Building Relationships and Assets
Through these formal, structured relationships combined with training and monitoring, both young people and adults learn how to form and sustain relationships across generations. In an asset-building organization or community, formal mentoring offers an important strategy for intentionally linking young people and adults—particularly when it is part of a broad continuum of intentional opportunities for adults and young people to form healthy, caring relationships.
Tools for Mentoring Adolescents
The following tools were developed by the Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota and Search Institute to support and strengthen relationships between mentors and mentees. These resources offer new ideas and insights for mentors and mentor program staff to enhance relationships with teens, and also assist in recruiting more community members to support young people.
- What Is My Role as a Mentor?
- My Mentor’s Role in My Life
- Setting and Reaching Goals
- Supporting Your Child’s Relationship with a Mentor
