by KarenD | 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 KarenD | 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...
by KarenD | Apr 14, 2020 | Making Mentoring Work
By Jean Rhodes Although COVID-19 appears to spare children from the most serious health problems, marginalized youth are likely to bear the heaviest burdens of trauma and economic fallout. This has serious implications for mentoring programs, which often serve...
by KarenD | Apr 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
Virtual Open Studios Inspired by Mia’s Free Open Studios, browse how-to videos and projects with step-by-step instructions to create your own artworks. Watercolor Resist Painting Follow along to make your own watercolor painting. FIND INSTRUCTIONS HERE Toddler Time...
by KarenD | Mar 11, 2020 | Education
Center on the Developing Child; Harvard University The science of child development points to three core principles that can guide what society needs to do to help children and families thrive. These include: Supporting responsive relationships Strengthening...
by KarenD | Mar 10, 2020 | Making Mentoring Work
by Jean Rhodes Mentoring programs have not always appreciated the vitally important, positive role of caregivers in the success of mentor-youth relationships. In a large, multisite study, researchers found that staff and mentors often viewed mentees’ parents and...
by KarenD | Mar 2, 2020 | Making Mentoring Work
by Jean Rhodes In the comedy, Role Models, two self-absorbed salesmen, Danny and Wheeler, are arrested following a road rage incident and elect to perform community service hours over going to jail. They are assigned to work at a mentoring program where Danny...
by KarenD | Feb 11, 2020 | Making Mentoring Work
by Jean Rhodes Originally posted in 2017 I once took a year’s leave from academia to serve as a match coordinator in a Boston-based mentoring program. One evening I found myself sitting on the edge of a couch in a subsidized apartment conducting an intake with...
by KarenD | Feb 5, 2020 | Making Mentoring Work
This isn’t how you pictured your relationship with your mentee turning out. She was supposed to burst out the door of her home with excitement every time you picked her up, hang on your every word, and spend at least half of her time with you laughing and smiling....
