Mentoring Program
By majority vote and feedback from our participants, our lab decided to name the Mentoring Program, S.L.I.Y. Saving Lives & Inspiring Youth.
GoalThe goal of this mixed-methods study is to evaluate the effectiveness of community based cross-age mentoring to reduce negative outcomes related to violence exposure/engagement and promote positive development among African-American and Latino youth from seven sites serving four low-income, high violence urban neighborhood using youth mentors from the same high-risk environment.
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Research & MethodsCross-age peer mentoring programs have been found to overcome the problems and ineffectiveness of other types of mentoring programs and are important to further evaluate.
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Saving Lives, Inspiring Youth
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Leadership
Principal Investigator: Dr. Maryse Richards
Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. Katherine Tyson-McCrea
A host of graduate students and undergraduates are research assistants conducting field and clerical work.
Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. Katherine Tyson-McCrea
A host of graduate students and undergraduates are research assistants conducting field and clerical work.
Here are photos from the mentoring program taking place at one of the mentoring sites and our staff and participants enjoyed meeting each other's families and friends at a White Sox game!
