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The definitive resource for those who work with youth and those who want to work with youth. No matter how knowledgeable you are in the field of youth service, no matter how well you connect with youth or how impressive your credentials, if you don't know how to manage the many areas of youth work, how to avoid attitudes and behaviors that adversely impact youth and how to develop effective professional practices - you'l almost always fall short of being the highly successful youth worker you are capable of being. ... Read more

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You want to make a huge, lasting difference in the lives of students, right? The Be-With Factoris a powerful, practical, and sustainable mentoring approach that does just that. It's patterned after Jesus' example of being with his disciples in a variety of real-life settings. It's not another program, but it's about reaching a generation by focusing on a few and doing life with them. Amazing things happen when you spend time with a student purposefully and intentionally---running an errand together, going to the store, grabbing lunch, letting ministry happen naturally. The impact of your faith, shown in everyday life, will transform students' lives---and the impact on one student has the potential to reach a whole generation.Being with not only works, it's Jesus' way. Set forth in careful detail by two veteran leaders who live it, the Be-With factor isn't an add-on---it's the very heart of youth ministry. This book will help train and equip you, and once you adopt the Be-With lifestyle, it will revitalize your passion to make an eternal difference in students' lives. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (4)

Simple and True
Straight to the point, this book is a quick read and a great reminder of the many ways we can include youth in our every day lives.I would recommend sharing all or portions of this book with volunteers.

A Must Read for EVERY Youth Worker!
I can not emphasize this enough.Get this book, read it, live it!
Give it to everyone who cares about students.

Excellent Resource for a Mentor
This is a great resource for those interested in starting a mentoring program in their church or just interested in understanding how to go about mentoring someone. This book includes practical scenarios and prepares the mentor to effectively develop a relationship with their mentee. I highly recommend it to youth groups and Christian leaders who work with the youth!

Sit With this book
This is a good "how-to" book for anyone wanting to positively impact teens the way Jesus did. ... Read more

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Cutting across the fields of psychology, management, education, counseling, social work, and sociology, The Blackwell Handbook of Mentoring reveals an innovative, multi-disciplinary approach to the practice and theory of mentoring.

• Provides a complete, multi-disciplinary look at the practice and theory of mentoring and demonstrates its advantages
• Brings together, for the first time, expert researchers from the three primary areas of mentoring: workplace, academy, and community
• Leading scholars provide critical analysis on important literature concerning theoretical approaches and methodological issues in the field
• Final section presents an integrated perspective on mentoring relationships and projects a future agenda for the field

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A smorgasbord of ideas, stories, and practical suggestions onhow to be spiritual companions to young people, sharing therichness of our faith while riding along on the awesome – andoften surprising – journeys of those in our spiritual care. ... Read more

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Currently, blame for the difficulties facing youth is too oftenlaid on one particular segment of the community - whetherparents, school personnel or the children themselves. However, theproblems of today's young people are problems for all generations.
In response, the past decade has seen unparalleled proliferation ofplanned mentoring initiatives. Across Ages, the multi-faceted andmultigenerational intervention described in this volume, uses olderadult volunteers as mentors for young people. By acting as advocates,challengers, nurturers, role models and friends, older mentors helpchildren develop the awareness, self-confidence, and skills they needto overcome overwhelming obstacles.
Across Ages is cost-effective and feasible even where resources arefairly limited. Although designed as a school-based model, thisprogram can easily be adopted to other settings. Each of the fourmajor program components - mentoring, community service, `lifeskills' instruction, and family support - is described instep-by-step detail. ... Read more

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In recent years increasing attention has been paid to issues of social exclusion and the problematic transition from youthful dependence to adult independence. Often this has had severe consequences, ranging from under achievement and disruptive behaviour in school, through the misuse of alcohol and drugs, to serious or persistent offending. Seeking to address these issues has become a major focus of public policy and a variety of forms of intervention with disaffected youth have been set up. One of the most talked about forms of intervention with disaffected youth has been 'mentoring'. This book, based on a large-scale research study, examines the lives of a large group of 'disaffected' young people, and considers the impact that involvement in a mentoring programme had on them. In doing so it fills a large gap, providing empirical evidence on the effectiveness of mentoring programmes, providing at the same time a vivid insight into the nature of such disaffection, the realities of contemporary social exclusion among young people and the experience and outcome of mentoring. ... Read more

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Softcover book, white with green and blue cover, and 85 pages. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Parks & Recreation, published by National Recreation and Park Association on October 1, 2009. The length of the article is 541 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Into the woods: an outdoors mentoring program helps urban youth find their confidence--and adult volunteers their resolve.(kiosk: WHO, WHAT, WHERE & HOW--AROUND THE PARKS)
Author: Paula Bullington
Publication: Parks & Recreation (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2009
Publisher: National Recreation and Park Association
Volume: 44Issue: 10Page: 11(2)

Distributed by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning ... Read more