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O'Reilly, Aileen; Barry, James; Neary, Marie-Louise; Lane, Sabrina; O'Keeffe, Lynsey – Advances in School Mental Health Promotion, 2016
The use of peer education has been well documented within the discipline of health promotion, but not within the youth mental health domain. This paper describes an evaluation of an innovative schools-based peer education training programme that involved preparing young people to deliver a mental health workshop to their peers. Participants…
Descriptors: Mental Health Programs, Youth Programs, Questionnaires, Secondary School Students
Kilgariff, Lisa; Solomon, Mindy; Zanotti, Mary; Chambliss, Catherine – 1999
Peer helpers can act as liaisons to high school guidance departments by identifying problems, making appropriate referrals, and encouraging others to obtain professional help if necessary. An active program can help ensure that in the future students are better prepared to handle conflicts that arise within marriage, career, and family. This study…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Friendship, High School Students, High Schools
Young, Jen; And Others – 1997
Although anecdotal evidence supports the usefulness of peer helper programs and related training, there is little published quantitative data on the effectiveness of peer helper training. The purpose of the present study was (1) to examine whether or not training for a peer helper program provided student mediators with the essential skills needed…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Conflict Resolution, Helping Relationship, High School Students
Mitchell, Stephanie – 1991
This evaluation report describes a program designed to reduce substance abuse among students by establishing a comprehensive peer program in the middle schools (grades 6 through 8). The background of the project is reviewed, five important aspects of a peer helper program are listed, and three intervention strategies of peer assistance programs…
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Middle School Students, Middle Schools
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Kristel, Orie V., IV; Fielding, Sarah; Chambliss, Catherine – 1997
Peer helping has become a popular method of dispute resolution in many secondary schools. However, evaluation of such programs is usually anecdotal in content. In order to add to the quantitative data on the effectiveness of peer helping, a peer helping effectiveness scale was designed and implemented; the results of this evaluation effort are…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Conflict Resolution, Evaluation Needs, Helping Relationship
Carlock, Jeanne M. – 1989
A field test was conducted of the "Transition to Independence Curriculum" that was developed in 1987-88 by the Endependence Center in Norfolk, Virginia. The curriculum includes peer counseling and other services to help students with disabilities become independent. During the field test, the peer counselor met with students at each of three…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Curriculum, Daily Living Skills, Disabilities
Hassin, Jeanette – 1993
In a joint venture between the University of Arizona (UA) and the Pima County Community College District (PCCCD), the Partnership to Aid and Retain Transfer Students (PARTS) was designed and implemented to aid minority PCCCD students planning to transfer to UA. Specifically, the program sought to create faculty professional development activities…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Attitude Change, Community Colleges, Learning Strategies