LEADER 03647oam 2200553zu 450 001 9910778189203321 005 20210721055239.0 010 $a0-674-26663-3 010 $a0-674-04268-9 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674042681 035 $a(CKB)1000000000786822 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000250499 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11219648 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000250499 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10231734 035 $a(PQKB)11454343 035 $a(DE-B1597)583438 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674042681 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300094 035 $a(OCoLC)1301547536 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000786822 100 $a20160829d2004 uy 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aStand by Me: The Risks and Rewards of Mentoring Today's Youth 210 31$a[Place of publication not identified]$cHarvard University Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (176 p.) 225 0 $aThe Family and Public Policy 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-674-00737-9 311 $a0-674-01611-4 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIntroduction -- $t1 Inventing a Promising Future -- $t2 How Successful Mentoring Works -- $t3 The Risks of Relationships -- $t4 Going the Distance -- $t5 Mentoring in Perspective -- $tNotes -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIndex 330 $aA 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. 606 $aSocial Welfare & Social Work - General$2HILCC 606 $aSocial Welfare & Social Work$2HILCC 606 $aSocial Sciences$2HILCC 615 7$aSocial Welfare & Social Work - General 615 7$aSocial Welfare & Social Work 615 7$aSocial Sciences 676 $a361.060830973 700 $aRhodes$b Jean E$01474211 801 0$bPQKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778189203321 996 $aStand by Me: The Risks and Rewards of Mentoring Today's Youth$93687768 997 $aUNINA