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Intergenerational mentoring
— a viable strategy for meeting the needs of vulnerable youth | | Author(s) | Anita M Rogers, Andrea S Taylor |
| Journal title | Journal of Gerontological Social Work, vol 28, no 1/2, 1997 |
| Pages | pp 125-139 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Age groups [elderly] ; Advocacy ; Social roles ; Adolescents ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Over 14 million youth in the US are growing up at risk of dropping out of school, abusing drugs, becoming involved in criminal activities, or exhibiting other problem behaviours. Older Americans make up the fastest growing segment of the population, and many seek opportunities for continuing to lead useful lives, for example as mentors who act as advocates or role models. This article reports on two programmes run by the Center for Intergenerational Learning at Temple University: Linking Lifetimes, a national programme using older people as mentors to at-risk middle school students and young offenders in nine cities; and Across Ages, a school-based Philadelphia project that matched older mentors with middle school students. It considers reasons why older people are mentors to youth, project goals, what makes a successful relationship, and the outcomes for youth. It concludes that mentoring must be viewed as part of a broad social strategy recognising the importance of adult relationships in young people's lives. Specifically, older mentors, because they have the time, patience and experience, are in an ideal position to be a valuable support to youth. |
| Accession Number | CPA-980219239 A |
| Classmark | BB: IQ: TM5: SC: 7T |
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