Stand by Me : The Risks and Rewards of Mentoring Today's Youth / Jean E. Rhodes.
2004
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Title
Stand by Me : The Risks and Rewards of Mentoring Today's Youth / Jean E. Rhodes.
Author
Rhodes, Jean E., author.
ISBN
9780674042681
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2004]
Copyright
©2004
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource (176 p.)
Other Standard Identifiers
10.4159/9780674042681 doi
Dewey Decimal Classification
361.060830973
Summary
A child at loose ends needs help, and someone steps in--a Big Brother, a Big Sister, a mentor from the growing ranks of volunteers offering their time and guidance to more than two million American adolescents. Does it help? How effective are mentoring programs, and how do they work? Are there pitfalls, and if so, what are they? Such questions, ever more pressing as youth mentoring initiatives expand their reach at a breakneck pace, have occupied Jean Rhodes for more than a decade. In this provocative, thoroughly researched, and lucidly written book, Rhodes offers readers the benefit of the latest findings in this burgeoning field, including those from her own extensive, groundbreaking studies. Outlining a model of youth mentoring that will prove invaluable to the many administrators, caseworkers, volunteers, and researchers who seek reliable information and practical guidance, Stand by Me describes the extraordinary potential that exists in such relationships, and discloses the ways in which nonparent adults are uniquely positioned to encourage adolescent development. Yet the book also exposes a rarely acknowledged risk: unsuccessful mentoring relationships--always a danger when, in a rush to form matches, mentors are dispatched with more enthusiasm than understanding and preparation--can actually harm at-risk youth. Vulnerable children, Rhodes demonstrates, are better left alone than paired with mentors who cannot hold up their end of the relationships. Drawing on work in the fields of psychology and personal relations, Rhodes provides concrete suggestions for improving mentoring programs and creating effective, enduring mentoring relationships with youth.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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The Family and Public Policy
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Introduction
1 Inventing a Promising Future
2 How Successful Mentoring Works
3 The Risks of Relationships
4 Going the Distance
5 Mentoring in Perspective
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
Contents
Introduction
1 Inventing a Promising Future
2 How Successful Mentoring Works
3 The Risks of Relationships
4 Going the Distance
5 Mentoring in Perspective
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index