caa a22 4500 388043881 CHVBK 20180307125030.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199811 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S1037291100003770 doi S1037291100003770 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S1037291100003770 Douglas Gloria St. Leonard's College, Victoria Peer as social support: a practitioner's approach to developing a school-based peer helper program [Elektronische Daten] [Gloria Douglas] It has been observed that young people seek peer assistance before approaching adult counsellors for help. A program where older students were trained to provide "helping friend” support for others was developed. Senior students received skills training in basic counselling, adolescent coping, conflict resolution, and group facilitation. The program was designed to tap into the natural helping behaviours of adolescents, the resourcefulness adolescents display in providing support for each other, and the influence which the peer group has during adolescence. This paper describes the process taken in program development and implementation. This included a review of research into adolescent concerns, resources they access, and factors which contribute to coping, personal effectiveness and resiliency. An evaluation of the specific needs of the school community is also outlined. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998 Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling Cambridge University Press 8(1998-11), 69-90 1037-2911 8<69 1998 8 JGC https://doi.org/10.1017/S1037291100003770 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S1037291100003770 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Douglas Gloria St. Leonard's College, Victoria NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling Cambridge University Press 8(1998-11), 69-90 1037-2911 8<69 1998 8 JGC CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge