Mentoring program on lookout for matches - Washington

Chris Engel 1/30/135:44 PM

ACEsConnection members Mark Brown and Teri Barila are featured in this article.

"Students who had been waiting to be matched with a mentor enjoyed their first lunch with a new friend. As coordinator of the Friends ABC Program at Davis, Nordgren handles the interviews and paperwork that help bring about the heart of the program, which is pairing students with “a caring, consistent adult.”...

"Brown said his work with the Children’s Resilience Initiative, and his understanding of ACEs research, has reinforced how important it is for youth to have trusting adult relationships.

“The premier building block of resilience is safe, consistent relationship with a caring adult,” Brown said. Yet not all children in the valley have such relationships with adults...."

http://union-bulletin.com/news/2013/jan/30/mentoring-program-lookout-matches/

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