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Peer Counselors
----Peer
counselors are a group of students that come together to
help out their fellow students deal with issues that they
are facing
in their lives today.
Each student is hand picked for their abilities to help the
student
body solve their problems and by being approachable. This
allows the
student to feel more comfortable talking to someone that is
close in
age and understands what the student is going through.
----A
peer counselor is there to help a student that maybe
dealing with issues with their family, drugs/alcohol addiction,
abuse,
divorce, peer pressure, or relationships. All peer counselors
must keep
all counseling sessions confidential unless the student is
harming
themselves or harming others. If a student is harming themselves
and others, at this point the peer counselor must immediately
notify one of the faculty members and the faculty will then
seek
more direct help.
----The
peer counselors must show honor, good character,
trustworthiness, fair, show honesty, be a good listener, faithful,
dependable, safe, sympathetic, and help the student make
good decisions and explore new possiblities.
----All
students seeking help must come into the counseling
office to sign up for
a counseling session. All peer counselors make
appointments for the
student to come in for counseling.
Most counseling session take
place either before or after school
hours and under certain
circumstances, if a student is need
of counseling during
school hours, special arrangements will
be made.
If there are
any students that have any questions about getting
involved in peer counseling, you may contact one of the counselors
in the counseling office to get more information.
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