Students Helping Students : A Guide for Peer Educators on College Campuses

By Steven C. Ender

"This should be a bible for comprehensive peer leader training programs. It is a very helpful tool for those of us training peers to co-teach freshman seminars, providing both an intellectual and practical foundation."--John N. Gardner, senior fellow and distinguished professor emeritus, National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, University of South Carolina "Students Helping Students is a comprehensive, practical, and insightful guide to the essentials of effective peer education. It is must reading for any students involved in learning their roles as peer educators."--Charles C. Schroeder, vice chancellor for student affairs, University of Missouri-Columbia "It's about time higher education devoted more attention to developing the single most powerful group on campus: peers From residence halls to health centers, this book offers useful skills and applications for peers helping peers. Special kudos for helping peer educators learn about intercultural competence and ethical practices."--Susan R. Komives, associate professor of College Student Personnel, University of Maryland, and former president, American College Personnel Association This practical training guide is for the thousands of college students who serve as leaders, tutors, counselors, and advisors for their peers. Beginning with a fundamental discussion on student growth and development, this resource provides learning objectives and exercises to help prepare peer educators for such tasks as tutoring, student orientation, residence hall advising, crisis intervention, coaching, and more. Perfect for individual or group use, Students Helping Students is a long-awaited guide for students and campus professionals.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0787944599
• ISBN13: 9780787944599
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass Inc Pub
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

Much Better THan I Expected

I was assigned this book when I agreed to lead a peer student mentoring program. It is well organized and takes in areas that are very important but often overlooked in similar books, i.e. cultural competence. Would definitely recommend it.

got what I wanted

My book came in right when I thought it would and its in perfect condition.

Great training tool

This is an invaluable book if you are training students and want to have them do some work on their own without creating it all yourself. It would work well across areas of student affairs and uses a good range of examples. The exercises help students reinforce their learning.