Evaluation of a school-based mentoring program for at-risk middle school youth

Remedial and Special Education

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-46

  Converse, Noelle ^a   Lignugaris Kraft, Benjamin ^b  

^a Granite School District   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; School based mentoring; Students at risk; Youth mentoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149153025     PISSN: 07419325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741932507314023     Document Type: Article

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