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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"peer mentor"”.
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Implementation & Evaluation of a Peer Mentor Walking Program for Transitionally Housed Women in Missoula, MT
… of this project was to implement and evaluate a peer mentor walking program for women in transitional housing. The program was based on a thorough needs assessment and was developed as a low-cost means of addressing the physical, social, and mental health needs of homeless women living in a …
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Implementation & Evaluation of a Peer Mentor Walking Program for Transitionally Housed Women in Missoula, MT
… of this project was to implement and evaluate a peer mentor walking program for women in transitional housing. The program was based on a thorough needs assessment and was developed as a low-cost means of addressing the physical, social, and mental health needs of homeless women living in a …
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Transforming the Honors College Experience at SUNY Brockport
… Oftentimes, a key influence in this process is a mentor. The relationship a student forms with a mentor can make or break their experience at college, which is why it is necessary to facilitate good mentoring relationships early on. In the SUNY Brockport Honors College, we attempt to do this …
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Using a peer buddy system to increase interaction between students with special needs and their peers
… a self-contained elementary classroom were given peer mentors to encourage and motivate them to become more active socially. The peers modeled appropriate behavior and social skills during special area classes. The four students who volunteered to act as mentors met with the special education …
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Impact of student identity and involvement within the Dr. Harley E. Flack Mentoring Program
… and involvement within the Dr. Harley E. Flack Mentoring Program on selected students at Rowan University. The subjects in this study consisted of 130 full time undergraduate students during the Spring 2012 semester, who participated in one or more of the four mentoring components; Peer …
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CULTIVATING COHESION: BRINGING IMMIGRANTS AND CITIZENS TOGETHER THROUGH NATIONAL SERVICE
… transportation, and a food stipend, 5) near-peer mentor for every participant group, and 6) scale.
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Encouraging female students in business computing
… to have an impact on retention rates. A peer mentor scheme is the mechanism chosen to provide additional assistance, overcome the isolation felt, by many young w o m e n and to increase student self esteem. The role of the scheme is later broadened to raise student awareness of possible …
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Perspectives Of First-Year Internal Medicine Residents On Evaluating Medical Students
… tasked with teaching and evaluating their near-peer medical students as early as the first day of residency training, yet they are often uninformed on teaching practices and assessment strategies. This basic qualitative study explored first-year medical resident perceptions of the influence of …
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Motives for Caregivers of Children with FASD Who Connect with a Caregiver to Caregiver Mentor
… (FASD) who accessed caregiver to caregiver mentors. Caregiver to caregiver mentorship is the term used in our study to describe the relationship, and this is the same as the term peer to peer mentorship which is often used as a broader description of the relationship in prior literature. …
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Bridging the Gap for First Generation Students (BG4FGS): An Occupation-Based Peer Mentoring Program at Dominican University of California
… 2007). To ease the transition to college, peer mentoring programs can assist new college students by offering guidance, one-on-one and group sessions, providing information about campus life and resources, and referring them to support services (Ferrari, 2004; Lennox & Leonard, 2007). The …
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What works? A grounded theory of effective peer mentoring in secondary schools
… position, the study sought to bring school based peer mentors and mentees voice to the forefront, by exploring their view of what works. The study aimed to offer a framework for understanding and developing peer mentoring relationships and inform safe and effective peer mentoring practice in …
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Success beyond high school: effective transition to college for students with ASD
… access to college level classes, access to a peer mentor, and counseling) as important to success of students with ASD in PSE. This study incorporated voices of students with ASD who had first-hand experiences with the challenges of PSE and supports needed for positive outcomes. Their voices …
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Relationships among learning community participation, student self-efficacy, confidence, outcome expectations, and commitment
… orientation course, a math course, and a weekly peer-facilitated math session during fall semester. The students also met regularly with a peer mentor during fall semester. The survey measured math and science self-efficacy, general academic confidence, math and science outcome expectations, and …
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Special Education Transition: A Case Study of the Community Integration Experience
… through opportunities for the student to have a peer mentor, have structured social time with her peers, have access to community venues, and through employment. The following conclusions were drawn: Community opportunities provide access to resources that influence integration: I EP transition …
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Status of the freshmen learning community initiative at Iowa State University
… together in a residence hall; (2) assigned a peer mentor; (3) enrolled in a common set of classes together; (4) experienced curricular innovation; and (5) increased involvement with faculty outside of the classroom. The results of this study showed that students who participated in freshmen …
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From Providing Access To Promoting Success: Transforming A Community College System’s Advising Services
… advising delivered by professional advisors and peer mentors. This qualitative collective case study examined the experiences of peer mentors to discover how they perceived advising contributed to their socio-academic integration and led to their success as students. Through semi-structured …