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Description of Resource:

This resource is a curriculum for mentors who will be working with youth in military families, often after a parent has been deployed. The curriculum consists of six “classroom” trainings intended to be delivered in-person and six additional webinars that can be offered at various points in the mentoring relationships as needed. The original version of this training also includes five e-learning modules that are currently available at: http://www.aemcfresourcecenter.com/

See the “Accessing and Using This Resource” tab for additional information on the e-learning modules.

The in-person trainings cover the following topics:

• Boundary setting
• Developmental phases of youth
• Reintegration and family dynamics
• Responding to sensitive issues
• Self-care and compassion fatigue
• Understanding resilience

For each training, the facilitator is provided with a detailed session script, a set of slides and handouts, and multi-media clips that can be used to illustrate key points or stimulate discussion.

In addition to the in-person classroom trainings, there is content for a series of supplemental webinars on additional topics relevant to mentors serving youth in military families:

• Behavioral health
• Crisis intervention
• Dealing with grief and loss
• Engaging parents and caregivers
• Military family support
• Suicide prevention and postvention

Goals:

This resource can prepare mentors for the unique challenges and opportunities of mentoring a child who has a deployed military parent or family member. Secondarily, these materials also are intended to be used to educate staff on how to serve military family youth more effectively.

Target Population/Eligibility of Target Sites:

These materials are intended for use with mentors of youth from military families⎯ideal for programs serving a high percentage of youth from these families. This training may be particularly relevant when a youth has a deployed family member.

Corresponding Elements of Effective Practice:

Training
Monitoring and Support

Key Personnel:

None required, although facilitators of the training will need some basic understanding of military terminology and culture.

Additional Information:

In addition to the training materials, practitioners can also download a research brief on the best practices of the Amachi Expansion for Military and Civilian Families program at: 
http://www.issuelab.org/resource/taking_care_of_our_own_lesson_
learned_about_engaging_military_families_in_youth_mentoring

Description of Resource:

This “Best Practices” resource contains tips and recommendations for mentoring practitioners for enhancing cultural competence in their work with Native youth. It includes information about cultural norms and cross-cultural communication as well as tips for training and retaining mentors, with specific information about training non-Native mentors.

Goals:

To increase the cultural competence of mentoring practitioners and mentors for working with Native youth.

Target Population/Eligibility of Target Sites:

Mentoring programs serving Native communities or youth.

Corresponding Elements of Effective Practice:

Training, Monitoring and Support, Closure

Key Personnel:

None.

Additional Information:

Please find additional information about Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s Native Services.

Description of Resource:

Cross-age peer mentoring programs, in which older youth befriend and mentor younger children in a structured environment, are an increasingly popular choice for educators and youth development professionals hoping to create positive outcomes for youth. This guide provides recommendations for program design; participant recruitment, screening and selection; training; and match activities, as well as planning tools for program coordinators.

Goals:

To equip program coordinators with information to plan and implement effective cross-age peer mentoring programs for youth in schools.

Target Population/Eligibility of Target Sites:

Peer mentoring programs in school settings.

Corresponding Elements of Effective Practice:

All

Key Personnel:

Mentoring Program Coordinators

Additional Information:

It is important to be aware that research indicates peer mentoring programs require supplemental supports in order to achieve effectiveness comparable to adult programs (Herrera et al., 2007). These supports may include, but are not necessarily limited to, enhanced forms of mentor screening and training as well as relatively more frequent and intensive ongoing supervision and problem-solving assistance for mentoring relationships once established. This Guide includes a number of recommendations for practices and safeguards of this nature. However, it should be noted that these generally have not been evaluated in research. Those considering implementation of a peer mentoring program are advised to consult the review of research on one-to-one cross-age peer mentoring that is available on this website.

This publication was funded by the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools at the U.S. Department of Education with EMT Associates, Inc.

Description of Resource:

This toolkit provides guidance on the design and development of mentoring programs that promote college and career success for youth. It contains recommendations on how to design a college and career mentoring (CCM) program by utilizing data, creating buy-in from stakeholders and building partnerships, and explains how these programs can select, prepare, and support mentors. It reviews ways to create communities of support for mentors and mentees, provides suggestions for programming related to college and career readiness, and lists additional resources, data tools, and program examples.

Goals:

To guide mentoring coordinators through the design and development of a college and career mentoring (CCM) program.

Target Population/Eligibility of Target Sites:

Mentoring programs designed to promote college preparation activities. Although the resource references Indiana, its recommendations are applicable to other states.

Corresponding Elements of Effective Practice:

All

Key Personnel:

N/A

Additional Information:

This resource was produce in partnership by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education and the Indiana Youth Institute with support from the U.S. Department of Education.

This resource does not necessarily include comprehensive consideration of the latest evidence-informed standards for effective practice in mentoring. Users of the resource are advised to consult the Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring^TM, Fourth Edition and incorporate careful attention to these into any initiatives to provide mentoring in support of college and career success. Furthermore, given that the audience to whom this resource is directed is quite broad, users of this resource should confirm that the resources-based practices to be implemented are not identified as contraindicated or proscribed in the Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring for their specific population of mentors, mentees, program context or goals.

Description of Resource:

This guide contains 10 considerations for the design and delivery of quality mentoring programs for and with children, youth and families of Indigenous descent, including creating inclusive advisory groups, tips for recruitment and retention and screening of indigenous and non-indigenous mentors, and key understandings and terminology related to acknowledging identity and land. These considerations are based on research and the combined expertise Elders and Traditional Knowledge Keepers, as well as children, youth, mentors, educators, and other partners.

Goals:

To equip program coordinators with recommendations for the design and delivery of quality mentoring programs for and with children, youth and families of Indigenous descent.

Target Population/Eligibility of Target Sites:

This guide is intended to support primarily non-Indigenous organizations that desire to develop and deliver quality mentoring programs for and with children, youth, and families of Indigenous descent.

Corresponding Elements of Effective Practice:

All

Key Personnel:

Mentoring Program Coordinators

Additional Information:

The guide provides an extensive list of organizations as well as community elders who provided guidance and insight into the recommendations found in the guide.