Resources for Mentors & Mentoring Programs


Links to Mentoring Information Sites

• America’s Promise
• Council on Foundations
• The Foundation Center
• The Mentor Resource Center
• Mission Fish
• National Dropout Prevention Center/Network
• National Educational Service
• National Mentoring Center
• The National Mentoring Partnership
• Nonprofit Risk Management Center
• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Volunteer Match
• Who Mentored You?
• Yes, You Can - A guide for establishing mentoring programs to prepare youth for college
• Effective Mentoring Practices

Child Development, Teaching and Learning Theory

• Stages of Development: Birth to Eight Years
• Ages and Stages: Development in Six-through-Eight Year Olds
• Bill Huitt’s excellent Overview of Cognitive Development Theory
• Developmental Principles and Terms - Physical (Gesell), Affective (Erikson), Moral (Kohlberg, Gilligan), Cognitive (Piaget, Vygotsky) Development theories
• Theories of Child Development and Learning - maturationist, environmentalist, and constructivist
• Learning Theories - the spectrum from behaviorism to constructivism, including multiple intelligences and brain-based learning theory
• Applications of Piagetian theory to teaching
• Instructional Design & Learning Theory - behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructivism applied to instructional design
• 50 learning theories summarized - the Theory Into Practice (TIP) database contains descriptions of 50 theories relevant to human learning and instruction. Each description includes the following sections: overview, scope/application, example, principles, and references.

Resources for Personal Problems

• Contacts for learning disabilities, substance abuse, eating disorders, suicide prevention, domestic violence, grief support, and more.
• Grieving a Loss - what to expect

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Last updated 23 Sep 04