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MacCulloch, Wayne; Cochran, Larry – Canadian Counsellor, 1985
Ten secondary students who served as peer vocational counsellors were compared with a matched control group on career development. It was found that peer counsellors improved significantly more than controls on the Career Development Inventory. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, High School Students, Peer Counseling
France, M. Honore; Gallagher, Elaine M. – Canadian Counsellor, 1984
Evaluates the effectiveness of a peer counseling training program in a nursing home in Victoria, B.C. The goal was to expand the number of helpers available and involve more residents in their self-care. The results indicated that the training model used is an effective method of teaching helping skills. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nursing Homes, Older Adults, Outreach Programs
Guttman, Mary Alice Julius – Canadian Counsellor, 1985
Presents a peer counselling model emphasizing outreach social activities and school community liaison for adolescents. Evaluation of this model according to counsellors' self-reports, and student clients' evaluations indicated that peer counsellors were perceived as highly effective in social leadership, group discussion, and individual…
Descriptors: Models, Outreach Programs, Participant Satisfaction, Peer Counseling
Johnston, E. F.; Miles, F. A. – Canadian Counsellor, 1975
Because little is known about counselling services in Canadian community colleges, the authors sent questionnaires to 179 post-secondary, non-university, educational institutions and received replies from 83. Data on numbers of counseling personnel, their educational level, salaries, counsellor-student ratios, support staff, and other relevant…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Counseling Services, Counselor Role, Peer Counseling
McIntyre, Douglas R.; And Others – Canadian Counsellor, 1982
Defines peer counseling as a process where students are trained in helping skills to offer, under supervision, listening, support, and alternatives to other students. Discusses the implementation procedures of identifying needs, setting goals, marketing the program, training and supervising, establishing peer counseling services, and evaluating…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Counselor Training, Foreign Countries, Helping Relationship
McDowell, Christina Anne – Canadian Counsellor, 1983
Examined adolescent perceptions of the counselor effectiveness of peer helpers by studying perceptions of videotaped simulated interviews. The subjects were 143 grade eleven students. The effects of training and role label were tested. Data indicated that adolescents perceive trained peer helpers as more facilitative than untrained helpers. (JAC)
Descriptors: Counseling Effectiveness, Counselor Evaluation, Counselor Training, Foreign Countries
France, Honore; McDowell, Christina – Canadian Counsellor, 1982
Describes a model which combines peer counseling principles for use with computer-assisted career counseling program. This student orientated model outlines a two-phase training program and provides practical guidelines for implementation. The student peer counselors are trained in communication skills, values clarification and decision making.…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, College Students, Counselor Training, Decision Making Skills
