Training and Mentoring Materials

FCCS is pleased to invite volunteers and mentors to training classes to support you in mastering your mentorship with your matched youth. While these specific training classes are designed for caregivers, their content is still applicable to volunteers and mentors. Participants will learn how experiencing trauma may affect your matched, tools to help youth develop appropriate social skills and so much more to become a better mentor. Because the trainings are NOT coordinated by the Volunteers Department, RSVP is required. Please contact the Volunteers Department at (614) 275-2690 or email fccsvolunteers@fccs.us for registration or further questions.

Note: Central Ohio Regional Training Center (CORTC) offers in-person trainings in Franklin county AND surrounding counties; as well as virtual trainings.  Please make sure you are reviewing the caregiver trainings offered in FRANKLIN county.)

• 10 Tips to Mentor Youth Like a Superstar
• Trauma Responsive Interactions for Crisis Center Volunteers
• What We Talk About When We Talk About Transference

• Building Empathy
• Vulnerability
• Creating Boundaries
• Being a Champion for Children
• Developing a Mentoring Mindset

• Critical Mentoring by Torie Weiston-Serdan
• Foster Care Odyssey; a Black Girl's Story by Theresa Cameron
• The Mentor's Field Guide: Answers You Need to Help Kids Succeed by Gail Manza
• The Mentor's Guide: Facilitating Effective Learning Relationships by Lois Zachary
• Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools by Monique Morris
• Stand by Me: The Risks and Rewards of Mentoring Today's Youth by Jean Rhodes