PEER COUNSELING By: Mike Lewiski

Thesis

The inner workings of peer counseling are possibly more effective with student to student discussion rather then adult to student discussion.

Personal Relevance

Upper Merion student body

Myself

Challenge day

counselors

Issue #1-Alcohol

Alcohol abuse

Statistics

http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&biw=1140&bih=706&gbv=2&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=alcoholis&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=

Alcoholism Alcohol Consumption

Statistics from 13 years of age and up.http://www.teendrugabuse.us/teen_drug_use.html

works cited

“ADASK” Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Statistics, Trends, and Costs. 2004. 30     May 2005                  http://www.ni-cor.com/statisticandtrends.html

“Teen Substance Abuse” GDCADA. 9 March 2005. 28 May 2005         http://www.gdcada.org/statistics/teens.htm

“The Teen Drug Scene” Diabetes Forecast: The Teen Drug Scene. 2003. 30 May     2005                       http://www.findarticles.com/plarticles/mi_m0817/is_3_52/ai_54129994

http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&biw=1140&bih=706&gbv=2&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=teen+drinking&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=

Issue #2 -weed

Marijuana abuse

Statistics

http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&biw=1140&bih=706&gbv=2&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=weed&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=

http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&biw=1140&bih=706&gbv=2&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=weed&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=

Marijuana

Issue #3 Pregnancy

Teen pregnancy

Statistics

Teen pregnancy

Teens pregnancy and sex

causes as why there are teen birthshttp://www.pregnantteenhelp.org/statistics/teenage-pregnancy-statistics-2008/

http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&rlz=&q=teen+pregnancy&safe=active&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1147&bih=684

issue #4- Divorce

Parent divorce leading to kid troubles

Statistics

http://www.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&safe=active&biw=1147&bih=684&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=parent+divorce&aq=f&aqi=g1&aql=&oq=

Troubled Kids Divorce Parents

Alot of teens, children have trouble coping with this kind of situation.

Does not matter if it happened years in the past or in present time.http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/families/divorce.html#

Issue #5Abusive relationship

Abuse

http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/relationships/abuse.html

Most teens do not realize what abuse they can cause to others even if it is not serious.

abusive relationships may not just be with a girlfriend & boyfriend but with parents and friends.

issue #6 Suppressed emotions

Any type of suppression hurts

Being gay and not telling anyone.

Not having friends and being upset

Parents divorced

abuse

appearance

Dealing with these issues

http://www.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&safe=active&tbs=isch:1&sa=X&ei=RZJvTZOMOoKltweeyZmJDw&ved=0CDQQvwUoAQ&q=discussing+issues+with+teens&spell=1&biw=1147&bih=684

http://www.teenbehaviorcontracts.com/teen_issues.htm

Depth of peer counseling

Peer counseling was once before in Upper Merion school district

Did not succeed

Confidentiality was the biggest issue.