Time to Shine In the Chronicle of Evidence-Based Mentoring, Dr. Jean Rhodes writes: “Although COVID-19 appears to spare children from the most serious health problems, marginalized youth are likely to bear the heaviest burdens of trauma & economic fallout.”...
Shutterbug Shenanigans! Photography Mini-Clinic for Mentors Photography can be a great tool to explore the world and learn to express oneself visually! Learning how to look at photographs and compose an image can be beneficial in a culture flooded...
Mentoring Tip – Mind Your Stress Mentoring is about service. Why, then, should we focus so much on taking care of ourselves? Shouldn’t all our efforts be focused on helping a youth? Just as caregivers are expected to first don...
Mentoring Tip – Your Intentional Tone Our body language, quality of voice, and facial expressions reveal a lot about our motivations, emotions, and impressions of others. Negative cues may be especially impactful to youth who have experienced trauma. This is...
Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Awareness & Prevention 101 w/ Seekhaven When: Dec 17th, 4:30-5:30pm Where: HMK Elementary, Room 141 Seekhaven will cover the nuances of violence or sexual trauma, possible impacts on children (either as a primary or...
Mentor Roundtable! November 6, 5-6pm, Grand Co Public Library Large Meeting Room You’re not alone. Join us to talk about the mentoring experience, discuss your hurdles & successes, learn from others about how they have handled tough situations, and reflect...
Establishing a Steady State Over 16 million children across America lack consistent access to a positive adult presence in their lives. This isn’t a trivial statistic. For youths who live in poverty and are more likely to experience severe...
Training: The Keys of Communication with Antje Rath of Moab Regional Hospital Communicating with children can be a challenge. If we had a quarter for every “I don’t know” answer, we might all be rich by now. 🙂 At...
Training: Helping Mentees Regulate Nervous Systems This training will explore the central nervous system and how it controls our perception of the world around us. We will learn how to become aware of our own nervous systems and how to...
Community-Based Mentoring Blasts Off! Starting in the fall, middle and high school matches were allowed to visit approved sites throughout the Moab region. 100% of participating students expressed enthusiasm for this type of mentoring over school-based mentoring. A seventh grade...