Advanced Training in Peer to Peer Helping
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“Most of us ask for advice when we know the answer but we want a different one.” (Ivern Ball)
“The ability to predict and elicit change is the essence of the helping professions.” (Stoltz & Kern, 2007)
Learning Outcome Goal
Residence Life Staff will see themselves as Peer to Peer Helpers / Facilitators who want to become more advanced in their skills and are willing to learn and practice new techniques that will form them into more personable, approachable, human beings.
Learning Outcome Objectives
Residence Life Staff see themselves as Peer to Peer Helpers or
Facilitators
Residence Life Staff understand the similarities and differences
between Peer to Peer Helpers and Professional Helpers
Residence Life Staff learn the process (facilitating model)for
being Peer to Peer Helpers that they may have already learned
Residence Life Staff become familiar with the positive human
qualities (core conditions) that make them more effective Peer
to Peer Helpers
Residence Life Staff want to learn the techniques that will
advance their positive qualities as effective Peer to Peer Helpers
Learning Outcome Summary
In order to be an effective peer helper, we
must become positive, personable, and
approachable humans.
Peer Helper / Professional HelperPeer Helpers are people that share a similar educational
background and experience level.
Professional Helpers are people with advanced education
and typically have a lot of experience in the helping field.
Peer Helpers act as advisors and resources for referral.
Professional Helpers are skilled providers with competencies in
dealing with serious emotional, mental health, or psychological
problems.
Peer Helpers use the ‘Facilitating Model’ for helping.
Professional Helpers are licensed to provide therapy.
Facilitating ModelPre-FacilitatingListeningProblem Identification and AnalysisResolutionFollow-UpReferral
Peer Helper / Professional Helper
• What type of person would you want to help you with a problem?
• Look at the following two pictures and describe what type of qualities you would want from each of the helpers you see.
Sally Walsh, MA Professional Counselor
John Akari, Resident Assistant
Positive Human Qualities
All Helpers, whether Peer or Professional, share certain qualities. We refer to these shared qualities as positive human qualities.
Empathy, warmth, congruence, and unconditional positive regard are four of the traditional qualities that counselors must have in order to create a therapeutic alliance.
Advanced Skills For Peer HelpersProfessional Staff choose Residence Life Student Staff
who demonstrate initial capabilities of being personable.
Each Residence Life Staff member must continue, however, to develop their positive qualities as humans.
Developing those advanced skills is practiced every day:
- Human Development Mission Statement - Honest Daily Decision Log (personal reflection)
- Intentional Peer Group Sessions (peer reflection)
- Prepared One-to-One Supervision (supervisory reflection)
Do you see yourself as an experienced Peer to Peer Helper / Facilitator who wants to become more advanced in your skills and
is willing to learn and practice new techniques that will form you
into a more personable, approachable, and positive human
being?