Describes various programs in which students are tutored or counseled by other students. Discusses the advantages of such an approach for both tutors and tutees. (GC)

Defines Peer Helping as umbrella term covering variety of services and activities in various settings with diverse populations. Describes peer helping program and its purpose, training, supervision, and evaluation. Discusses benefits to youth of peer helping program (sense of individuality, ability to make friends, and participation in meaningful…

The implementation of peer counseling programs can increase the overall effectiveness of counseling services, but no single program is right for all settings. Each staff needs to consider the particular setting. Careful consideration of the elements discussed in this article should benefit trainees and students. (Author)

Notes that since 1970, Volunteer Counseling Service of Rockland County, New York, has pioneered innovative use of community laypeople to do high-level counseling for clients with wide range of serious social problems. Gives the history and an overview of the mechanics and model of work that have made this agency feasible. (Author/NB)

The authors describe evaluative research on the role and effectiveness of student advisors in postsecondary education. They describe one student advising model that may be applicable to home economics units nationwide. (CH)

Describes process of building cooperative and collaborative relationship between Office of Residence Life and counselor education program through working together on research project. Describes this project (the development and implementation of peer consultation experience for resident assistants) and discusses additional outcomes from this…

Focuses on key peer counseling implementation and research questions. Includes issues as to whether or not peer counseling expands professional support services; environmental impact, training content, process and duration of peer counseling programs, selection of peer counselors; referral patterns; and types of clients and problems undertaken.…

Describes the rationale for using high school students in a peer counseling role. Presents a training and implementation model for a career development program designed to facilitate self exploration, values clarification, career planning, and decision making among peers within their own social network. (JAC)

Examination of four programs in which young people have consistently excelled shows common elements, despite differences in setting, population, and goals. The four programs, which exemplify problem solving, peer counseling, community service, and communication respectively, include: (1) the Youth Action Program in New York City, a community…

This paper focuses on the problems of youth at risk of not successfully making the transition to adulthood. It examines the concept of mentoring and discusses several existing and successful mentoring programs. It looks at mentoring as it relates to young people--teenagers, young adults, and also some "pre-teens." Chapter 1 presents an overview of…

Focuses on the large and increasing number of older widows available for human service work within the hospice movement caring for the dying and bereaved. Suggests widows possess an empathetic readiness for work in this human service field, and become both beneficiaries and benefactors of their service efforts. (Author)

Students exposed to conflict-resolution and peer-mediation programs learn skills to communicate more effectively at school, at home, and in the community. This paper discusses student conflicts, student responses to conflict, implementing conflict resolution and peer mediation, integration of conflict resolution and peer mediation into the…

This report discusses many issues with which those who are implementing peer counseling programs will have to contend. Although it is recommended that peer counseling program implementors be aware of and know how they will deal with each of the issues prior to program implementation, the issues are presented according to their identifiable time…

Describes cultural considerations associated with American Indian adolescents coping within a transactional, cognitive-phenomenological framework. Discusses select cultural values and beliefs of American Indians associated with death in terms of person variables and situational demand characteristics that interplay in coping process. Suggests…

Considers three treatment approaches when working with children of rage: psychodynamic, behavioral, and peer-group models. Discusses approaches in sequence, following chronology of author's own experiences in psychodynamic, behavioral, and peer-group programs. Illustrates how each approach presents unique pitfalls in practice. (NB)