Ep 129: Positive Influence Mentors have on Youth

Today’s episode of the Making After School Cool podcast focues on the positive influence mentors can have on the lives of youth. A report by Dr. Jean E. Rhodes and Dr. David L. DuBois from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and University of Illinois at Chicago respectively, indicate that youth having had a mentoring relationship during adolescence exhibited significantly better outcomes regarding high-school completion, college attendance, and employment. To discuss his own personal joinery in developing mentoring relationships with youth is Today, my guest on the Making After School Cool podcase is Mr.  Mr. Terrell Williams Sr. 

 

During this podcast you will learn more regarding:

• Risk factors for youth who do not have access to a positive adult in their life beyond the school day educators?
• The difficulties regardomg finding mentors, for older boys of color
• How the lack of a mentor can lead some youth to incarceration.

Resources

Mike Wilson

mwilson@hcde-texas.or

Harris County Department of Educcation

www.hcde-texas.org

Case for Kids

www.hcde-texas.org/CASE