Preparing for the Future: Path to College
We are very excited about this college-access mentoring program, which economists at the University of California Davis and Dartmouth College (Carrell & Sacerdote, 2016) created and generously shared with the Center. This program was developed...
- Describe the steps for preparing for college
- Understand and complete the process of applying to college
- Describe the different ways to pay for college
Preparing for the Future: Path to Employment
Built on years of research by Northwestern University Professor, Bart Hirsch, this evidence-based training is designed to cultivate marketable job skills. These job skills are developed and then assessed through a mock job interview, developed in...
- Describe the steps for obtaining a job
- Explain the difference between a resume and a job application
- Explain basic interview skills
- Understand how to accept a job offer
Connected Futures: Building a Supportive Network for Educational and Career Advancement
Based on Rhodes, Liang, & Spencer’s (2009) groundbreaking guidelines First Do No Harm: Ethical Principles for Youth Mentoring Relationships (in Profession Psychology: Research and Practice, 40(5), 452-458), this course describes how APA’s ethical...
- Getting connected with on-campus mentors and resources
- Setting goals and de-mystifying academic majors, graduate school, and career options
- Networking to set up your life after college
First Do No Harm: Ethical Principles for Youth Mentorships
Based on Rhodes, Liang, & Spencer’s (2009) groundbreaking guidelines First Do No Harm: Ethical Principles for Youth Mentoring Relationships (in Profession Psychology: Research and Practice, 40(5), 452-458), this course describes how APA’s ethical...
- Mentors will be able to list the five ethical principles for youth mentorship.
- Mentors will be able to apply the five ethical principles in their mentorship relationships.
- Mentors will be able to recognize and prevent potentials for harm in their mentorship relationships.
- Mentors will be able to support at-risk youth by maintaining consistency and confidentiality in their mentorship relationships.
Therapeutic Mentoring
This course is taught by the pioneer in therapeutic mentoring, Josephine Cardona, MA along with school psychologist and clinical psychologist, Kathryn Kurtz, PhD, Alexandra Werntz, PhD. Based on the standards set forth by the State of...
- Understand the history and context of therapeutic mentoring
- Learn basic core competencies of therapeutic mentoring paraprofessional mental health
- Learn best practice in mentoring for mental health promotion and treatment.
