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Engaging with young people as a mentor can be difficult but Stephanie George draws on years of experience to provide tried and tested activities that will help. The activities provide specific structured tasks that can be used during mentoring meetings and to support mentoring intervention. The activities will build rapport, provide evidence of progress through assessment and cover specific issues such as improving attendance, time management, study skills, how to think more positively, conflict resolution and anger management. The mentoring activities include:
Knowing me, knowing you – Building rapport with a student
Planning the journey – Giving students a baseline for improvement
Initial self-assessment – Providing a baseline for measuring progress
Student re-assessment and evaluation – Giving students the opportunity to re-assess their progress
Target setting and action planning – Develop targets and a plan of action
Show me the difference – Students demonstrate that there is a measurable progress
Improving attendance – Develop strategies to improve attendance
And the moral of the story is – Stimulates the concept of conscience
Let me tell you a story – Students consider choices and consequences
What if – Students look at different possibilities, a good activity when they claim there is 'no point'
The treasure hunt – Develops problem solving, communication and teamwork skills
Sunshine thinking – Helps students see themselves in their best light
I remember when... it happened to me – Students recount a personal experience and reflect on what they learnt from it
Oh no! Sarah's in trouble – Students create a story that looks at issues of conflict and reconciliation
Conflict – what it is and how to deal with it – Looks at the skills students need to mediate between people in conflict.
I'm seeing red – How to recognise the initial signs of anger and identify ways of diffusing it.
Stop seeing red – Strategies for coping with highly charged emotional situations
It's about time – Managing study time effectively
A place to study – Creating a positive environment for successful study. The activities, once complete, will provide you with evidence of work with students that is demonstrable to them and other stakeholders. This brand new resource is an essential tool for learning mentors, behaviour mentors, inclusion teams and SEN teams. Age: 11-18
