Setting up and Sustaining Peer Support Systems in a Range of Schools over 20 Years |
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| Authors: | Netta Cartwright |
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| Institution: | Educational consultant, counselling teacher and school counsellor |
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| Abstract: | This article begins by detailing some of the key ideas behind the concept of peers helping peers. The history of peer support schemes in the UK and of the author's particular and important role in this development are explored. The use of Re-Evaluation Counselling in this model is described. She also details the processes of setting up and sustaining peer support schemes in schools. The factors that are key to these processes are identified and exemplified via case studies. |
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| Keywords: | peer helping peer counselling peer support re-evaluation counselling bullying in schools |
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