Report of a counselling internship at the Shea Heights Community Health Centre and St. John Bosco School, including an evaluation of a community based peer counselling program

Abstract

This report describes an internship completed at St. John Bosco School and The Shea Heights Community Health Centre, St. John's, Newfoundland, during the period April 12, 1992 to July 17, 1992. This report also details an evaluative study which the intern conducted during the internship period. -- Chapter 1 outlines the internship proposal, which includes the rationale for the internship, a description of the setting, as well as internship goals and objectives. Chapter II provides a description of activities engaged in as part of the internship experience. Chapter III gives a comprehensive report of the evaluative study entitled The Evaluation of a Peer Counselling Program. This study demonstrated that the peer counselling program used by the intern was successful in positively affecting the self-esteem of participants aged 16-17, who took part in the study, as measured by the Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory. Chapter IV concludes the report with general observations and recommendations. -- Key words: peer counselling; self-esteem; counselling internship.