Training Adolescents as Peer Counselors.

Varenhorst, Barbara B.

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Publication Date: 1974

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Training Adolescents as Peer Counselors

Varenhorst, Barbara B.

Personnel and Guidance Journal, 53, 4, 271-275, Dec 74

Describes a training program for peer counselors in secondary school which stresses the unique role peers can perform as a bridge between a troubled young person and an adult professional. Evidence shows that peer counselors are serving as helping agents, while developing confidence and maturity in themselves. (Author/PC)

Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Educational Programs, Group Counseling, Individual Development, Nonprofessional Personnel, Peer Counseling, Program Descriptions, Secondary Education, Secondary School Students

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