by Amy Gray | Aug 19, 2020 | Making Mentoring Work
A growing understanding of how responsive relationships and language-rich experiences for young children help build a strong foundation for later success in school has driven increased investment and sparked innovation in early learning around the world. The rapidly...
by Amy Gray | Jul 22, 2020 | Education
In this video, Dr. Amanda Heins, the supervising psychologist at Rogers Behavioral Health’s OCD and Anxiety Center Adolescent Residential Care in Oconomowoc, WI, gives tips on how you can help school-aged kids during the COVID-19 crisis. If you or someone you...
by Amy Gray | Jul 14, 2020 | Making Mentoring Work
By Joana Ortiz, mentoring.org I knew something was off when I couldn’t focus in my courses, the weight of my head was too much to bear, and getting out of bed was increasingly difficult as the days passed. I couldn’t articulate this at the time, but I was suffering...
by Amy Gray | Jul 7, 2020 | Making Mentoring Work
Health professionals face a massive challenge in responding to the coronavirus. Child psychologists are no exception as they deal with mental crises in kids caused by the pandemic’s upheaval. Some scientists see the outbreak as a natural experiment—a time when a...
by Amy Gray | Jun 17, 2020 | Making Mentoring Work
by Jean Rhodes and Cherrelle Jones (clinical psychology doctoral student, UMass Boston) As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on and thousands of protestors gather in the streets day after day, we are viscerally witnessing the many ways that racism, and other systems of...
by Amy Gray | Jun 3, 2020 | Making Mentoring Work
By Jean Rhodes In a recent issue of the Journal of Youth Development, researchers describe the leisure paradox: Just as social distancing and the end of the school year have left young people with more free time than ever, there has been an abrupt halt to the summer...
by Amy Gray | May 19, 2020 | Making Mentoring Work
“Ultimately you can have all the tech in the world, but really great learning is a human endeavor. It’s about the teacher and student relationship.” Todd Rose, Harvard Graduate School of Education and co-founder of Populace By Jean Rhodes In addition to lost...
by Amy Gray | May 6, 2020 | Making Mentoring Work
“Creating Communities of Opportunity” While the current coronavirus pandemic is affecting all of us, it isn’t affecting all of us equally. As we work together to try and halt the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, we must also understand why some of us...
by Amy Gray | Apr 28, 2020 | Making Mentoring Work
by Sara Fischer, Axios With almost all U.S. states closing schools until at least the end of the month, most children ages 6–12 say they are spending at least 50% more time in front of screens daily, according to new data from SuperAwesome, a kids technology company....
by Amy Gray | Apr 21, 2020 | News & Events
Outbreaks can be stressful The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may be stressful for people. Fear and anxiety about a disease can be overwhelming and cause strong emotions in adults and children. Coping with stress will make you, the people you care...