Building capacity through community service in Southwest West Virginia
A peer counseling program developed by the Comprehensive Health Education Foundation. Presently, we have Natural Helpers student groups located at each of the four middle schools in Lincoln County and at Lincoln High School. School counselors serve as Natural Helpers advisers. Students participate in a two-day training and receive monthly-weekly support from their advisers. For [...]
Fri, June 26 2009 » Health and Wellness, Leadership Development, Lincoln County High School, Lincoln County Youth & Prevention Coalition, Natural Helpers » Comments Off
“We recognize that within every school, an informal “helping network” already exists. Students with problems naturally seek out other students, and trusted adults, to discuss their issues. Knowing this, we want to identify those natural helpers and provide them with the training and support they need to be strong leaders and positive influences,” says David Chairez, WV Dreamers Afterschool Program Director and Deputy Director of Step by Step.
Wed, April 8 2009 » Health and Wellness, Leadership Development, Lincoln County Youth & Prevention Coalition, Natural Helpers » Comments Off
![Step by Step WV posted a photo: Bonner Scholars from Earlam College in Indiana listened to a panel discussion of long-term West Virginia activists arranged by Step by Step's Executive Director Michael Tierney in April 2009. Afterward, the students interviewed the panelists on tape so that their [the activist's] stories can be adapted to digital stories.](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2676/3808418455_07d468b4db_t.jpg "Step by Step WV posted a photo: Bonner Scholars from Earlam College in Indiana listened to a panel discussion of long-term West Virginia activists arranged by Step by Step's Executive Director Michael Tierney in April 2009. Afterward, the students interviewed the panelists on tape so that their [the activist's] stories can be adapted to digital stories.")
