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Elder Mentors: Elder Mentors And At-Risk Youth, Marc Freedman
Elder Mentors: Elder Mentors And At-Risk Youth, Marc Freedman
Intergenerational
Many at-risk youth are growing up isolated from the range of caring and consistent adult relationships so important for navigating the treacherous course from adolescence to adulthood. An accumulation of longitudinal research suggests that adult relationships-- provided not only by parents, but by grandparents, neighbors and other interested adults--are a common factor among resilient children, who achieve success despite growing up in disadvantaged and stressful circumstances. An important, and not often addressed, question for social intervention is whether the circumstances of more at-risk youth could be improved through efforts designed to provide greater access to these relationships.
Senior Center In Seattle Applauds Service-Learning, Nola L. Freeman
Senior Center In Seattle Applauds Service-Learning, Nola L. Freeman
Intergenerational
In the fall of 1992, the Pike Market Senior Center, an urban gathering place for a widely diverse community of low income elders, joined 30 other sites in the Seattle area in accepting an invitation from the Carlson Leadership and Public Service Office at the University of Washington. In accepting this invitation, these sites agreed to help the office accomplish the following mission: "To promote, support, and organize opportunities for undergraduates to become involved in effective public service, helping them to mature in their understanding of complex social, philosophical, economic, and political issues, and instilling in them a life-long commitment …
Elder Mentors: Giving Schools A Hand, Marc Freedman, Natalie Jaffe
Elder Mentors: Giving Schools A Hand, Marc Freedman, Natalie Jaffe
Intergenerational
Mentoring is threatening to become a buzzword without meaning. We hear about mentoring for principals, for teachers, for students, for employees in a wide range of businesses and industry. There is mentoring by principals, by teachers, by students, by corporate executives, by members of the community. There is mentoring designed to help adult "mentees" (an ungraceful word) be better administrators, teachers, practitioners, or employees; to help youth adjust to society after incarceration or institutionalization; to do better in school, take good care of their children, not get pregnant in the first place, stay out of jail; stop taking drugs-and on …
Involving Older Volunteers, In Public Schools, Kristen J. Amundson
Involving Older Volunteers, In Public Schools, Kristen J. Amundson
Intergenerational
Each day, 5,000 Americans celebrate their sixty-fifth birthday. As this age group becomes larger, it will also become more powerful. As voters, seniors make up the most conscientious of the voting group in our society.
Fostering Intergenerational Relatiollships For At-Risk Youth, Marc Freedman
Fostering Intergenerational Relatiollships For At-Risk Youth, Marc Freedman
Intergenerational
Many at-risk youth are growing up isolated from the range of caring and consistent adult relationships so important for navigating the treacherous course from adolescence to adulthood. An accumulation of research from the social sciences suggests that adult relationships-provided not only by parents. but by grandparents, neighbors and other interested elders-are a common factor among resilient children, who achieve success despite growing up under disadvantaged and stressful circumstances. An important. and not often addressed, question for social programs and policy is whether the circumstances of more at-risk youth could be improved through efforts designed to provide greater access to helping …
"Person-To-Person": A Community Service Guide For Youth Groups Visiting Senior Residences, Susan Chandler
"Person-To-Person": A Community Service Guide For Youth Groups Visiting Senior Residences, Susan Chandler
Intergenerational
The purpose of this guide is to assist you in the development and implementation of intergenerational projects in which youth groups visit senior adult residences. These "youth in service to elders" projects are designed to meet a variety of needs. Through them, young people learn to give of themselves and their time in a significant and positive way. With our mobile society, young people often do not have the opportunity to spend time with their elders; and as a result are deprived of an awareness of the aging process and of the wisdom which older people possess. Conversely, older people …
Intergenerational School Projects: Examples And Guidelines, James P. Firman, Anita M. Stowell
Intergenerational School Projects: Examples And Guidelines, James P. Firman, Anita M. Stowell
Intergenerational
The residential, educational, and recreational patterns of modern American society tend to isolate the young from the old. Because there is little interaction between the age groups, each generation tends to stereotype the other. Educators must realize that these age-related stereotypes affect our interpersonal relationships, our self-images, and, consequently, our potential to live a full, rewarding life.