Activities for Mentoring Young People : Engage with young people to improve life skills, positive thinking, attendance and anger management

Engaging with young people as a mentor can be difficult but Stephanie George draws on years of experience to providetried-and-tested activities that will help.

The activities provide specific structured tasks that can be used during mentoring meetings and to support mentoring intervention.

The activities will build rapport, provide evidence of progress through assessment and cover specific issues such as improving attendance, time management, study skills, how to think more positively, conflict resolution and anger management. Each activity is mapped specifically against Ofsted's Spiritual,Moral, Social and Cultural (SMSC) Development Criteria (OfstedEvaluation Framework September 2012 onwards), and the SMSCcriteria applicable are indicated.

The activities, once complete,will provide you with evidence of work with students that isdemonstrable to them and other stakeholders. This resource is an essential tool for learning mentors,behaviour mentors, inclusion teams and SEN teams.