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Citation

Barron-McKeagney T, Woody JD, D'Souza HJ. Child Adolesc. Soc. Work J. 2001; 18(2): 119-136.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

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Abstract

The Family Mentoring Project, which provided approximately one year of mentoring for at-risk 10-year old Latino children and their parents, aimed to provide not only service but empirical evaluation of the program's impact. This University-community partnership offered individual mentoring, a group educational component for children and parents, and group social/recreational activities. A pre- and post-test analysis of 11 non-mentored and 20 mentored youth revealed positive gains on social skills for mentored children as reflected in self-ratings and mothers' ratings on the Social Skills Rating Scale (SSRS). Also based on the SSRS, mothers reported decreases in three problem behaviors for mentored children. In addition, by post-testing, the mentored children and their mothers compared very favorably with the SSRS standardized samples on both skills and problem behaviors. The findings suggest that bicultural competence may be fostered by programs that provide consistent and long-term mentoring, involve the children's families, include group educational components, and bring families and mentors together for social/recreational events. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 2001. Copyright © 2001 by Springer)

For more information on the Family Mentoring Project, see VioPro record number 445.

Mentoring
Prevention Program
Program Effectiveness
Program Evaluation
At Risk Hispanic
At Risk Family
At Risk Parent
At Risk Youth
At Risk Child
Late Childhood
Child Development
Youth Development
Child Behavior
Child Problem Behavior
Behavior Prevention
Parenting Skills
Hispanic Adult
Hispanic Child
Social Skills Development
Prosocial Skills
Nebraska
02-02

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