The Peer Power Program is a peer training program designed for middle, high school, and higher education students, focusing on 8 core skills: Attending, Empathizing, Summarizing, Questioning, Genuineness, Assertiveness, Confrontation, and Problem Solving. Through a series of exercises, games, and self-awareness techniques, youth and adults involved in the program can gain the basic communication and mediation skills necessary to effectively help their peers. This book serves as an indispensable guide for learning important aspects of training peer helpers and as a resource book for a wide range of professional peer helpers.
Key Features
- Updated rationale for peer programs
- Current evaluation highlights
- Added professionalism - CPPE, Certified Program, Programmatic Standards, Rubric, and others
- Downloadable resources of forms to customise for all phases of the Peer Program
- Step-by-step guide of new and current programs
Additional Information
An overview of peer helping, Peer Programs explains the value of and techniques for helping non-professionals learn to help others one-on-one, in small groups, and in larger classroom settings. Intended for those responsible for planning, implementing, and/or administering peer programs, this text also aims to convince those not directly involved that peer helping is a worthwhile undertaking – reducing drug and alcohol abuse, dropouts, violence, conflict, HIV and AIDS, pregnancy, stress, and negative peer pressure.
Specifications
- Target Audience: Middle, high school, and higher education students
- Core Skills: Attending, Empathizing, Summarizing, Questioning, Genuineness, Assertiveness, Confrontation, Problem Solving
- Suitable for: Administrators, managers, teachers, counselors, ministers, religious educators, social workers, psychologists, human resource personnel, and others in helping professions
