by many of MENTOR's affiliate
Mentoring Partnerships.
Samantha most recently worked as the Director of
Youth Mentoring at Children's Friend and Family Services, a division of Justice Research Institute (JRI) where she collaborated with young people, families, and volunteers to support productive youth adult relationships, positive community engagement, and healthy social emotional outcomes for young people throughout Essex Co
Youth Mentoring at Children's Friend and Family Services, a division of Justice
Research Institute (JRI) where she collaborated with young people, families, and volunteers to support productive
youth adult relationships, positive community engagement, and healthy social emotional outcomes for young people throughout Essex Co
youth adult relationships, positive community engagement, and healthy social emotional outcomes for young people throughout Essex County.
Parents as Partners:
Research and Strategies for Engaging Parents in
Youth Mentoring Programs
His primary
research interests include the development and prevention of child antisocial behavior and related problem behaviors, such as substance use and abuse, academic failure, and high risking sexual behavior; Coercion Theory; the development of preventive interventions for incarcerated parents, their children, and the caregivers of their children; early childhood education and intervention;
youth mentoring; preventive interventions for physical health problems; and the development and prevention of adjustment problems during adulthood, including substance abuse, intimate partner violence, and suicidality.