Untapped Potential: Empowering Teens as Mentors in Urban Settings
Focused Area
Youth-At-Risk in Urban Settings
Relevance to Focused Area
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Primary Strand
Family & Community
Relevance to Primary Strand
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Brief Program Description
Mentoring has many proven, positive benefits for underserved and/or at-risk youth populations. This workshop educates participants on a beneficial and often overlooked version of mentoring: cross-age peer mentoring programs (CAMP). The model presented in this workshop equips youth-serving agencies to implement a CAMP that fosters collaboration among community members, families, and schools.
Summary
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Evidence
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Format
Individual Presentation
Biographical Sketch
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Start Date
11-7-2015 8:30 AM
End Date
11-7-2015 9:45 AM
Recommended Citation
Cook, Elycia, "Untapped Potential: Empowering Teens as Mentors in Urban Settings" (2015). National Youth-At-Risk Conference, West (2015-2017). 7.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/nyar_vegas/2015/urban/7
Untapped Potential: Empowering Teens as Mentors in Urban Settings
Mentoring has many proven, positive benefits for underserved and/or at-risk youth populations. This workshop educates participants on a beneficial and often overlooked version of mentoring: cross-age peer mentoring programs (CAMP). The model presented in this workshop equips youth-serving agencies to implement a CAMP that fosters collaboration among community members, families, and schools.
