Peer counseling: Proceed with caution
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- Project SAVE: Promoting mental health for disadvantaged... Walsh, Sandra M.; Johnson, Thomas H. // School Counselor;Jan96, Vol. 43 Issue 3, p218
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- Elementary School Peer Mediation. Angaran, Sally; Beckwith, Kathy // Education Digest;Sep99, Vol. 65 Issue 1, p23
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- Mentoring in a graduate counseling program: Students... Bowman, Robert L.; Bowman, Vicki E. // Counselor Education & Supervision;Sep90, Vol. 30 Issue 1, p58
Presents a student-to-student mentoring program which matches current and incoming student to ease the student's transition to and involvement in graduate school. The Purdue University mentoring program; Evaluation of the program; Effectiveness of the program; Suggestions for future mentoring...
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- Teaching kids to be peer mediators. Morse, Philip S.; Andrea, Ron // Education Digest;Oct94, Vol. 60 Issue 2, p53
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