Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring at UMass Boston

✨ Join us for our next webinar featuring Janelle S. Peifer, PhD, LCP This interactive webinar will focus on culturally responsive techniques for #mentoring #collegestudents. In this 45 minute webinar, we will blend research on students’ intercultural competence, ethnic identity, and well-being with actionable strategies. Participants will leave with concrete takeaways for implementing more #inclusive practices, particularly for supporting #students from historically underrepresented communities and sustaining effective pipelines to enhance #equity. 🔗 Link to sign up https://lnkd.in/eBEENGES

Researchers Propose New Framework for Measuring Natural Mentor Support https://lnkd.in/e_Y84GDr

Profiles in cultural humility: Examining differences in openness to training and match length among volunteer mentors. Implications for Mentoring Programs: 💡 Integration of Cultural Humility Training: Programs will want to consider developing and implementing training programs focused on enhancing cultural humility among mentors, particularly those with lower initial awareness. 💡 Ongoing Support and Monitoring: Provide continuous support and monitoring to ensure that mentors maintain and develop cultural humility over time, potentially reducing early match terminations. https://lnkd.in/eDsvd2wE

Exciting news for mentors and youth advocates! 🌟 We're thrilled to announce that we're offering our most popular course AGAIN this fall! This course will empower you to make an even greater impact on young lives. If you haven't taken it yet, we highly recommend taking Mentoring For Youth Mental Health! Co-sponsored by the Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring at UMass Boston, this 9-session course, starting September 19, 2024, will equip you with evidence-based strategies to support youth mental health as a mentor. Here's what you can expect: ✅ Learn skills used by trained clinicians to help youth express feelings and cope with challenges ✅ Engage in weekly 90-minute sessions (Thursdays, 12-1:30 PM) ✅ Explore topics like trauma-informed approaches, motivational interviewing, and cultural humility ✅ Earn a certificate from the Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring Whether you're a seasoned mentor or just starting out, this course is designed for you. Can't make every session? No worries – recordings will be available to learners. Invest in your skills and make a lasting difference in young lives. Learn more and sign up today at https://lnkd.in/e2XXc3Af (we offer group rates for mentoring orgs - get in touch to learn more!) Let's work together to support the mental health of our youth! 💪🧠#YouthMentalHealth #Mentoring #ProfessionalDevelopment

New Review Highlights the Importance of Nonverbal Signals for Perceived Responsiveness Carmichael and Mizrahi (2023) review the literature on the impact of nonverbal behaviors on conveying responsiveness in interpersonal relationships. Responsiveness, defined as the ability to listen and respond supportively, is critical in establishing and maintaining satisfying relationships. This study emphasizes the importance of nonverbal cues such as facial expressions, vocal tone, touch, and body language in communicating understanding, validation, and care. https://lnkd.in/eqjamN9Z

Deceptively Simple Yet Very Effective: The Underrated Power of Follow-Up Questions https://lnkd.in/decVZ2pi

Frederike Hennig Discusses Study on Motivation as Important to the Design of Virtual Mentoring Programs https://lnkd.in/dqiEHv5g

Natural mentors, unlike formal mentors, are identified organically within youths’ social networks and play a crucial role in their socio-emotional and cognitive development. Brumovska (2024) studies the characteristics and impacts of natural mentors from the perspective of adolescent mentees. https://lnkd.in/ev8edNqu

Positive Youth Development (PYD) programs focus on promoting youths’ strengths through supportive relational contexts. However, the specific impacts of these programs on youth from low-income households, who face significant structural and systemic inequities, remain underexplored. Boat and colleagues (2024) examine the bidirectional pathways between relationships with peers and program staff and youths’ sense of belonging. https://lnkd.in/emF8T7ut

✨ Please join us in welcoming our newest graduate student: Aish! ✨ Aish is an incoming doctoral student in clinical psychology at UMass Boston. They earned their bachelor’s degree in neurobiology from Harvard in 2020. After college, Aish worked as a research coordinator in infectious disease and HIV prevention research. Subsequently, they served as a research assistant on teams investigating transdiagnostic sleep interventions and prison #mentalhealth. Aish is enthusiastic about joining the CEBM team to explore mechanisms of effective paraprofessional support. They are particularly interested in examining training infrastructures and how #paraprofessionals can best support individuals receiving mental health interventions. Additionally, Aish is interested in studying the impact of #mentoring designed to promote social connection and #upwardmobility.