by Amy Gray | Nov 3, 2020 | Making Mentoring Work
MENTOR <mentor.nmp@mentoring.org On this Election Day, MENTOR National’s offices are closed to ensure that our staff and their families can vote safely and support others in voting activities. This vital part of our civic engagement will impact us all in big ways...
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 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...
