Peer Counselor Program, 1972-1973.

This two-part document contains a description of a peer counseling program affiliated with a college counseling center and a brief outline of their peer counselor training procedures. The program was established to meet the counseling needs of students who tend to be alienated from more traditional sources of help. The responsibilities of the peer counselors, on an outreach basis, are to acquaint students with the services in the Counseling Center, make appropriate referrals, provide the Counseling Center with the information necessary to facilitate change and better serve the needs of the student body, and to reach students in their day-to-day living problems through a preventative model. Counselor training consists of learning basic counseling skills, information skills, assessment skills, and referral skills. (Author/LKP)