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In the loop - YIM
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In this newsletter edition of 'In the Loop' we turn the spot light on research focused on Youth Initiated Mentoring (YIM) - a novel approach to mentoring in which youth select mentors from the community of adults who are already part of their social networks. The concept builds on the emotional bond between an adult and a young person which drives the positive effects of a mentoring relationship. This blog post explores the advantages of a YIM recruitment strategy for youth mentoring programs. Read more
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Research Quarterly
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This time around the Research Quarterly looks at five reports with ties to the Australian Youth Mentoring Conference
- The Social and Emotional Wellbeing of Indigenous Youth: Reviewing and Extending the Evidence and Examining its Implications for Policy and Practice
- A longitudinal study of family socioeconomic status (SES) variables as predictors of socioemotional resilience among mentored youth.
- Ensuring Access to Mentoring Programs for LGBTQ Youth.
- Court-Ordered Mentoring Pro-grams of Adjudicated Juveniles: When should youth be referred?
- Deconstructing serendipity: Focus, purpose and authorship in lunch buddy mentoring.
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Australian Youth Mentoring Conference
| The 2014 Australian Youth Mentoring Conference, which will take place 30 June - 1 July in Fremantle, WA. We are pleased to confirm Dr Michael Karcher, co-editor of the Youth Mentoring Handbook; Dr Tim Cavell, co-author of the Youth Mentoring Handbook; Professor Colleen Hayward; Associate Professor Judy MacCallum and Dr Lance Emerson, CEO ARACY as keynote speakers. Conference registration is now open, as is the call abstracts so if you have something you'd like to share with the mentoring community please
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AYMN Networking Group
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Who: Sydney Local Mentoring Group
When: Thursday 27 February 2014
Where: JewishCare. 3 Saber St Bondi Junction, Sydney, NSW
Time: 10.30-12pm.
RSVP by: 20 February 2014
As part of the Australian Youth Mentoring Network's commitment to building a national mentoring community we host a series of networking forums which are designed to provide both a professional development opportunity for practitioners and an opportunity for organisations to network and form the basis of an ongoing local network. The AYMN intends to host at least one forum in each state each year. If you're interested in co-hosting a networking forum with us in 2014, you can find out more here.
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