Peer counseling in the secondary schools

The Peer Counseling Program trains high school and junior high school students to help other students with personal problems or situational stress. Training is carried out in small groups in weekly sessions, and it includes behavioral principles, issues of relevance to adolescents, and supervised practical experience. Criteria are suggested for judging the suitability and effectiveness of students in the counseling role

Developmental psychology · Medical education · Mental health · Peer group · Psychiatry · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Counseling Practices and Supervision · Medicine · Psychology

• Substance Abuse Prevention

  Gilbert J Botvin•Crime and Justice•1990

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• Disease prevention

  D A Hamburg•American Journal of Public Health•1979

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• Benefits to Adolescents of Informal Helping Relationships with Their Parents and Peers

  Open Access•Ronald J Burke, Tamara Weir•Psychological Reports•1978

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• Effects of a Peer Counseling Training Intervention on Psychological Functioning of Adolescents

  Open Access•Ellen J Silver, Susan M Coupey et al.•Journal of Adolescent Research•1992

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• Pathways upstream

  Eli M Bower•American Journal of Orthopsychiatry•1978

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• Accelerating the Diffusion of Innovations Using Opinion Leaders

  T W Valente, Rebecca L Davis et al.•The Annals of the American…•1999

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• The Mpowerment Project

  Susan M Kegele, S M Kegeles et al.•American Journal of Public Health•1996

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• Pilot study of smoking, alcohol and drug abuse prevention

  Alfred L Mcalister, A McAlister et al.•American Journal of Public Health•1980

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• Treating children and adolescents in the same psychiatric inpatient setting

  John S Strau, John S Strauss et al.•American Journal of Orthopsychiatry•1980

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• College students and mental health programs for children

  E C Brennen, EarlC Brennen•American Journal of Public Health…•1967

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• National Institute of Mental Health pilot study in training mental health counselors

  Margaret J Rioch, Charmian Elkes et al.•American Journal of Orthopsychiatry•1963

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• Family and Social Network; Roles Norms, and External Relationships in Ordinary, Urban Families

  J S La Fontaine, Elizabeth Bott•Man•1969

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