Simple Interactions Summer 2022 Newsletter


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Showing positive regard (when working with youth) need not translate into a “stream of compliments.” It can sometimes be conveyed just as effectively through careful listening, speaking in a warm, gentle tone, and maintaining an interested and authentic stance.

Showing “cultural humility,” as opposed to simply “competence,”, means being curious about and connecting with youth’s most important and key identities (which could be their race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, generational status, nationality, etc.), and helping them to feel known and accepted.

- Dr. Jean Rhodes,

Older and Wiser: New Ideas for Youth Mentoring in the 21^st Century.

What We Are Writing:

Social and Emotional Learning Study

Drs. Annie White, Tom Akiva, Sharon Colvin, and Junlei Li published the article Integrating Social and Emotional Learning: Creating Space for Afterschool Educator Expertise. The article explores the value of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) through interviews with community based out-of-school programs to support staff and students in SEL. The findings indicate that both staff and leaders have an impact on implementing SEL and suggests ways that program leaders can encourage the implementation and innovation in these practices. This study was funded by the University of Pittsburgh, the Heinz Endowments, and the Grable Foundation.

Where We are Speaking:

Dana Winters on MentorChat

Dr. Dana Winters was a guest on MentorChat, a podcast produced by The Mentoring Partnership of Southwestern Pennsylvania. Dana spoke with Michelle Thomas, Director of Training & Program Development, and Ashley Wineland, Program Operations & Special Projects Coordinator, about how the simplest interactions with young people can make a huge mentoring difference. Everyday Mentors - the "helpers" - who support kids can be anyone from teachers, to coaches, to crossing guards, and the work that they're already doing to make sure that young people feel seen and heard is worth recognizing! Listen in for some great and uplifting discussion about how - to quote Fred Rogers - "the deep and simple is far more essential than the shallow and complex" when impacting the lives of youth!

Listen online or find on your favorite podcast app!

For all of you interested in keeping up to date about the research on mentoring relationships, the Chronicle of Evidence-based Mentoring is a wonderful resource! (https://www.evidencebasedmentoring.org/)

In Conversation:

Junlei Li Talks with the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading

Dr. Junlei Li spoke with The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading and leaders in the field of reading to share the key aspects of child-adult interactions that braid together positive youth development and literacy. Junlei joins with the panel of reading experts to discuss the why and how of tutoring programs.

The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading strives to increase the number of children reading at grade level by at the end of third grade. They connect literacy organizations to promote the practices that engage children in reading. This discussion is part of their webinar series GLR Learning Tuesdays, where researchers and practitioners join together for conversations about reading.

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