Transcript Peer Mentor Training

Peer Mentor Training
October, 2010
Thinking about Transition…….
What kinds of feelings did you experience?
What did people who were paid to help you
do that was helpful? How did they get in
your way?
What did family and friends do that was
helpful? How did they get in your way?
What is Self-Determination?
What words come to mind when you
hear the term, “self-determination”?
A Model of Self-Determination
ACT
Opportunities
for choice
PLAN
Instruction and
support
“Selfdetermination is
the ability to
identify and
achieve goals
based on a
foundation of
knowing and
valuing oneself.”
KNOW YOURSELF and
YOUR ENVIRONMENT
EXPERIENCE OUTCOMES
AND LEARN
Selfdetermined role
models
VALUE YOURSELF
Field & Hoffman (1994, 2006)
Communication
Patterns
Availability of
student
supports
How can peer mentors support selfdetermination?
• Be a self-determined role model.
• Help mentees develop skills for selfdetermination.
• Give mentees opportunities to make choices.
• Use communication styles that help mentees
think about what they want, why they want it
and what action they want to take.
• Help mentees find supports that they need.
Peer Mentor Training
Segment two:
Communication Skills
Ways of Listening
• Four ways of listening
Listening to “get it” from the other
person’s point of view
• Ask “what” questions
• Listen actively. Tell person what you heard
them say. Ask if it is correct.
• Ask logistics questions (How, when, where,
who)
Powerful Questions
Narrow Questions
Powerful Questions
Why did you decide to attend to
Wayne State?
What are you moving towards
in college?
How can you raise your GPA to a 3.0
without studying harder?
What risks are you willing to take to
experience more success?
Did your math tutor tell you to do?
How can you prepare for that Calculus
exam effectively?
“What” Questions
Examples:
• If you accomplished your goal, what would it look like?
(outcome)
• What is your backup plan? (anticipation)
• What resources do you need to help you decide?
(resources)
• What do you think that means? (evaluation)
• What other approaches can you think of? (exploration)
• If we could wipe the slate clean, what would you do?
(learning)
• What if you do and what if you don’t? (options)
• “What could I ask you right now that would be helpful?”
- The Coaches Training Institute