The author gives a week-by-week account of his training program for peer facilitators. (HMV)

An experimental program is described which was designed to train non-urban housewives for paid employment as paraprofessional peer counselors. A flow chart traces the origin of the project back to 1969, when the future project director recognized the mental health needs of a variety of non-urban housewives of all ages. The resulting peer counselor…

The author describes a student operated resource center where peer counseling, tutoring services and various sources of information are offered. The expenses of the center were minimal. Evaluation of the work of the center showed that a majority of students had a positive attitude toward it. (SE)

Describes a project with Native American tribes in Louisiana which trains paraprofessionals to provide minimal mental health services for their own people and to gain access to various state agencies. The project was viewed as successful by the trainees and an outside evaluator. (JAC)

Describes the use of peer counselor programs for adolescents. Discusses several methods of peer counseling training including training manuals and curriculum guides. Examples of several specific programs are presented. (JAC)

Describes the "Peer Support System," which involved older people in the provision of improved mental health services, including education and service identification. The program consisted of recruiting and training 48 peer counselors, and conducting monthly health education workshops. Funded by the Administration on Aging, the project…

A peer counseling training unit for preservice teachers can increase participant empathy level and listening skills in a relatively short period of time. (JD)

The success of a student-to-student counseling Program which involves counseling of students by peers is attributed to greater acceptance of peer counselors by students because they 'speak the same language' and share the same problems. Counseling is conducted informally through telephone calls, in cafeterias and in classrooms. The student…

The use of peer paraprofessionals in an academic advisement setting provides an attractive method of extending student services. Students selected to be advisors develop expertise in interpersonal communication skills and,through their increased understanding of college and their peers, are able to more fully experience their own educations.…

Presents the results of a Canada-wide survey of post-secondary counselling centres as to their involvement in peer programs. Seventy-eight percent of the sample responded and the results are reported by institutional type, program type, number of trained student helpers, the length of training, and sources of funding. (Author)

This article presents an overview of a comprehensive peer counseling program developed at a university counseling center. Its two most significant features are its location within regular university courses for credit and its dependency on students for leadership in training and administrative roles. (Author)

Describes the development of a peer counseling program in an inner-city Chicago high school with emphasis on peer counselor selection and training procedures. Discusses the benefits and problems inherent in this program. (SJL)

Counseling skills can be taught to high school students who enter inner-city peer counselor training programs with few of the interpersonal communication skills that are essential to effective counseling, by using an incremental approach that includes intensive practice. The following skills can be introduced and demonstrated incrementally by the…

Describes a peer counselor training program for five older adult volunteers. Presents suggestions for advertising, screening, program format, and development of practica, and examines the role and helpfulness of the peer counselors who provided in-home counseling services. (JAC)

Describes a peer counselor training program which fosters the development of skills relating to emotional growth and positive interpersonal relationships. (Author/HMV)