Friends Helping Friends: A Handbook for Helpers

Second edition. The philosophy of helping, and the skills of attending, empathy, clarifying/questioning, assertiveness, confrontation, and problem solving are featured in this middle and high school peer helping program. Additional topics discussed include: suicide prevention and intervention, alcoholism, children of alcoholics, grief, date rape, families, divorce, stepfamilies, and stress mastery. Also included are materials for a support group program and peer helper classroom presentations.