Adolescent years suicide risk factors
Thinking midstream (adolescent years) What might be the midstream malleable predictors of risk for suicide? • Early and current smoking • Dose response, MORE smoking = MORE suicide risk, controlling...
View ArticleThe Keys to Satisfaction in a Mentoring Relationship
by Sable Watson - Friday, June 29, 2012, 01:56 PM TAKE-HOME MESSAGE… A volunteer’s commitment to his or her mentoring relationship is largely rooted in how satisfied he or she is with the...
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Different Mentoring Styles
Know Your Role: How Different Mentoring Styles Contribute to Youth Outcomes by Sable Watson - Thursday, April 5, 2012, 04:09 PM TAKE-HOME MESSAGE… The success of a mentoring relationship largely...
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Thank you University of Illinois at Chicago
Thank you to a wonderful ASB (Alternative Spring Break) group from the University of Illinois at Chicago who visited Dickinson last week and volunteered throughout the community. The ten UIC students...
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Happy National Mentoring Month!
January is National Mentoring Month Celebrate National Mentoring Month by: * Becoming a mentor in Dickinson * * Learning more about mentoring and Best Friends * * Partnering with Best Friends * *...
View ArticleThe Value of Mentoring
At its most basic level, mentoring helps because it guarantees a young person that there is someone who cares about them. A child is not alone in dealing with day-to-day worries. Think back. Did you...
View ArticleFun Facts
Fun “did you know” facts for Thursday: Did you know on your birthday you share it with 9 million others? Did you know frogs don’t drink (they absorb water through their skin)? Did you know...
View ArticleHappy National Poetry Month!
April is National Poetry Month. Do you have a favorite poem/poet? Here’s a fun one for kids, written by Kenn Nesbitt: I Bought a Pet Banana I bought a pet banana and I tried to teach him tricks, but...
View ArticleTrivia Thursday
Fun Facts for Thursday: Did you know the Olympic flag was designed in 1913? Did you know a bowling pin will fall at a tilt of 7.5 degrees? Did you know there are 31,536,000 seconds in a year? Did you...
View ArticleIt’s National Teacher Appreciation Week!
How will you say thank you? Open Letter to Teachers on Teacher Appreciation Day Dear Teachers, There is a Japanese proverb that says, “Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a...
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Thank You Dickinson
Hello everybody, my name is Jake and I am an intern at the Best Friends Mentoring Program. Unfortunately this is my last week here due to filling out my requirements and taking the next step in my life...
View ArticleSlowly Change Kids’ Sleep Schedules So They’re Ready for School
School begins next week so it’s probably time for parents to get kids ready for the school time routine. Many of us have looser schedules in the summer; however, now is a good time to adjust bed times...
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What the Best Friends Mentoring Program Has Meant to Me
Caleb Burgard is a teacher education student at Dickinson State University. He has been a mentor since January 2011. Insights from Caleb, one of our mentors: Looking back on these past few years as a...
View ArticleImportance of Childhood Self-Control: New Study
From our executive director, Kris: Why is self control important? Research has found that childhood self-control, defined as “internally focused active control tendencies involving regulation of...
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What Matters Most in Mentoring Relationships
January is National Mentoring Month. We will be posting articles of interest through out the month. This article from The Chronicle of Evidence Based Mentoring talks about what matters most. By Jean...
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Using Best Practices to Ensure a Quality Youth Mentoring Program
January is National Mentoring Month. We will be posting articles of interest through out the month. This article from The Chronicle of Evidence Based Mentoring, published January 7, 2015, summarizes...
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Boys: Disclosing Feelings a Waste of Time
January is National Mentoring Month. We will be posting articles of interest through out the month. This article from The Chronicle of Evidence Based Mentoring, published December 16, 2014, tells why...
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How to Create a Strong Relationship
January is National Mentoring Month. We will be posting articles of interest through out the month. This article from The Chronicle of Evidence Based Mentoring, published December 12, 2014, tells why a...
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