{"id":1816,"date":"2023-05-15T09:06:13","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T13:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stationsme.ca\/niveaux-dintervention\/soutien-par-les-pairs\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T15:43:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T19:43:31","slug":"soutien-par-les-pairs","status":"publish","type":"thematic","link":"https:\/\/stationsme.ca\/en\/staff-members\/exploring-themes\/peer-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Peer support"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Peer support is a method of intervention that enables a person to use their experience to help someone else in a similar situation. This experience may be related to any student experience that enables them to create a bond of trust, or it may inspire the journey of another student. This person is called a peer helper. This method is recognized as complementary to clinical intervention due to the fact that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Many students prefer to confide in their peers when they are experiencing difficulties.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social support, a sense of cohesion and belonging to a group, is a very important protective factor against psychological distress and burnout.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although peer helpers benefit from training and supervision, it\u2019s always an egalitarian relationship between the person providing help and the person receiving it, so that everyone benefits. Indeed, on both sides, this type of support promotes quality of life, stress management, self-confidence, a sense of well-being and reduced social isolation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Which actions can contribute to structuring peer support programs?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Maintaining and renewing the skills of peer helpers through initial and ongoing training.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Setting up a selection process for people who will act as peer helpers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Developing collaboration between peer helpers and student support services.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Establishing a framework for intervention (limits and responsibilities) and rules of confidentiality to which peer helpers are subject.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/stationsme.ca\/en\/staff-members\/tools-for-staff-members?type=&amp;subjects=1816\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">View all tools for this theme<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-green-mint-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9437c248 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Section 3.3 of the Department of Higher Education\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/stationsme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PASME.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Action Plan on Student Mental Health in Higher Education<\/a> supports institutions in setting up peer support programs to encourage early identification of students in need of support.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"title-arrow\">\n    <h4 class=\"title\">References<\/h4>\n    <div class=\"image\">\n       <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stationsme.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/ismees\/assets\/images\/wavy-arrow.svg\" alt=\"Fl\u00e8che vers le bas\"\/>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Minist\u00e8re de l\u2019Enseignement sup\u00e9rieur (2021) <a href=\"https:\/\/stationsme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PASME.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Plan d\u2019action sur la sant\u00e9 mentale \u00e9tudiante en enseignement sup\u00e9rieur 2021-2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Canadian Association of College and University Student Services (CACUSS).&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/cacuss-campusmentalhealth.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Post-Secondary Student Mental Health: Guide to a Systemic Approach<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Gosselin, M-A. et Ducharme, R. (2017) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erudit.org\/fr\/revues\/ss\/2017-v63-n1-ss03079\/1040048ar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">D\u00e9tresse et anxi\u00e9t\u00e9 chez les \u00e9tudiants du coll\u00e9gial et recours aux services d\u2019aide socioaffectifs <\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Gouvernement du Qu\u00e9bec (2023) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quebec.ca\/education\/accompagnement-etudiants\/soutien-pairs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Soutien par les pairs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faecum.qc.ca\/ressources\/documentation\/guides-et-formations\/guide-sur-l-implantation-d-un-programme-de-pair-aidance\">Guide d&#8217;implantation d&#8217;un programme de pair.es aidant.es<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peer support is a method of intervention that enables a person to use their experience to help someone else in a similar situation. 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