Mentoring At-Risk Youth:
Intergenerational Programs

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INTERGENERATIONAL PROGRAMS

American Association of Retired Persons, Becoming a School Partner: A Guidebook for Organizing Intergenerational Partnerships in Schools, 1992.

Center for Intergenerational Learning, Linking Lifetimes: Intergenerational Program Development Manual, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.  

Center for Intergenerational Learning, Creating A Spark: Intergenerational Arts Program, (9-minute video), Temple University, Philadelphia, 1994.  

Center for Intergenerational Learning, Elder Mentor Handbook, Temple University, Philadelphia.

Freedman, Marc, Partners in Growth: Elder Mentors and At-Risk Youth, Public/Private Ventures, Fall 1998.

Freedman, Marc; Jaffe, Natalie, "Elder Mentors: Giving Schools a Hand," NAASP Bulletin; v76 n549, Jan, 1993.

Generations Together: An Intergenerational Studies Program, Generations Together Exchange, a newsletter of intergenerational issues, programs, and research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. 

Hammack, Barbara, "Self-Esteem Through Service: An Intergenerational Service-Learning Experience for At-Risk Students and Isolated Senior Adults," Interages, Kensington, MD, 1993.

Henkin, Nancy Z., Elders as mentors : a training program for older adults, Center for Intergenerational Learning, Temple University, Philadelphia, 1993.

LoSciuto, Leonard; Rajala, Amy; Taylor, Andrea, "An Outcome Evaluation of Across Ages: An Intergenerational Mentoring Approach to Drug Prevention," Journal of Adolescent Res 11, 1996. 

Lyons, M. et al., Key Organizational Issues in Inter-generational Mentoring: An Evaluation Report on Linking Lifetime Implementation, Academy for Educational Development, Washington, D.C., 1993.

Morris, Gregory and Streetman, Heidi, "Elder-Child Interaction Analysis: An Observation Instrument for Classrooms Involving Older Adults as Mentors, Tutors, or Resource Persons," Child and Youth Services, v 20 n 1 / 2, 1999.

Murphy, Mary, A Guide to Intergenerational Programs, National Association of State Units on Aging, Washington, D.C., 1984.

Platt, B., "Retirees Serve As Mentors to Young Offenders," Aging 357, 1998.

Scannell, T., State and Local Intergenerational Coalitions and Networks: A Compendium of Profiles, Generations United, c/o CWLA, Washington, D.C., 1992.  

Scannell, Tess; Roberts, Angela, Young and Old Serving Together: Meeting Community Needs Through Intergenerational Partnerships, Generations United, c/o CWLA, Washington, D.C., 1994.

Styles, Melanie and Morrow, Kristine, Understanding How Youth and Elders Form Relationships: A Study of Four Linking Lifetimes Programs, Public/Private Ventures, Philadelphia, Spring 1992. 

Taylor, Andrea and Bressler, Jeanette, Mentoring Across Generations: Partnership for Positive Youth Development, Plenum Pub. Corp, 2000.

Taylor, Andrea S.; Dryfoos, Joy G., "Creating a Safe Passage: Elder Mentors and Vulnerable Youth," Generations; v22 n4, Win 1998-1999.  

Taylor, Andrea, et al, " The Mentoring Factor: Evaluation of the Across Ages' Intergenerational Approach to Drug Abuse Prevention," Child & youth services,  v 20 n 1 / 2, 1999.

Tice, Carol, "Developing Informal Networks of Caring Through Intergenerational Connections in School Settings," in Pfiefer, S, and Sussman, M, Families: Intergenerational and Generational Connections,  Haworth Press, New York, 1991.

Ventura Merkel, Catherine; Freedman, Marc, "Helping At-Risk Youth Through Intergenerational Programming," Children Today, v17, 1988.

Walsh, Joan, Connections: Linking Youth With Caring Adults, Urban Strategies Council, Oakland, CA, 1989.