Handbook of Professional Youth Mentoring

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This book examines professional youth mentoring, which is marked by enduring relationships throughout childhood and adolescence between youth and their adult mentors who are embedded within a formal program. It describes the ways in which these mentors – full-time, paid professionals – specialize in helping youth to build the resilience, skills, and hope that prepares them for prosocial success during emerging adulthood and beyond. The book explores the extensive initial and continuing education and skills training that professional youth mentors receive as well as ongoing supervision and support to bolster their effectiveness with children, their families, and systems (e.g., schools, health care) that they interact with regularly. It addresses the scientific and theoretical rationales and potential benefits of professional mentoring, a program model that differs from the current dominant youth mentoring paradigm (i.e., short-term volunteering).

Key areas of coverage include:

• Detailed descriptions of the most prominent professional youth mentoring programs.
• Social-ecological models of professional youth mentoring.
• An intensive case study of a mature professional mentoring program, Friends of the Children.
• Developing and sustaining professional youth mentoring programs.
• Perspectives from youth, parents and other caregivers, mentors, and program administrators.
• Youth mentoring programs around the world.

The Handbook of Professional Youth Mentoring is a must-have reference for researchers, professors, and graduate students as well as clinicians, therapists, and professionals in developmental, clinical child, and school psychology, child and adolescent psychiatry, social work, pediatrics, public health, juvenile justice, sociology of family and youth, prevention science, and all related disciplines.

This book examines professional youth mentoring, which is marked by enduring relationships throughout childhood and adolescence between youth and their adult mentors who are embedded within a formal program. It describes the ways in which these mentors – full-time, paid professionals – specialize in helping youth to build the resilience, skills, and hope that prepares them for prosocial success during emerging adulthood and beyond. The book explores the extensive initial and continuing education and skills training that professional youth mentors receive as well as ongoing supervision and support to bolster their effectiveness with children, their families, and systems (e.g., schools, health care) that they interact with regularly. It addresses the scientific and theoretical rationales and potential benefits of professional mentoring, a program model that differs from the current dominant youth mentoring paradigm (i.e., short-term volunteering).

Key areas of coverage include:

• Detailed descriptions of the most prominent professional youth mentoring programs.
• Social-ecological models of professional youth mentoring.
• An intensive case study of a mature professional mentoring program, Friends of the Children.
• Developing and sustaining professional youth mentoring programs.
• Perspectives from youth, parents and other caregivers, mentors, and program administrators.
• Youth mentoring programs around the world.

The Handbook of Professional Youth Mentoring is a must-have reference for researchers, professors, and graduate students as well as clinicians, therapists, and professionals in developmental, clinical child, and school psychology, child and adolescent psychiatry, social work, pediatrics, public health, juvenile justice, sociology of family and youth, prevention science, and all related disciplines.

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J. Mark Eddy

Themen in »Handbook of Professional Youth Mentoring«

Community-based prevention, intervention, youth Culture, identity, youth mentoring Development assets, youth mentoring Emerging adulthood, professional youth mentoring Evidence-informed prevention, intervention, youth Friends of the Children Program, youth mentoring Generational poverty, youth mentoring Prevention science, youth mentoring Race, ethnicity, positive youth development Relational health, positive youth development Relationship-based intervention, youth mentoring Resilience, evidence-based intervention, youth Social capital, positive youth development Social development model, youth mentoring Social-ecological model, positive youth development

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“This book offers an invaluable resource for anyone involved in professional youth mentoring. It serves as a valuable resource for anyone interested in understanding the science behind effective youth mentoring, exploring the different models and outcomes, and learning from diverse perspectives and real-world examples.” (Rebecca J. Shlafer, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics | University of Minnesota)

“The Handbook of Professional Youth Mentoring offers the most comprehensive, research-informed examination of professional youth mentoring to date. With contributions from leading scholars and practitioners across disciplines and continents, this volume explores the history, theory, implementation, and global impact of structured, long-term mentoring relationships. Grounded in science and enriched by personal and programmatic insights, it is an essential resource for researchers, policymakers, and professionals dedicated to advancing equitable and effective youth development.” (Heather Taussig, PhD, Professor, Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver)

“Essential reading for scholars and practitioners alike, this volume offers a comprehensive yet accessible exploration of professional mentoring. With thoughtful attention to historical, developmental, and global contexts, it provides science-based strategies for maximizing the transformative potential of mentoring.” (Elizabeth I. Johnson, Ph.D., Professor, Human Development and Family Science, Department of Counseling, Human Development, and Family Science, The University of Tennessee)

“Developmentally-nurturant relationships between youth and competent, caring, committed, and consistently available adults are the most important assets promoting positive youth development. The evidence and wisdom throughout the chapters of the Handbook of Professional Youth Mentoring provide a comprehensive, visionary, timely, and compelling case for professional mentoring being the most powerful means to promote thriving for diverse youth around the globe.” (Richard M. Lerner, Bergstrom Chair in Applied Developmental Science. Director, Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development, Tufts University)

“From empirical studies to personal stories, the Handbook provides a comprehensive review of professional mentoring. Featuring a veritable who’s-who of scholars and practitioners in the field, the Handbook of Professional Youth Mentoring offers a rich compendium of chapters on the history and context of professional mentoring, frameworks for understanding its mechanisms and outcomes, considerations for special populations, an in-depth case study, and examples from a range of countries. Accessible to and featuring lessons applicable for both researchers and practitioners, this book is an essential guide for all of us who seek to draw on the power of relationships to support young people.” (Nancy L. Deutsch, Linda K. Bunker Professor of Education, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Director, Youth-Nex, Co-Director, TYDE University of Virginia, School of Education and Human Development)

“The Handbook of Professional Youth Mentoring offers a comprehensive look at the evolution of youth mentoring—from volunteer-based models to emerging non-profits professionalizing the field. Blending history with research, the editors present a scientific framework for measuring long-term impact and make a compelling case for sustained community investment. This is an essential resource for anyone committed to addressing the complex challenges facing today’s youth.” (Greg Goodwiin, Chairman, Kuni Foundation)

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