Certified Peer Educator Review

What is peer education?

The teaching, or providing resources for someone who is of equal standing with you in a group.

Who are peer educators?

Peers who maximize their knowledge and skills to make healthy (or healthier) choices.

Roles of peer educators

Friend, educator, activist, role model, team member.

What does it mean to be ethical?

To act upon moral principles that govern a person's or group's behaviors.

Peer education code of ethics

I value and know my role as a peer educator, friend, educator, activist, role model, team member, and individual. I will work hard to best fulfill these roles.

Peer educator traps

Enabling (Trying to take away someone's discomfort with a situation.)

Trying to do to much.

Taking on something too big (You may need to refer to campus/community resources).

Internalizing the issue (When something about a situation triggers you).

Blurring the lines between integrity and ethics (You can't promise someone that you won't tell anyone what they tell you bc you may need to report it).

Self-care in peer education

I will recognize when I'm stressed, mitigate my stress, feel comfortable reaching out to others for help, get enough sleep, establish my boundaries, and correct myself if I violate these self-rules.

Health promotion approaches to change making

Individual (one-on-one work with someone).

Targeted/group (focuses on a small group of individuals).

Community/population (focuses on changing a larger, all-encompassing group of individuals).

Five stages of change

Precontemplation

Contemplation

Preparation

Action

Maintenance

Three values incorporated in the Social Change Model

Individual

Group

Societal

High risk behaviors

Choices that would have highly impactful consequences (death, expulsion, life alteration), and are highly probable for a target population (college kids).

Qualities of evidence based practices

Evaluated using experimental design.

Evaluated by peers or published in peer-reviewed journals.

Presented for replication.

Replication efforts produce similar results.

Empathy (1) vs sympathy (2)

(1) is attempting to put yourself in someone else's shoes, essentially feeling "with" them.

(2) is feeling "for" someone; a sense of feeling sorry for them.

Barriers to effective listening

Distractions, letting the mind wander, prejudging the speaker, rushing to solve the issue, dismissing or invalidating feelings, not explaining confidentiality.

How to establish a good listening environment

Make sure it's quiet, don't use your phone, have no distractions around, make sure the environment is clean.

What does ROLES stand for?

Relaxed

Open

Lean in

Eye contact

Square up

What is a "still here" phrase (1)?

An emphasizer (2)? Bridge or link (3)?

(1) Brief comments/motions that let the speaker know you're still listening.

(2) Emphasize one word out of a string.

(3) Encourages building on a previous point, and provides a bridge from one part of the conversation to another.

What is the difference between a paraphrase (1) and a summary (2)?

(1) Restate key points of the conversation in your own words.

(2) Restating the whole conversation.

What is the difference between a crisis (1), critical incident (2), and disaster (3)?

(1) An unexpected event that disrupts an entire institution.

(2) An event that causes disruption to part of the campus community.

(3) An unexpected event that disrupts the normal operations of not only the institution, but the surrounding community as well.

What are the five steps of the crisis management cycle?

(1) Prevention/Mitigation

(2) Planning

(3) Response

(4) Recovery

(5) Learning

What are the six steps in making a plan of action?

(1) What do you want to have happen?

(2) Why do you want this to happen?

(3) Do a reality check.

(4) Make a plan.

(5) Commit to taking action.

(6) Plan the first step and the first reward.

Must a person accept a referral from you?

No, the person has the right to refuse.

What is the difference between an active and a passive bystander?

An active bystander is an observer of a situation or potential situation in which someone might experience harm, and intervenes.

A passive bystander is an observer of a situation or potential situation in which someone might experience harm, and doesn't intervene.

What are some reasons why someone wouldn't intervene in a situation?

Negative experience, support, risk, gender/cultural/social roles, emotional state, peer pressure, self-confidence.

What are 4 themes of ambivalence to bystander activity?

(1) Social influence

(2) Evaluation

(3) Diffusion of responsibility

(4) Pluralistic ignorance

How do you intervene with a friend (1) vs a stranger (2)?

(1) "I care about you", "This is what I see", "This is how what you do makes me feel", "I want you to understand where I'm coming from", "We can work through this together", "I will support you if you need it".

(2) Less personal, more limits set, and appealing to more general principles.

What are ways to meet resistance with nonresistance?

Reflective responses, reframing the resistance, emphasizing an individual's right to disagree and have personal choice/control.

What is the difference between a personal identity (1) and a social identity (2)?

(1) Aspects of "you" that do not historically elicit disenfranchisement or bias, such as liking the color blue.

(2) Socially constructed and elicit some sort of bias and hierarchy of privilege, such as national origin,gender, etc.

What are the D9+ social identities?

Ability status, age, biological sex/sex assigned at birth, gender identity and expression, national origin, race and ethnicity, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, + (plus).

How would you define disenfranchisement (1) and inequity (2)?

(1) The state of being deprived of a right or privilege.

(2) lack of fairness or justice.

What is intersectionality?

Your identities exist interdependently to create you.

What are some good verbs to use when writing learning outcomes?

Demonstrate, communicate, organize, distinguish, etc. "Action" verbs.

What are three parts to a successful presentation?

Beginning, Middle, and End.

What are the four cornerstones to a great presentation?

Know yourself, know your material, know your audience, know your purpose.

What are ways you can evaluate a program/presentation?

Quantitative and qualitative questions, possibly in a survey format.

What are the five steps in the cycle of group formation?

Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, Adjourning.

What are some important aspects for your group when working with your advisor/supervisor?

Establish the following expectations:

Qualities of a successful supervisor/advisor are:

A supervisor/advisor can support me by:

If I need to be held accountable, I would like a supervisor/advisor to:

I would like my advisor/supervisor to be active by:

I appreciate development in the following forms:

What is the difference between the mission (1), vision (2), and values (3)?

(1) Should be attainable and measurable.

(2) Should be overarching.

(3) Should fuel the other two.

How can you provide recognition and celebration of accomplishments for your group?

Awards or monthly/semesterly/yearly recognition of efforts.

What are six habits of highly effective teams?

(1) Strategic planning.

(2) Diverse membership.

(3) Training and development.

(4) Active advisement and administrative support.

(5) Branding and marketing.

(6) Student/member ownership.