High Peer Counseling 2
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Number of Credits
0.5
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Estimated Completion Time
1 Semesters
Description
Supercharge your people skills and become the person and leader you needed most in your own difficult moments. Discover how to make a difference while navigating the world of social pressures. Cultivate judgment-free zones where real talk happens, build trust, and explore issues your friends care about. Gain life-changing tools that will help you mediate group conflicts, guide others through tough spots, and spark meaningful change in your community.
Follow the link below for the Department of Education description for this course:
Module One: Essentials
-Maslow's hierarchy of needs
-Internal and external factors influencing behavior
-Behavioral responses (fight, flight, freeze, fawn)
-Self-awareness and emotional intelligence
-Johari window and understanding personal blind spots
-Helper styles assessment and counseling approaches
-Individual peer counseling scenarios and practices
-When to refer serious issues to trusted adults
-Effective communication and active listening techniques
-Conflict resolution and peer mediation
Module Two: Influence
-Peer pressure and influence
-Impact of peer pressure on different needs
-Common responses to peer pressure
-Consequences of succumbing to negative peer pressure
-Positive peer pressure and influence
-Role modeling vs. helping
-Growth mindset theory
-SMART goal setting for peer support
-Overcoming setbacks and building resilience
Module Three: Belonging
-Peer support groups
-Group identity formation and social identity theory
-Role of group leaders and managers
-Tuckman's group development stages
-Reading group energy patterns
-Understanding body language (kinesics) in groups
-Proxemics and use of space in group dynamics
-Tracking impact and measuring effectiveness
Module Four: Impact
-Finding authentic issues through evidence-based approaches
-National vs. local trends in teen issues
-Evaluating sources and gathering evidence
-Types of awareness approaches
-The impact-effort matrix for decision-making
-Setting SMART goals for peer counseling initiatives
-Developing effective messaging (Hook, Heart, Head, Hand)
-Measuring impact and evaluating success
Besides engaging students in challenging curriculum, the course guides students to reflect on their learning and evaluate their progress through a variety of assessments. Assessments can be in the form of practice lessons, multiple choice questions, writing assignments, projects, research papers, oral assessments, and discussions. This course will use the state-approved grading scale. Each course contains a mandatory final exam or culminating project that will be weighted at 20% of the student’s overall grade.***
***Proctored exams can be requested by FLVS at any time and for any reason in an effort to ensure academic integrity. When taking the exam to assess a student’s integrity, the exam must be passed with at least a 59.5% in order to earn credit for the course.
Courses subject to availability.
Pursuant to s. 1002.20, F.S.; A public school student whose parent makes written request to the school principal shall be exempted from the teaching of reproductive health or any disease, including HIV/AIDS, in accordance with the provisions of s. 1003.42(3). Learn more about the process and which courses contain subject matter where an exemption request can be made.
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