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Wong, Shui-wai; Chui, Yat Hung; Chan, Yuk Chung; Ting, S. Raymond; Lam, Jason K. H. – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2016
The present study is the first empirical research in Hong Kong to evaluate a peer career counselling programme consisting of a 3.5-day training and a school-based service project. Using a quasi-experimental design, the evaluation was based on the Career Readiness Scales ratings at three waves of data collection. Results showed that the programme…
Descriptors: Peer Counseling, Career Readiness, Comparative Analysis, Career Counseling
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Kreisle, Beate – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2012
"Caring communities" is a great sounding line, but what does it really mean? There are many ways that communities which present themselves as caring make life easier or worse for those who live there. For centuries in Germany, there have been religious groups who claim to care for each member. By definition, this is circumscribed caring…
Descriptors: Prevention, Caring, Religious Cultural Groups, Foreign Countries
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Drummond, Wilhelmina J. – Adolescence, 1980
Describes the results of a survey on characteristics of Youthliners, adolescent peer counselors who staff a hotline service in New Zealand. (SS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Attitudes, Crisis Intervention
de Rosenroll, David; Moyer, Linda – School Guidance Worker, 1983
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)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Training, Foreign Countries
Fenske, Wally – School Guidance Worker, 1983
Describes a program to improve the low participation of Canadian women in science careers. The peer counseling program encouraged high school senior girls to serve as role models for younger girls and participate in a Women in Science Club which encouraged careers in science and mathematics. (JAC)
Descriptors: Females, Foreign Countries, High School Students, High Schools
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de Rosenroll, David A.; Dey, Cal – School Counselor, 1990
Describes a three-year project (1985-88) which established a training center for peer counseling that serves three school districts. An evaluation of the citywide project is reported, and the limitations of centralized training are discussed, along with speculations about expanding services and populations. (TE)
Descriptors: Centralization, Counselor Training, Education Service Centers, Elementary Secondary Education
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Cartwright, Netta – Journal for a Just and Caring Education, 1995
In recent years, there has been much research on bullying in the United Kingdom. In 1990, the author, a school counselor and teacher, organized an antibullying workshop at a large secondary school. Since then, the school has been developing a schoolwide antibullying policy comprising various strategies, including an antibullying contract and a…
Descriptors: Bullying, Change Strategies, Discipline Policy, Foreign Countries
Morris, Joan, Ed.; Bedal, C. B., Ed. – School Guidance Worker, 1982
Contains nine articles focusing on prevention programs and school counseling. Topics addressed include educational alternatives for potential dropouts, childhood depression, suicide, and school vandalism. Describes programs facilitating adolescent development and for the prevention of delinquent behavior. Discusses the counselor's role in failure…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attendance Patterns, Counselor Role, Delinquency Prevention
Carr, Rey A. – 1981
This report details the rationale, origins, and practice of peer counseling, a system of training people to help other people through empathy and decision-making. Specific applications are described, with particular attention to involving adolescents as peer counselors. The article illustrates the training model of peer counseling as developed by…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Counseling Techniques, Counseling Theories
South Carolina Univ., Columbia. Center for the Study of the Freshman Year Experience. – 1994
This volume contains abstracts of the presentations on the freshman and entering student programs at over 100 colleges, community colleges, and universities in the United States and Canada. Each abstract describes institutional programs and provides a name, address, and telephone number of the person to contact for additional information. Among…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Faculty, College Freshmen, Diversity (Institutional)