Introduction: mentoring with a purpose -- Handouts for mentoring program providers -- What are developmental assets? -- An asset-building checklist for mentoring organizations -- What's different about mentoring programs that build assets? -- Incorporating asset-building strategies into mentor recruitment -- Incorporating asset-building strategies into mentor screening -- Incorporating asset-building strategies into orientation and training -- Incorporating asset-building strategies into match support -- Handouts for mentors -- What is my role as a mentor? -- Frequently asked questions about being a mentor -- What are developmental assets? -- What is asset building? -- The role of peer mentors -- Developmental stages of young people -- Safety, liability, and boundaries -- Making the time: including your mentee in your already busy life -- Mentors aren't made of money -- Engaging in good conversation -- Little things can mean a lot! -- Modeling positive behavior -- Common phases of a mentoring relationship -- Are we having fun yet?! -- Motivating your mentee to want to learn -- Family relationships -- Keeping things fresh -- Seeking additional support -- Exploring opportunities for growth -- What to do when the relationship ends -- Looking back on your mentoring experience -- Handouts for mentees -- My mentor's role in my life -- Communicating with my mentor -- What are developmental assets? -- Handling conflict with my mentor -- Saying good-bye to a mentor -- Looking back on your mentoring experience -- Handouts for mentors and mentees to use together -- Conversation topics for introducing yourselves -- Deeper conversation topics -- Keeping track of our scheduled get-togethers -- How did things go today? -- Identifying common interests -- Reflecting on the asset categories -- Bridging generational differences -- Avoiding stereotypes -- Exploring our differences and similarities -- Free and low-cost activity ideas -- A year's worth of mentoring activities -- Setting and reaching goals -- Handouts for families of mentees -- The mentor's role in your child's life -- Supporting your child's relationship with a mentor -- Mixed feelings -- What are developmental assets? -- Staying in the loop with your child's mentoring experience -- Supporting your child through phases of a mentoring relationship -- Helping your child say good-bye to a mentor.
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Text of Note
Mentoring gets a face lift in this handbook for fostering a healthy, successful mentoring program. Developed with input from Big Brothers Big Sisters and MENTOR/The National Mentoring Partnership, this guide provides a comprehensive approach that factors in the needs of the entire mentoring team, including program leaders, mentors, mentees, parents, and caregivers.
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Title
Mentoring for meaningful results.
International Standard Book Number
9781574828757
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Mentoring-- United States.
Social work with youth-- United States.
Youth-- Counseling of-- United States.
EDUCATION-- Counseling-- General.
Mentoring.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Services & Welfare.