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1 online resource (viii, 299 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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Children's Issues, Laws and Programs |
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Children's issues, laws and programs series.
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| Contents |
""YOUTH MENTORING: FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND AN EVALUATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S STUDENT MENTORING PROGRAM""; ""YOUTH MENTORING: FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND AN EVALUATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S STUDENT MENTORING PROGRAM""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: VULNERABLE YOUTH: FEDERAL MENTORING PROGRAMS AND ISSUES""; ""SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""OVERVIEW AND PURPOSE OF MENTORING""; ""OVERVIEW OF DISCONTINUED MENTORING PROGRAMS""; ""MENTORING CHILDREN OF PRISONERS PROGRAM (U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES)"" |
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""SAFE AND DRUG FREE SCHOOLS MENTORING PROGRAM (U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION)""""FEDERAL ISSUES IN MENTORING""; ""APPENDIX. MENTORING CHILDREN OF PRISONERS PROGRAM""; ""Chapter 2: IMPACT EVALUATION OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION�S STUDENT MENTORING PROGRAM: FINAL REPORT""; ""DISCLOSURE OF POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""SECTION 1: OVERVIEW AND BACKGROUND OF STUDY""; ""SECTION 2: SAMPLE SELECTION, STUDY DESIGN, AND ANALYTIC APPROACH""; ""SECTION 3: CHARACTERISTICS OF GRANTEES AND MENTORS; AND PROGRAM DELIVERY""; ""SECTION 4: IMPACTS ON STUDENTS"" |
| Summary |
Youth mentoring refers to a relationship between youth-particularly those most at risk of experiencing negative outcomes in adolescence and adulthood-and the adults who support and guide them. The origin of the modern youth mentoring concept is credited to the efforts of charity groups that formed during the Progressive era of the early 1900s to provide practical assistance to poor and juvenile justice-involved youth, including help with finding employment. Approximately 2.5 million youth today are involved in formal mentoring relationships through Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) of America an |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
""References""""APPENDIX A: SAMPLING DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY""; ""APPENDIX B: SURVEY INSTRUMENTS""; ""APPENDIX C: CONSTRUCTION OF STUDENT OUTCOME MEASURES""; ""APPENDIX D: IMPACT ANALYSIS RESULTS ON ORIGINAL STUDENT SURVEY SCALES AND MEASURES""; ""APPENDIX E: SENSITIVITY TESTS""; ""APPENDIX F: STANDARD ERRORS AND CONFIDENCE INTERVALS OF MAIN EFFECTS""; ""APPENDIX G: SITE-LEVEL PREDICTORS AND IMPACTS""; ""INDEX"" |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed August 23, 2013) |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Mentoring in education -- United States
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Mentoring -- United States -- Childhood and youth
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Mentoring -- United States
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EDUCATION -- Essays.
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EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
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EDUCATION -- Reference.
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Mentoring
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Mentoring in education
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Anderson, Louis B
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| ISBN |
9781628086300 |
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1628086300 |
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