Toxic stress from frightening or threatening experiences can impede children’s learning and health. “…children with a family income of $20,000 or less—are more likely to encounter threatening experiences and the …
Mentoring Symposium – Empowering Young People through Strengths-Based Approach
Written by: Erika Linskey, Director of New Circle Mentoring On May 23, 2019, Mentor Vermont hosted the 4th annual Vermont Mentoring Symposium. The symposium is something that I look forward …
SSF04: A Conversation with Parental Incarceration Expert Katelen Fortunati
Katelen Fortunati, DSW, LCSW, is the author of Safer Society’s ChIPs Storybooks and an expert on the impact of parental incarceration on child development. She received her Doctorate of Social …
SSF03: A Conversation with a New Circle Mentor
The identity of this mentor, who we call Jane, has been kept confidential out of respect for the privacy of her mentee and her mentee’s family. Jane has been mentoring …
When a family member serves time, students also pay a price
Parental incarceration of is one of the 10 Adverse childhood experiences and it affects more than 5 million school-aged children in America today. “Schools are becoming more aware of the …
New Circle Mentoring Program Director Discusses ACEs
Parental incarceration is ranked among the ten most serious “adverse childhood experiences” (ACEs) which are statistically linked to health and social problems in adult life. (Resilience Beyond Incarceration Fact Sheet) …
May 23rd, 2019 – Vermont Mentoring Symposium
Join us on May 23rd for the 4th annual Vermont Mentoring Symposium! This year’s event will once again take place at the State Office Complex in Waterbury. We hope you’ll …
May 2-3, 2019 – VTSCA Spring Conference 2019
Equity and Students’ Pathways Date: May 2-3, 2019Location: Hilton Burlington Lake Champlain, Burlington VT Click here to register! Participate and expand your knowledge about Career Pathways and Career and Technical …
SSF02: A Conversation with the New Circle Mentoring Program Clinical Director Dottie Neuberger
Dottie has six decades of experience as a high school, middle school, and elementary school counselor (through the Counseling Service of Addison County) and a community activist in Addison County. …
Celebrating National Mentoring Month – A Note from our Program Director
To help spread awareness of mentoring, January has been recognized as “National Mentoring Month” by the United States Senate. On January 23rd, mentoring organizations from across Vermont gathered together at …