The Training of Trainers Manual - UNFPA

Day 5
Exercise: Snowball fight
Objectives
To identify the differences between peer counselling and peer
education
To identify skills and qualities involved in giving individual peer
support
30
minutes
To become aware of challenges, obstacles, and limits of peer
counselling activities
To emphasize the importance of referral skills in peer education
Materials One sheet of paper per participant, pens, the text of Handout 13.
Types of Peer-Led Approaches (B) written on a transparency for
overhead projection or copied on flip chart paper, and the handout
itself for distribution
Process
Part 1
Ask participants to write on a sheet of paper what they think are the differences
between peer counselling and peer education. When they are finished, ask
participants to crumple their sheets into a paper ball, and throw the balls around
for a few minutes to other participants (having a ‘snowball’ fight), so that everyone
gets someone else’s response. Have each person read the response they now hold,
ask them to respond, and then ask the group react.
Structure and summarize the discussion around the following issues:
Role of the educator
■ Knows the content
■ Teaches for a specific amount of time, usually short-term
■ Is goal oriented
■ Works to improve knowledge, attitudes, and skills to facilitate
behaviour change
■ Refers to other professionals as needed
Role of a counsellor
■ Is trained in counselling skills
■ Conducts counselling as a potentially long-term process
■ Works with a person’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviour
■ Has an open-ended relationship with the person being counselled
Section 2. Guidelines for Training of Trainers
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