@article{gomes_virtual_2022, title = {Virtual {Community} {Mentoring} {Models} for {Middle} {School} {Underachievers} {Psychosocial} {Development} and {Well}-{Being} {During} {COVID}-19}, volume = {9}, copyright = {Copyright (c) 2022 Roseline Florence Gomes}, issn = {2311-1550}, url = {https://jl4d.org/index.php/ejl4d/article/view/614}, abstract = {Recent studies highlight the outcomes of COVID-19 on the psychosocial skills of early adolescents. It shows the unavailability of virtual community mentoring models for teenagers' individual and interpersonal growth in the virtual scenario. Hence, there emerges a need to explore and apply the available virtual communication resources by facilitators, families, and other community professionals for teenagers’ self-development. This article reports the application of virtual resources like WhatsApp, graphic design platforms (CANVA and Adobe), graphic interchange formats (GIPHY App), all-in-one visual content editing forums (InShot App), and memes (Meme Generator App) in engaging and supporting community mentoring capacities leading to psychosocial development and well-being for teenagers during COVID-19. Through this article, contemporary virtual models are explored and executed with community guidance to integrate the personal developmental skills of middle school underachievers. There is also a need to work with community interventions by using virtual mentoring skillsets for positive youth development.}, language = {en}, number = {1}, urldate = {2022-04-05}, journal = {Journal of Learning for Development}, author = {Gomes, Roseline Florence and Thomas, Lijo}, month = mar, year = {2022}, note = {Number: 1}, keywords = {COVID-19, Psychosocial Development, Virtual Community Models, ⛔ No DOI found}, pages = {137--144}, }