Major Concepts/Content: The peer facilitator course is designed to prepare students to serve as peer helpers. After learning effective communication skills and some basic tenets of counseling theory, students will assist in providing needed student facilitator services within the school. One service might be to serve as career guides for computerized career guidance information systems. 

Major Instructional Activities: Instructional activities will include student participation in lectures, group discussions, readings, and the practice of inter-personal communication skills. 

Major Evaluative Techniques: Students will be evaluated on performance in communication skills and written assessments. 

Essential Objectives: Upon completion of the peer facilitator course, students should be able to

• Perform basic interpersonal communication skills of attentive listening, facilitative responding and giving feedback.
• Understand a systematic approach to decision making.
• Understand several basic tenets of counseling.
• Function as student facilitators in structured ways with other students.

Last Revised: July 19, 2005