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The Spirit of Mentoring - A Manual for Adult Volunteers, is used as a Resource book for the YES! Mentor Training Programme (Cost USD$30.75 (includes postage) - except in Australia and New Zealand (see below)). It has been developed since 1999 and extensively rewritten in 2004. In 2005 it was professionally edited and printed by my publishers, Essential Resources. It is a user-friendly resource (130 pages, A4 size, wirebound), containing numerous diagrams, which is mainly aimed at being a resource for Mentors during the actual mentoring journey. An extensive Bibliography provides Mentors with a variety of resources they can consult should they wish to know more about youth mentoring especially. Over 150 books on youth related issues have been read. More than 200 websites related to youth mentoring and youth education, as well as other youth issues, have been visited. The manual also refers to specific issues related to mentoring adolescents from high risk environments, as well as those transitioning from foster care to independent living.

The Manual is a tribute to the pioneers of youth mentoring globally and contains ideas and opinions I have gathered over the years, as well as from my personal experience mentoring approximately 1000 adolescents during my teaching career and training over 750 youth Mentors during the past nine years.

There are numerous tips for mentors as they seek to engage with their mentees, as well as strategies for mentors to try as they connect with their mentees. Given the changing nature of the challenges facing young people in the C21, as more and more research on Generation Y and Generation Y comes to the fore, as well as new research on the development of the brain during adolescence, the contents of this book will inspire, motivate and assist mentors as they encourage young people to reach their potential.

The Contents of the Manual include:

Preface

About Youth Empowerment Seminars

1. Background
Mentoring and being mentored - both are good for you!
What justifies youth mentoring worldwide?

2. Becoming a mentor
What is a mentor?
What does a mentor do?
What skills and attributes does an effective mentor have?
Stages of the mentoring relationship
Key points

3. Setting and getting goals
What is the role of the goal-getting mentor?
Why may a mentee battle with setting goals?
Key results of a realistic goal-setting process
The SMILER process of goal getting
A holistic process of goal getting
Handling truancy or intentions of dropping out
Key points

4. Resiliency
Why should a mentor foster resiliency?
Strategies for fostering resiliency in mentees
Key points

5. Self-concept and other adolescent issues
Introduction
Understanding self-esteem and self-image
Why are self-esteem and self-image significant in adolescence?
Identifying mentees with a poor self-image and low self-esteem
How to help your mentees develop high self-esteem and a positive self-image
Understanding the adolescent's self-concept
Understanding stress
Ideas and strategies for cross-cultural mentoring
Key points

6. Communication
Introduction
What influences communication?
Stumbling blocks to communication
Key points

7. Resolving conflicts
Introduction
Identifying your mentee's conflict style
Choosing a process of conflict resolution
Key points

Bibliography


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In Australia the cost is Aus$25.95 per book, including postage, package and handling fee. Please send check/cheque to 'Robin Cox' at the above address or contact him at the above address to arrange electronic payment. If you are in New Zealand, contact me directly and I'll negotiate a payment, as the exchange rate fluctuates so much and I don't expect a USD$ payment.

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