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Below you will find links to helpful websites and
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Books
The Mentor's
Guide: Facilitating Effective Learning Relationships
by Lois
J. Zachary
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on Amazon.com
Review: Lois Zachary has made a wonderful contribution to the field of mentoring. Her new book is an "easy read" with wonderful metaphors, appropriate emphasis on relationship building, clear distinctions between old style mentoring versus mentoring as a partnership, interesting examples, and useful exercises.
A Mentor's
Companion
by Larry
Ambrose
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Book
Description
A Mentor's Companion is a book written for the active or
prospective mentor. Its goal is to be a focused, practical guide into the
texture of the mentoring interaction between mentor and protg. Combining a
unique recipe of live dialogues between a mentor and her protg, with
guidelines that glean the key learning from the dialogues, the book
teaches the "moves" the mentor should consider in maximizing the
learning possibilities for the protg. Each dialogue and summary is
followed by a third... read
more
Big Questions, Worthy Dreams :
Mentoring Young Adults in Their Search for Meaning, Purpose, and Faith
by Sharon
Daloz Parks
Book
Description
A smart, compassionate look at the important and often bewildering
questions young adults face in their search for purpose, meaning and faith, and
a clarion call to concerned adults to actively mentor the next generation.
Parks explores young adulthood as a unique time for reexamining of faith and belief and invites concerned readers to provide thoughtful mentorship and mentoring environments during these "wilderness years." She draws on her own research and insights from developmental... read more
At Risk :
Bringing Hope to Hurting Teens
by Scott
Larson
Review: This book is great because it presents a revolutionary approach to reaching today's teens. The author is also very transparent, not just presenting a 1-2-3 easy approach. Highly recommend it
Websites
The
Awesome Library
Awesome Library organizes the Web with 16,000 carefully reviewed
resources, including the top 5 percent in education.
http://www.awesomelibrary.org
Annie
E. Casey Foundation
– Funds and presents the latest information on issues affecting
America's disadvantaged children. Publish Kids Count data online.
Excellent report titled "Evaluating Comprehensive Community
Change" available free online.
http://www.aecf.org
Child
Trends -
Nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization that studies children, youth
and families through research, data collection and data analysis.
http://www.childtrends.org
Children
Now - Conducts
and gathers research on targeted children's issues such as Social and
Governmental Structures, Children and the Media, Talking with Kids, and
Health. Some focus on California, but also substantial attention to
national issues. There are three Children Now newsletters. One relates to
Internet issues, and a second on talking with Kids about Tough Issues. A
publication section includes research reports. There is an emphasis on
working to improve the quality of news and media for children and about
children's issues, in their section called Fall Colors.
http://www.childrennow.org
Connect
for Kids - Billed
as 'guidance for grown-ups', this Benton Foundation site is an
encyclopedia of information for adults who want to make their communities
better places for kids. The web site, e-mail newsletters, and PSA
advertising is intended to help people become more active citizens, from
volunteering to voting. Best Bet.
http://www.connectforkids.org/homepage1535/index.htm
Connections - Monthly email bulletin with articles, profiles, interviews, and resources in support of the Benton Foundation's Connect for Kids initiative.
http://www.connectforkids.org/listserve1579/listserv.htm
Reviewed/Updated: August 10, 2006