Stand by Me The Risks and Rewards of Mentoring Today's Youth
Stand by Me: The Risks and Rewards of Mentoring Today's Youth

A child at loose ends needs help, and someone steps in--a Big Brother, a Big Sister, a mentor from the growing ranks of volunteers offering their time and guidance to more than two million American adolescents. Does it help? How effective are mentoring programs, and how do they work? Are there pitfa...

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Main Author: Rhodes, Jean E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press [2022]
Series:The Family and Public Policy
Subjects:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family
Bénévoles en service social > États-Unis
Jeunes handicapés sociaux, Services aux > États-Unis
Mentorat > États-Unis > United States
Mentoring > Evaluation > United States
Mentoring > United States
Service social à la jeunesse > États-Unis
Social work with youth > United States
Teenagers > Counseling of > United States
Online Access:DE-1046
DE-1043
DE-858
DE-859
DE-860
DE-739
DE-473
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Summary:A child at loose ends needs help, and someone steps in--a Big Brother, a Big Sister, a mentor from the growing ranks of volunteers offering their time and guidance to more than two million American adolescents. Does it help? How effective are mentoring programs, and how do they work? Are there pitfalls, and if so, what are they? Such questions, ever more pressing as youth mentoring initiatives expand their reach at a breakneck pace, have occupied Jean Rhodes for more than a decade. In this provocative, thoroughly researched, and lucidly written book, Rhodes offers readers the benefit of the latest findings in this burgeoning field, including those from her own extensive, groundbreaking studies. Outlining a model of youth mentoring that will prove invaluable to the many administrators, caseworkers, volunteers, and researchers who seek reliable information and practical guidance, Stand by Me describes the extraordinary potential that exists in such relationships, and discloses the ways in which nonparent adults are uniquely positioned to encourage adolescent development. Yet the book also exposes a rarely acknowledged risk: unsuccessful mentoring relationships--always a danger when, in a rush to form matches, mentors are dispatched with more enthusiasm than understanding and preparation--can actually harm at-risk youth. Vulnerable children, Rhodes demonstrates, are better left alone than paired with mentors who cannot hold up their end of the relationships. Drawing on work in the fields of psychology and personal relations, Rhodes provides concrete suggestions for improving mentoring programs and creating effective, enduring mentoring relationships with youth
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (176 pages)
ISBN:9780674042681
DOI:10.4159/9780674042681

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