Mentoring Minutes
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Mentoring Minutes: Weekly messages to encourage anyone working with youth aims to encourage and equip people working with youth with the knowledge, strategies, ideas, and recent youth research to build meaningful and developmental relationships with these young people. There are five daily messages for fifty-two weeks of the year which cover topics like: understanding the world of youth, self-image, the impact of technology on youth, resiliency, goal setting, effective communication, values, how to resolve conflicts using a positive mindset, the role of family and other networks in the lives of youth, and the power of mentoring. True stories of mentoring experiences of the author and others are included, along with short daily tips to promote the spirit of mentoring, and weekly quotes to inspire the reader. The hundreds of strategies and tips are arranged into general themes focused on the development of the whole person. This user-friendly book will be an encouragement to schools, youth workers, mentors, parents, grandparents, employers of young people, indeed, anyone who wishes to see young people fulfill their potential.
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Robin Cox. Mentoring Minutes
Mentoring Minutes
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
The spirit of mentoring —a call to action
Mentoring Minutes
Introducing mentoring
Different mentoring roles
Mentors as role models
Youth Culture
Connect with youth
Features of adolescents aged between eleven and nineteen
Mentoring Reflections
Goal setting—a start
Understand resiliency
Communication
Goal Setting—the process
Self-image
Looking at conflict
Mentoring Reflections
Assertiveness
Communication influences
Six step conflict resolution process
Features of adolescents aged between thirteen and fifteen
Dealing with stress
Challenging issues
Mentoring reflections
Fatigue
Achieve goals
Listen! Listen!
General issues
Relationships
Features of adolescents aged between sixteen and eighteen
Mentoring reflections
Managing time effectively
Motivate mentees
Family and supportive networks
Feedback is important
Coach strength-based strategies
More challenges
Mentoring Reflections
The difficult conversations
Create meaningful relationships
All about goals
Developmental relationships
Building self-confidence
A growth mindset
Mentoring reflections
Develop resilient youth
Empathy and trust
The power of connection
Mentoring qualities revisited
Champion goal achievers
Mentors and significant adults
Mentoring reflections
Invest in a life
The inspired leader
Final reflections
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
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Weekly Messages to Encourage Anyone Guiding Youth
Robin Cox
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•Grandparents are important role models in the lives of young people, though can feel out of touch with the world of youth. These messages fill most of those gaps, and also reinforce the important mentoring role they can undertake in the lives of young people, many of whom turn naturally to the older generation for encouragement, guidance, and a sympathetic ear.
•The book can be used by youth mentoring programs, and other youth organizations as part of their ongoing training. The content can be used for discussion topics when groups of mentees meet during the mentoring experience.
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