On October 4th and 5th, iRT Senior Research Scientist, Dr. Janis Kupersmidt, participated in the Short Course on Strengthening Mentoring Program Quality to Broaden Impact sponsored by The University of Massachusetts-Boston, MENTOR, the European Centers for Evidence-Based Mentoring, and Mass Mentoring.
Dr. Kupersmidt gave a presentation entitled, “Increasing Youth Outcomes by Enhancing Mentoring Program Practices.” The presentation focused on how mentoring programs can provide high-quality, effective services uniformly to all youth served by the program. Mentoring programs should focus on implementation of program practice guidelines described in the Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring (EEPM) published by MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership, and the use of research-informed and safety-oriented training for mentors, mentees, and the parents or guardians of mentees