Mentor Youth Now - A Guidebook for Transforming Young Lives
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| Rating | : | 4.17 (956 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1466376279 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 286 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the Author Jill Gurr founded the nonprofit Create Now (createnow) fifteen years ago, which reaches troubled youth through creative arts mentoring. She is one of eight people in the U.S. She has trained hundreds of mentors to help thousands of kids. selected to be in an exhibition at the Museum of Tolerance called "Everyday Heroes." . Jill has been featured on “NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams,” CNN’s "Anderson Cooper 360°" and in the Los Angeles Times
selected to be in an exhibition at the Museum of Tolerance called "Everyday Heroes." . She has trained hundreds of mentors to help thousands of kids. Jill Gurr founded the nonprofit Create Now (createnow) fifteen years ago, which reaches troubled youth through creative arts mentoring. Jill has been featured on &l
With this book, anyone can become a powerful and confident mentor to help impact young lives. 20% of the proceeds will benefit Create Now (createnow), which provides creative arts mentoring to thousands of troubled kids.. This guidebook is packed with detailed information on the process of becoming a mentor, field-tested projects through creative arts mentoring, solutions to challenges, inspirational stories about mentors from around the country, dozens of mentoring organizations in the U.S., more than 100 fun places to visit and things to do, sample templates plus The State of America’s Youth,
RF said Lots of Info & the Advice Feels Right!. Having begun my teaching career in the mid 1970s by picking up five classes of kids who really wanted to be known as students, not as "the sweat hogs," and ultimately all but four or five of whom openly showed that they enjoyed having had the class for up to three years, I feel as though I can relate to a good deal of what Ms. Gurr says generally about at-risk kids.By the time I retired from teaching academic . "Great book!" according to Adrian. This is an excellent guidebook for establishing effective mentoring programs. It has been extremely helpful in the training of our mentors!. "The one book you need on mentoring" according to Bella. This book is a REALLY great resource on mentoring. It covers pretty much every angle on the subject and is an easy, quick read. It also offers tons of options for things to do for those with limited time, like myself, and caters to people of various backgrounds. It provides GREAT advice on how to deal with delicate issues that can arise in a mentoring relationship, along with how to avoid having a negative exp