Peer Leader Training

Topic 1: Understand what Peer Leadership is, your own strengths and weaknesses, and expectations for a peer leadership program

Topic 2: Effective Communication

Effective communication is important because your group will have a lot of discussion, questions, and talking. You should understand how to best listen to and talk to your peers. You should also know how to help your peers listen to each other and communicate with each other. The following skills will teach you how to communicate and how to help peers communicate.

Topic 3: Talking about Education

This topic will discuss specific strategies to best teach information.

Topic 4: Talking about sensitive topics

This topic will discuss specific strategies to talk about emotions and sensitive discussions.

Topic 5: Creating Meaningful relationships among participants

Bonding through shared experiences, interests, and points in life

Topic 6: Specifics of being a Penpals United Peer Leader

Topic 7: Special Circumstances and Specific Populations