Discusses the research model used to train junior high school students in helping relations using the Carkhuff model. Both the research data and resulting behaviors lend support to the concept that effective training of peers can have positive and far-reaching impact on both peer counselor trainees and those to whom they related. (Author/PC)

The author feels that the role of the paraprofessional can be especially beneficial to counselors working with minority groups since paraprofessionals from the community can more easily identify with the clients. (HMV)

Presented at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting, American School Health Association, Research Council, November 9, 1968.

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