by TheDownsGroupLLC | Jan 17, 2018 | Mentoring
Share on TumblrCoaching as a professional development strategy has gained tremendous momentum in the field of child welfare and human services. Over time, that conversation has been appropriately extended into the arena of coaching foster youth, in particular...
by TheDownsGroupLLC | Jan 15, 2018 | Keynote, Mentoring
Share on TumblrOne of the things we offer at The Downs Group LLC is subject-specific storytelling, sometimes called “strategic sharing.” For mentoring, this means we will bring to you and your audience a highly skilled professional to talk about mentoring...
by TheDownsGroupLLC | Jan 11, 2018 | Mentoring
Share on TumblrThere are local and national mentoring programs that include emphasis on mentoring youth in substitute care, such as foster care. Here are some of the more prominent national mentoring groups. FosterMore https://fostermore.org/take-action/ Foster...
by TheDownsGroupLLC | Jan 5, 2018 | Featured Course, Mentoring
Share on TumblrYouth in substitute care seem to benefit significantly from clearly identified and dedicated adult mentors. This is a full-day, in-person training on strategies and techniques to increase the numbers and quality of mentors for youth. It also...
by TheDownsGroupLLC | Dec 29, 2017 | Uncategorized
Share on TumblrThis month we’ve offered tools and resources to help child welfare professionals and agencies take stock of how things are going. We hope they have been helpful as we close out 2017. If you missed some of these resources, please click on the list...
