Mental Skills Training Toolkits
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This toolkit provides tools and evidence-based recommendations for support mentors in creating emotionally safe environments to help young people build their mental skills for life.
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This toolkit provides tools and evidence-based recommendations for support mentors in creating emotionally safe environments to help young people build their mental skills for life.
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ViewDescription of Resource: Building from a strengths-based approach program My Strengths Training for Life, this toolkit provides tools to help young people build their mental skills for life. Programs can use this toolkit to support mentors’ abilities to have conversations that guide youth towards their goals using positive and supportive approaches. It includes evidence-based recommendations on how to have emotionally safe conversations and create psychologically informed environments, with an emphasis on youth who have experienced trauma.
Note: While this resource focuses on building individual skills and resiliency, program staff should consider the structural and systemic drivers of youth homelessness when implementing these resources.
Target Population/Eligibility or Target Sites: Mentoring Programs
Corresponding Elements of Effective Practice: All
Key Personnel: N /A
Additional Information: N/A
Publisher/Source: University of Birmingham with support and funding from St. Basils
Authors:
Mental Skills Training Toolkit, A Resource for Strengths-Based Development: Benjamin Parry, Dr. Mary Quinton, and Dr. Jennifer Cumming
Mental Skills Training Toolkit, Ensuring Psychologically Informed Delivery: Dr. Mary Quinton, Benjamin Parry and Dr. Jennifer Cumming
Mental Skills Training Commissioning and Evaluation Toolkit: Fiona Clarke, Benjamin Parry, Dr. Mary Quinton and Dr. Jennifer Cumming
Date of Publication: 2020
Resource Type: Mentor Training Resources
Resource has not evaluated for effectiveness.
This resource can be accessed freely online:
Evidence Base: N/A
Additional References: N/A
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Overview Description of Resource: Building from a strengths-based approach program My Strengths Training for Life, this toolkit provides tools to help young people build their mental skills for life. Programs can use this toolkit to support mentors’ abilities to have conversations that guide youth towards their goals using positive and supportive approaches. It includes evidence-based recommendations on how to have emotionally safe conversations and create psychologically informed environments, with an emphasis on youth who have experienced trauma.
Note: While this resource focuses on building individual skills and resiliency, program staff should consider the structural and systemic drivers of youth homelessness when implementing these resources.
Target Population/Eligibility or Target Sites: Mentoring Programs
Corresponding Elements of Effective Practice: All
Key Personnel: N /A
Additional Information: N/A
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Profile Publisher/Source: University of Birmingham with support and funding from St. Basils
Authors:
Mental Skills Training Toolkit, A Resource for Strengths-Based Development: Benjamin Parry, Dr. Mary Quinton, and Dr. Jennifer Cumming
Mental Skills Training Toolkit, Ensuring Psychologically Informed Delivery: Dr. Mary Quinton, Benjamin Parry and Dr. Jennifer Cumming
Mental Skills Training Commissioning and Evaluation Toolkit: Fiona Clarke, Benjamin Parry, Dr. Mary Quinton and Dr. Jennifer Cumming
Date of Publication: 2020
Resource Type: Mentor Training Resources
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Evaluation and Evidence Resource has not evaluated for effectiveness.
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Access and Usage This resource can be accessed freely online:
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References Evidence Base: N/A
Additional References: N/A