East Gate Mentoring
Who we help:
- Teens and young adults who are going through transition from treatment to home or from home to independence.
- Youth who are struggling with home life, school, or friends.
- Families with young people who could benefit from more structure, activity or a healthier routine.
- Young people who need help making decisions about their future.
You might want to check into East Gate Mentoring www.eastgatementoring.com and/or Team Wonder https://teamwonder.org/san-francisco-location/
My teen daughter worked with a mentor from Team Wonder but I also spoke with East Gate Mentoring and they seemed great. The mentor match is the most important thing.
My daughter's mentor picked her up once a week and they did an activity together based on my daughter's interests.
My other thought is the Trackers apprenticeship programs for high school aged kids. It's a group program but the mentors my kids had were very attuned to social emotional challenges and group dynamics. The physical activity helped too! https://trackersbay.com/youth/school-year/apprenticeships
Best of luck!
How hopeful that this young man is wanting to work with someone. I researched this quite a bit a couple of years ago; although my son is not open to working with anyone yet. The organization that seemed most promising is East Gate Mentoring. I recommended East Gate to a neighbor, and their 30+-year-old is having a positive experience with one of their mentors.
Hi,
This was a really scary and challenging time for us one year ago. I hope your RTC is heavily involved with the transition planning with a home treatment plan you have worked on together with agreements for expectations, responsibilities and privelidges. The best part of our home treatment plan was agreements we made about scenarios, behaviors and situations that we should be worried about and consider a warning sign for help. I had been involved with Willows in the Wind, a support group for families contemplating or with children in wilderness/RTC while my son was in RTC and as we worked towards his transition home, they were able to assist me with a grant for mentor Conor Powell through Eastgate Mentoring. Willows also recommends Coyote Coast.
Conor was a great match for my son and did a wonderful job, though there are some pitfalls with foisting a mentor on someone who doesn't want one, which was our situation. For us we needed to bridge the gap between a summer with no planned structure until school started and Conor did exactly what we needed to give some structure to some of his days. If your son wants a life coach, that's wonderful he is asking for what he needs
We are now a little more than 1 year post-RTC and things are "good enough".
Good luck to you.
You might consider:East Gate Mentoringwww.eastgatementoring.comI spoke with Connor there regarding mentoring for my son. There is also a female mentor who's name I forget. My son was not receptive to the idea, so we did not move forward. However, East Gate Mentoring was recommended to me by a trusted source.
Try East Gate Mentoring. Yoshi Hedges is wonderful! mentor [at] eastgatementoring.com
They work all over the bay.
Jan Rao
Willows
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