TY - BOOK ID - 134962522 TI - Older and wiser : new ideas for youth mentoring in the 21st century PY - 2020 SN - 0674250109 0674250125 0674248074 0674292278 PB - Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Youth KW - Youth development. KW - Mentoring. KW - Psychology. KW - Counseling of. KW - big brothers big sisters. KW - blended. KW - counseling. KW - embedded. KW - extracurricular activities. KW - families. KW - formal. KW - friendship. KW - interventions. KW - mental health. KW - natural. KW - nonspecific. KW - outcomes. KW - paraprofessionals. KW - parents. KW - relationships. KW - specialized. KW - targeted. KW - therapy. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:134962522 AB - "Youth mentoring is among the most popular forms of volunteering in the world. Yet, for too long, we have failed to establish whether our efforts were helping young people to succeed. In Older and Wiser, mentoring expert Jean Rhodes draws on more than thirty years of empirical research to survey the state of the field. Her conclusions are sobering: there is little evidence that most programs-even those of the most renowned and trusted organizations-are truly effective. But there is much reason for hope. Rhodes shows that targeted, evidence-based approaches can create meaningful changes in teenagers' lives. She also recommends that we invest more to support and expand opportunities for natural mentoring relationships to bloom-in schools, youth sports leagues, and community organizations"-- ER -