Mentoring in Moab COVID-19 Update COVID-19 has changed our world. Schools are closed. Public gatherings are no-nos. Stress and anxiety levels rise. In-person mentoring has been suspended almost everywhere. This leaves many youth across the country without crucial regular support. At-risk populations living in poverty find themselves particularly unstable at this time. Grand Area Mentoring [...]
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.” We mentors have an opportunity to blunt the blow by persevering through the hard times. Mentoring [...]
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 with imagery. This mini-clinic will provide ideas for incorporating photography into your mentoring sessions and offer: [...]
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 an oxygen mask before offering aid if an airplane loses cabin pressure, mentors need to first [...]
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 why mentors should develop greater self-awareness of their own posture and communication style. When meeting with [...]
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 secondary victims), and the best practices for first responders. Whether you work with mentees or more broadly [...]
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 with staff on best practices. This is an opportunity to talk about mentoring with people who [...]
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 or recurring trauma, adult support may be the only thing preventing them from entering into a [...]
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 this training, Antje will offer strategies to facilitate open, fun, productive, and helpful conversations with your [...]
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 use this knowledge to connect more deeply with our mentees. We will discuss what dysregulation often [...]