PeerSupport

Peer Support

Building positive connections amongst students

Establishing a peer support network within schools can help prevent incidences of bullying amongst students. Programs where older students support and work with younger students, create caring and supportive school communities. This enables students to feel safe and unrestricted in their physical, social and mental development.

Stride has been running our Peer Support workshops in Victoria for more than 20 years and has extensive experience in providing training for both teachers and students in holistic early intervention programs.

HOW PEER SUPPORT WORKS

Peer Support is a whole-school initiative which partners older students with a group of younger students to encourage discussion about issues and problems they may encounter or are already facing. Older students act as mentors, educating younger students on how to handle peer pressures, provide support and teach life skills which empower young students.

The overall aim of the Peer Support program is to build the self-esteem and confidence of younger students by connecting them through friendship and structured activities with older students. This results in a reduction in bullying incidences and a more cohesive and friendly school environment.

ABOUT THE TRAINING

Stride provides training in its Peer Support program as a professional development workshop for teachers, wellbeing staff or directly to senior students within the school.

The training includes:

The Peer Support program can be run at both primary and secondary school levels.

Workshop prices

Calendar of Professional Development Workshops

To enquire about Stride delivering Peer Support direct to your students contact us or fill in our workshop request form.

All Stride Foundation programs meet the Victorian Essential Learning Standards in the following areas:

Physical, Personal and Learning:

Health, Knowledge and Promotion
Building Social Relationships
Working in Teams
Community Engagement

Discipline-based Learning:

English, Speaking and Listening

Interdisciplinary Learning Strands:

Listening, Viewing and Responding;
Presenting
Reasoning, Processing and Inquiry
Creativity
Reflection, Evaluation and Meta-Cognition

Please contact us directly for more information

03 9489 1611
office@stride.org.au

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