Collaborative Mentoring
Webinar Series
Youth Mentoring in
Contemporary Perspective:
Introduction to the
Handbook of Youth
Mentoring, Second Edition
March 21, 2013
2013 Collaborative Mentoring Webinar Series
Planning Team
Sarah Kremer,
Friends for Youth
Dana Gold, MP of
SWPA
Michael Garringer,
Education Northwest
Tammy Tai,
MENTOR
Polly Roach, MP of
Minnesota
Meghan Ferns,
Oregon Mentors
Molly Brenner,
MENTOR
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Who is with us today?
David L. DuBois, PhD
David L. DuBois, PhD, is a Professor in Community
Health Sciences within the School of Public Health
at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His research
examines the contribution of protective factors,
particularly self-esteem and mentoring
relationships, to resilience and holistic positive
development and on translating knowledge in this
area to the design of effective youth programs.
Dr. DuBois is lead co-editor of the first and second
editions of the Handbook of Youth Mentoring (2005;
2013) and co-author of After-School Centers and
Youth Development: Case Studies of Success and
Failure (Cambridge University Press, 2012). He
consults widely to mentoring programs nationally
and internationally.
Michael Karcher, EdD, PhD
Michael J. Karcher, Ed.D., Ph.D., is a Professor of
Counseling at the University of Texas at San Antonio,
where he coordinates the School Counselor Training
Program. He conducts research on school-based and
cross-age peer mentoring as well as on adolescent
connectedness and pair counseling.
He authored the Cross-age Mentoring Program
(CAMP) and conducted one of the first large-scale
school-based mentoring studies, the Study of
Mentoring in the Learning Environment (SMILE,
2003-2006). Professor Karcher is co-editor of the first
and second editions of the Handbook of Youth
Mentoring (2005; 2013) and co-edited with Michael
Nakkula, Play, talk, learn: Promising practices in
youth mentoring (2010).
The Handbook of Youth Mentoring, Second Edition
Table of Contents
I.
Introduction
II.
Frameworks and Foundations
III. Mentoring Relationships
IV. Cultural Perspectives
V.
Programs and Contexts
VI. Special Populations
VII. Practice and Programmatic Considerations
VIII. Conclusions
The Handbook and Practitioners
The Handbook and Policymakers
The Handbook and Mentors
The Handbook and Mentors
Mentoring Relationships
Chapters in “Mentoring Relationships” in the Handbook of Youth
Mentoring, Second Edition:
4. Assessing Mentoring Relationships—Michael Nakkula
5. Mentoring Activities and Interactions— Michael Karcher
6. Goals in Mentoring Relationships—Fabricio Balcazar
7. Mentoring Relationships in Developmental Perspective—Gil Noam
8. A Biological Perspective on Positive Adult-Youth Relationships—Amber
Allison
9. Social Networks and Mentoring—Thomas Keller
10. Termination and Closure of Mentoring Relationships—Renee Spencer
Cultural Perspectives
Chapters in “Cultural Perspectives” in the Handbook of Youth
Mentoring, Second Edition:
11. Race, Ethnicity, and Culture in Mentoring Relationships—
Bernadette Sanchez
12. Gender in Mentoring Relationships—Belle Liang
13. Social Class—Nancy Deutsch
14. International and Cross Cultural Aspects in Youth Mentoring—Limor
Goldner
Programs and Contexts
Chapters in “Programs and Contexts” in the Handbook of Youth
Mentoring, Second Edition:
15. School-Based Mentoring—Carla Herrera
16. After-School Programs—Megan Mekinda
17. Cross-Age Peer Mentoring—Michael Karcher
18. Electronic Mentoring and Media—Carmit-Noa Shpigelman
19. Group Mentoring—Gabriel Kuperminc
20. Work and Service Learning —Stephen Hamilton
Special Populations
Chapters in “Special Populations” in the Handbook of Youth
Mentoring, Second Edition:
21. Academically At-Risk Students —Simon Larose
22. Juvenile Offenders— Wing Yi Chan
23. Youth with Mental Health Needs—David Kerr
24. Youth in Foster Care—Preston Britner
25. Immigrant and Refugee Youth—Dina Birman
26. Children of Incarcerated Parents—J. Mark Eddy
Practice and Programmatic Considerations
Chapters in “Practice and Programmatic Considerations” in the Handbook of Youth
Mentoring, Second Edition:
27. Program Funding—Susan Weinberger
28. Mentor Recruitment and Retention—Arthur Stukas
29. Mentor Screening and Youth Protection—Sarah Kremer
30. Mentor and Youth Matching—Julia Pryce
31. Mentor Training—Janis Kupersmidt
32. Family Involvement —Andrea Taylor
33. Program Evaluation—David DuBois
34. Economic Evaluation of Mentoring Programs—E. Michael Foster
35. Ethical Issues in Youth Mentoring— Jean Rhodes
The Role of Risk Study
Ordering The Handbook
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After the webinar:
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information on how to download the
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Chronicle of Evidence-Based
Mentoring:
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2013 Collaborative Mentoring Webinar Series
Thank you for participating today!
Next Webinar:
April 25, 2013
(fourth Thursday,
rather than the third)
Sarah Kremer,
Friends for Youth
Michael Garringer,
Education Northwest
Polly Roach, MP of
Minnesota
Meghan Ferns,
Oregon Mentors
Topic: Youth-Initiated Mentoring with
Drs. Jean Rhodes and Sarah Schwartz
(University of Massachusetts-Boston)
Dana Gold, MP of
SWPA
Tammy Tai,
MENTOR
Molly Brenner,
MENTOR
Registration will open next week on the
MENTOR website.