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Building Developmental Relationships during the COVID-19 Crisis
Resources for mentors, mentees and their families during COVID-19
DREAM Templates
DREAM Templates
How to be an Effective Mentor
How to be an Effective Mentor
- Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring (PDF)
- Follow DREAMs Village Mentoring Model
- Watch "The danger of a single story" TED Talk (18 minutes)
Building a Mentor Relationship
Building a Mentor Relationship
- The Developmental Relationship Framework
- Discussion for Developmental Relationships (presentation)
- National Mentoring Resource Center
- Successful Goal Setting: A 6-step guide for mentors and Community Tool Box
- Helpful Articles about Talking to Young People in Difficult Times PDF
- How to look after yourself as a mentor: Tips for the caregiver
- Intentional programming ideas: Hunger Free Vermont Resource Hubs
- Positive Behavior Management compiled by Dakotah Patnode
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- Social Justice Library by Dr. Heidi Oliver-O'Gilvie (shared by Dr. Taharee Jackson)
- Read/Listen to Book "Piecing Me Together" by Renee Watson
- White Supremacy Culture (PDF)
- How to support young men of color: Conversations about Masculinity
- Black History: Learn, RE-Learn & Blow Your Mind
- Embrace Race Mentoring Strategies
- Dominant & Subordinated Group Patterns
- LGBTQ+ Best Practices (PDF)
- LGBTQ+ Support (Amber Leventry video part 1 and part 2. 40 Minutes each)
Having Boundaries
Having Boundaries
- Boundaries (Video 5.55 minutes) with Brene Brown
Mental Health Resources
Mental Health Resources
- Vermont Family Network's Puppets in Education Anxiety short for COVID-19 (Video)
- Mental Health Facts Sheet (PDF)
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline - call 800-273-8255 or chat online
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention - Massachusetts
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention - Greater Philadelphia
- Suicide Prevention Center - Vermont OR Text VT to 741741 to text a professional
- Mental Heath and Anxiety resource through Sean Perry at We R H.O.P.E
- podcast on his website
- $17.50 per half hour session
- NAMI Vermont (National Alliance on Mental Illness)- Mental Health Support Groups (PDF)
- National Child Traumatic Stress Network (identifies types of trauma, provides training and educational resources and connects to assistance)
- Tips for Talking With and Helping Children and Youth Cope After a Disaster or Traumatic Event PDF
- How the brain works/ptsd and addiction (video 8.25 minutes)
- Grief: 7 stages of Grief and Grief for Real
- How Childhood Trauma affects health across a lifetime (TEDtalk 15.52 minutes)
- SPECTRUM VT (info-graph, Programs Overview)
Prevent Child Abuse
Prevent Child Abuse
- Prevent Child Abuse America (provide instruction on how to recognize child abuse, provides training and educational resources and connects to assistance) Pennsylvania, Vermont
- MassKids - Massachusetts
- Safe Kids Worldwide - National, Boston, Southeastern Pennsylvania
- KidSafe Collaborative - Vermont
- Keeping VT Children Safe: A Conversation with Dr. First and puppet Video
Other Resources
Other Resources
- Free Materials and Guides for First aid from the American Red Cross
- Bowling in Burlington
DREAM Info
DREAM Info
Report abuse