Mentor Communication Skills

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My thought:  try switching roles.  Have the mentors ask their mentees to 
"be them" for a few minutes to help them get a sense of what it's like for 
the mentees to be with them.  Ask the mentors not to roleplay the mentees 
initially, as it may come off like criticism.  Let the mentors learn from 
how the mentees portray them.

A next step might be to ask the mentee to roleplay them as they would like 
them to be.

I'll bet the adults learn something..Good luck!

<p><p>Ellen Tichenor
Greater Philadelphia Federation of Settlements
100 N. 17th Street, 5th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
tel: 215/568-5860
fax: 215/568-5861

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