Mentoring at-risk preschoolers: lessons from the A.R.Y.A. Project.
The A.R.Y.A. ("Advancement of Resilience at a Young Age") Project addresses at-risk 4-year-old kindergarten children in a trial to promote their resilience. The project is implemented by mentors, who strove to establish in the children an internal assumption that it is worthwhile to pursue a way to change unpleasant events, even if previous efforts were fruitless. Following a short description of the A.R.Y.A. project, several lessons on mentoring preschoolers are delineated and discussed.
Israelashvili
Moshe
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School of Education, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel. moscheil11@post.tau.ac.il
Wegman-Rozi
Orit
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D000339:Affect; D002656:Child Day Care Centers; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008611:Mentors