Mentoring programs for indigenous youth at-risk Ware,V 2013, Mentoring programs for indigenous youth at-risk, Autralian Institute of Health and Welfare, Canberra, A.C.T.. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads ware-mentoringprograms-2013.pdf Published version application/pdf 938.41KB 1167 Title Mentoring programs for indigenous youth at-risk Author(s) Ware,V orcid.org/0000-0002-5192-3097 Publication date 2013-09 Series Closing the Gap Clearinghouse Resource Sheets Volume number 22 Total pages 20 Publisher Autralian Institute of Health and Welfare Place of publication Canberra, A.C.T. Summary There is a range of risk factors that may make young people of any ethnicity more likely to engage in antisocial behaviours. These factors include the young person’s own attitudes; relationships within the family; and growing up in communities where there is widespread violence, alcohol and other substance abuse, poverty, poor health and poor-quality housing. Indigenous young people face the additional challenges ofdispossession, discontinuity of culture and intergenerational trauma.A strong connection to culture—coupled with high self-esteem, a strong sense of autonomy, and with living in cohesive, functioning families and communities—can be protective factors that result in Indigenous young people choosing productive life pathways.Mentoring is a relationship intervention strategy that can assist in building some of these protective factors. A growing body of research demonstrates that mentoring can have powerful and lasting positive effects in improving behavioural, academic and vocational outcomes for at-risk youth and, to a more limited extent, in reducing contact with juvenile justice systems.In an Indigenous context, mentoring is a particularly promising initiative because it fits well with Indigenous teaching and learning styles and can help to build strong collective ties within a community.Mentoring programs can involve adult or peer mentors and can be implemented in a range of ways, such as one-on-one or in groups.Although positive results can be achieved with single-intervention mentoring for at risk youth, integrating mentoring into broader programs produces a greater level of positive change.The way the mentoring program is run and the nature of the relationship between mentor and mentee are crucial in determining the outcomes of youth mentoring programs. ISBN 9781742494692 ISSN 2201-845X Language eng Indigenous content on Field of Research 160501 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy 160508 Health Policy 160810 Urban Sociology and Community Studies 200201 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Studies Socio Economic Objective 939901 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education HERDC Research category A6.1 Research report/technical paper Copyright notice ©2013, Autralian Institute of Health and Welfare Free to Read? Yes Use Rights Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30069871 Document type: Report Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Humanities and Social Sciences Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Publisher URL Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 19 Feb 2015, 12:02:54 EST Fri, 20 Feb 2015, 04:02:54 EST Fri, 20 Feb 2015, 05:16:24 EST Mon, 18 May 2015, 11:34:56 EST Mon, 18 May 2015, 11:36:00 EST Wed, 20 May 2015, 10:33:51 EST Tue, 09 Jun 2015, 10:13:44 EST Fri, 26 Aug 2016, 15:37:47 EST Mon, 05 Sep 2016, 16:10:29 EST Wed, 07 Sep 2016, 08:29:16 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 12:08:11 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 518 Abstract Views, 1171 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 19 Feb 2015, 12:02:54 EST

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