Publisher's Synopsis
Our Mentor guide is a research-based guidance program that promotes positive youth development by building developmental assets and resiliency factors to navigate school and life successfully. Our mentor guide offers you the chance to provide this benefit to your mentee, student, or child. It is remarkable how contributing something seemingly small (like weekly phone calls and two monthly visits for a minimum of one hour each) can make such a big difference in a child's life. Thank you for your commitment to supporting the development of your mentee, child, or student.There are critical mentoring skills for becoming an effective mentor. Research indicates that these skills can be honed and that these skills or competencies seem to result in the most successful mentoring relationships.This book contains the essence of those skills so you can become an exceptional mentor, facilitator, parent, or teacher.