Supporting YouthBuild Students in Mentoring Relationships

Description of Resource:

This customizable Word document was originally designed for YouthBuild programs with the intention of providing information to parents, caregivers, and other supportive adults about the youth’s new relationship with a volunteer mentor. The handbook is designed to teach these other caring adults what the mentoring relationship is all about and how they can support the youth in developing and maintaining this new relationship. The resource is intended to help a program ensure that the other important adults in a mentee’s life are “on board” with the mentoring relationship and ready to support program goals.

Goals:

Provide information to parents and other caring adults in a mentee’s life about how they can support the mentoring experience.

Target Population/Eligibility of Target Sites:

Intended primarily for use in programs in which mentors and mentees are meeting out in the community, although some aspects may be applicable to other program models.

Corresponding Elements of Effective Practice:

Training
Matching
Monitoring and Support

Key Personnel:

None.

Additional Information:

None.

Resource Name:

Supporting YouthBuild Students in Mentoring Relationships

Publisher/Source:

YouthBuild USA National Mentoring Alliance

Author:

YouthBuild USA National Mentoring Alliance

Date of Publication:

2012

Resource Type:

Resources for Mentees and Families

Evaluation Methodology:

Resource has not been evaluated for effectiveness

Evaluation Outcomes:

Resource has not been evaluated for effectiveness

Evaluation Validity:

Resource has not been evaluated for effectiveness

Accessing and Using this Resource:

The customizable Word version of the handbook can be found here: https://nationalmentoringresourcecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Supporting-YouthBuild-Students-in-Mentoring-Relationships.pdf

References:

None.