Kids Help Line has not ventured into this territory as yet. Participants will be requested to complete a pre and post evaluation survey as part of the Peer Skills program. To ensure the success of the program, support is needed from the whole school community including parents and special interest groups. If parents are informed about the program generally their responses will range from no reaction to very positive. Sending home a newsletter, consent letters from parents to participate are ways of ensuring positive support.
Most adults support the value of helping students become autonomous, self-developing individuals.
This does not mean that adults should give up their interest in or concern with influencing students. Keeping interested parties informed helps them become interested and better informed about the program. It also allows adults to develop ways of enhancing their influence as opposed to their control of young people. Some concern is raised about peer helpers being resented or seen as having changed status within the school environment. These issues have not shown to be of significance in the literature, not to say it doesn't exist.