ICON Circle of Support

Teen Teachers:

Cross-Age Education to Build Friendship Skills

Contents
Foreword 4
A Letter to the Reader 5
A Community Adolescent Mental Health Initiative 7
Introduction 11
Training the High School Students 15
  Training Lesson 1: Learning About Fifth Graders 17
Training Lesson 2: Learning About Circle of Support 24
Training Lesson 3: Learning About Teaching and Small Group Facilitation 30
Developing the Cross-Age Lessons 39
  Cross-Age Lesson 1: Forming a Circle of Support 40
Cross-Age Lesson 2: Maintaining a Circle of Support 47
Cross-Age Lesson 3: Extending the Circle of Support 52
Share Your Ideas and Comments 58
Appendix A: Our Stories of a Time When We Felt Excluded 59
Appendix B: Guidelines for Role-Playing 60
Appendix C: Teen Teacher Pretest 62
Appendix D: Teen Teacher Post-test 63
Appendix E: Elementary School Student Pretest 65
Appendix F: Elementary School Student Post-test 66
Appendix G: Learning Log Preliminary Interviews 68
Appendix H: Learning Log First Teaching Day 69
Appendix I: Learning Log Second Teaching Day 71
Appendix J: Learning Log Third Teaching Day 73
Appendix K: Signs of Possible Depression 74
Appendix L: Peer Helping Resource List 75

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