Listen "Reflections On Research - Season 2 Episode #6 - Elizabeth Higley and David DuBois"
Episode Synopsis
Dr. David DuBois is joined by program leader Elizabeth Higley to discuss their recent evaluation of the Great Life Mentoring program, which provides mentoring services for youth who are receiving clinical mental health services. This interview offers both practitioner and researcher insights into how this program is able to utilize volunteer mentors in conjunction with clinical services and details a number of positive outcomes that the program has produced related to the functioning and time in treatment for youth referred to the program. A great way of hearing both researcher and program staff perspectives and an illustration of what it can look like when those groups collaborate effectively around evaluation.