{"id":76353,"date":"2019-02-28T14:02:38","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T13:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cesie.org\/servizio-ptpp-peer-counselor-scuola\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T11:15:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T09:15:40","slug":"ptpp-peer-counselor-supporting-schoolmates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cesie.org\/en\/school\/ptpp-peer-counselor-supporting-schoolmates\/","title":{"rendered":"Peer to Peer Players service: Young peer-counselors supporting their schoolmates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Peer to Peer Players<\/strong> has completed, in the past few days, the training course<\/strong> on the promotion of the psycho-physical well-being<\/strong> of young people, aimed at a group of students belonging to two schools in the historical centre of Palermo, specifically the Istituto Magistrale Statale \"Regina Margherita\" and the Liceo Scientifico Statale \"Benedetto Croce\"<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The students, who in an initial phase spontaneously applied<\/strong> for the role of peer-counselors, were selected through an interview and chosen to be part of the group of youths supporting their peers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the main issues addressed<\/strong> with the students during the training course were violence and cyberbullying, extremist behaviour and loss of reality dimension, violation of privacy and security, use and abuse of web-sponsored substances, risks, hoaxes, emulation and deep web.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, the Peer to Peer Players project has the purpose of promoting psychosocial well-being among young people and strengthening their knowledge of risk behaviours<\/strong> regarding the use of the web and the use of psychoactive substances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The role of the \"peer-counselor<\/strong>\" arises from the need to provide young people with a reference person who can support them, activating a support network \" of peers \" and building a relationship of trust between youths of the same age, with the aim of addressing together problems related to well-being and the protection of their health, to guide their peers towards conscious and responsible choices, with particular reference to the use of the web and psychoactive substances <\/strong>and their possible link.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The peer counseling service<\/strong> can take place face to face or through the online platform<\/strong>, created ad hoc and managed by peer-counselors<\/strong>, who will respond to the requests they receive from their peers in total anonymity<\/strong>, with the constant supervision<\/strong> of web experts and psychologists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the project<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Peer to peer players<\/a> is a two-year project, funded by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers \u2013 Drug Policies Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Partners<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Project partners are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n