Social and Emotional Development in Early Adolescence: Tapping into the Power of Relationships and Mentoring

Description of Resource:

This guide focuses on relationship-based strategies to promote social and emotional learning (SEL) for young adolescents in middle school. This publication includes a review of research on the role of caring and nurturing relationships and environments in supporting SEL. It also features case studies of programs that combine SEL and mentoring practices and recommendations for practitioners, researchers, policy-makers, and funders.

Note: This resource highlights research on the role of caring relationships; however, the role of social and emotional safety in youth-adult relationships related to supporting student mental health is not thoroughly addressed.

Goals:

To provide mentoring programs with research and strategies to support promotion of social emotional learning (SEL) for young adolescents in the middle grades.

Target Population/Eligibility of Target Sites:

Mentoring programs

Corresponding Elements of Effective Practice:

All

Key Personnel:

N/A

Additional Information:

This guide was supported by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.

Resource Name:

Social and Emotional Development in Early Adolescence: Tapping into the Power of Relationships and Mentoring

Publisher/Source:

MENTOR

Authors:

Delia Hagan, Bernadette Sánchez, Jason Cascarino, Kilian White

Date of Publication:

2019

Resource Type:

Program Management Resources

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:

This resource can be accessed freely online at:
https://www.mentoring.org/resource/social-emotional-learning

References:

Evidence Base: N/A

Additional References: N/A