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Paraprofessionals in Counseling Centers
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Steenland, Roger – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1973
This report on the use of paraprofessionals in the counseling center suggests that the undergraduate paraprofessional may be the most effective agent for the delivery of certain student services. (JC)
Descriptors: Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Services, Guidance Centers, Nonprofessional Personnel
Personality And Peer Counsellors: An Australian Study
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Dawson, Richard W. K. – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1973
A report of the results obtained from a personality study of students who volunteered for a peer counselor training program at an Australian University. (JC)
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Helping Relationship, Individual Characteristics, Peer Counseling
A Hotline Cools Off
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Killeen, Mike; Schmitz, Mike – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1973
This article explore the motivations of personnel volunteering for the Underground Switchboard in Milwaukee (a hotline that began underground and gained acceptability). It also discusses this organization's struggles for maintenance and cohesion and makes suggestions for keeping such institutions vital. (Author/EK)
Descriptors: Activism, Crisis Intervention, Hotlines (Public), Student Alienation
Training Volunteers for a Socio-Physical Program
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Rapp, Harvey M.; Primo, Richard V. – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1974
The Scio-Physical Developmental Program trains college student volunteers to work in one-to-one relationships with hospitalized adolescents with emotional handicaps. Volunteers are taught anecdotal summary writing, adolescent development, basic helping skills, modeling procedures, etc. Program activities include athletics, social activities, and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Counseling, Emotional Problems