This presentation explores mentoring by clinically trained social work students, focusing on their use of practice skills. Using mixed methods, it highlights how educative projects can address inequities and foster youth development. Findings offer recommendations for improving social work education and practice to increase school-based support for marginalized communities.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this session, attendees should be able to:
Describe the role of clinically trained graduate-level social work student mentors in fostering positive youth development for high school students.
Outline key HBSE concepts, terms, and theories utilized by graduate-level mentors and their influence on developing effective strategies to support at-risk youth's mental well-being and developmental milestones.
Describe how an educative project can be used to address systemic inequities in mental health and educational support systems.
