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Mentoring adolescent foster youth: Promoting resilience during developmental transitions

Osterling, Kathy Lemon, Hines, Alice M.·2006·Child & Family Social Work

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ABSTRACT The current exploratory study used quantitative and qualitative data from an evaluation of the ‘Advocates to Successful Transition to Independence’ programme, a mentoring programme designed to train mentors to assist older adolescent foster youth in acquiring skills and resources needed for successful transition out of foster care and into adulthood. The study was conducted in two phases over 2 years. Quantitative methods were used to describe characteristics of the older adolescent foster youth and advocates, and qualitative methods were used to describe the experiences of youth and advocates in the programme. Results suggest that the use of a mentoring programme for older adolescent foster youth represents a particularly beneficial prevention strategy that may help prevent negative outcomes as youth emancipate from the foster care system and transition into young adulthood. Implications and recommendations for developing mentoring programmes for transition‐aged youth are presented.

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  • The promoting-catalyzing component encourages self-esteem, autonomy and self-direction, role modeling, guidance, advocacy, empowerment and challenge, future planning, and promoting motivation, and includes skill-based career and academic support.

    “The third component of promoting-catalyzing encourages self-esteem, autonomy and self-direction, role modeling, guidance, advocacy, empowerment and challenge, future planning, and promoting motivation. Other elements of this component include skill-based career and academic support [80,82,83,85,86,88,92,93,98,108].”
  • Establishing strong mentoring relationships contributed to life skills development, as revealed in mentors' and mentees' interviews.

    “Establishing strong mentoring relationships contributed to life skills development, as revealed in mentors’ and mentees’ interviews [108].”

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Authors
Osterling, K. L., & Hines, A. M.
Affiliations
  • University of California, Berkeley (US)
  • San Jose State University (US)
Corresponding author
Osterling, Kathy Lemon
Venue
Child & Family Social Work
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2006-07-03
Volume
11
Issue
3
Pages
242-253
ISSN
  • 1356-7500 (ISSN-L)
  • 1365-2206
OpenAlex
W2156161040
Cited by
148
References
25
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 12 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 10
FWCI
18.76
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Child & Family Social Work (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Safety Research › Child Welfare and Adoption
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mentoring and Academic Development
  • Social Sciences › Safety Research › Youth Development and Social Support
Keywords
mentoring, foster youth, resilience, coming of age, transition to independence, prevention, mentors, transition-aged youth, youth emancipation

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