NAPP (NPHA) CPC Application

Note: Please copy the application below and paste it into a word document on your computer.
Complete, print and submit to NAPP (NPHA) Professional Development Committee, PO Box 10627 Gladstone, MO 64188-0627. You may also contact NAPP (NPHA) at the address above to have a copy of the application mailed to you.

NAPP (NPHA) Vision: Establishing a culture of people helping people.

NAPP (NPHA) Mission. The National Association of Peer Programs (NAPP), formerly National Peer Helpers Association (NPHA), equips individuals to help others by promoting standards of excellence in peer helping programs and training curricula.

PURPOSE: Recognizing the expanding role of peer programs in schools and communities and the increasing importance of professional development, the NAPP (NPHA) has established a voluntary national certification program. This program identifies a certifiable level of adherence to the NAPP (NPHA) Programmatic Standards. Curricula that attain these levels and complete the certification process may then claim the designation, Certified Peer Curriculum (CPC).

OBJECTIVES: Within the field of peer helping, this certification intends to certify curricula that:
Provide participants with a thorough understanding of what it means to be a peer helper.
Prepare students to act as ethical helpers.
Cover all major communication skills needed to be an effective helper.
Include training lessons constructed effectively.
Help youth to better understand other's behavior.
Exemplify methodological "best practices."

BASIC ELIGIBILITY: Peer curricula which satisfy the following prerequisites may apply:
Application must be completed by a member in good standing of NAPP (NPHA).

COMPLETION OF THE APPLICATION:
Application must include a pledge in writing to adhere to the NAPP (NPHA) Programmatic Standards and Code of Ethics.

Note: Peer curricula which, due to some extenuating circumstances, do not satisfy all of the prerequisites, may request an exemption in writing from the Certification Committee. Such an appeal in writing must accompany the application form. Each appeal will be reviewed on its own merit, but it also should be understood that an appeal does not guarantee a waiver of the prerequisites.

EARNING THE DESIGNATION: Certified Peer Curriculum (CPC): Print and complete the application and return it along with non-refundable $200 application fee to the NAPP (NPHA) Professional Development Committee. Make your check payable to NAPP (NPHA). Following verification and analysis by the committee of data included on the application, you will receive a certificate and be allowed to use this designation in your curriculum and marketing. Curriculum revisions after certification must be reviewed, and a $100 renewal fee is due to continue using the certification designation once revisions have been made to certified curriculum.

Return the Certified Peer Curriculum (CPC) application and fee to: NAPP (NPHA), PO Box 10627, Gladstone, MO 64188-0627, Phone: 877-314-7337, Fax: 866-314-7337.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PEER PROGRAMS, (NATIONAL PEER HELPERS ASSOCIATION) CERTIFIED PEER CURRICULUM (CPC) APPLICATION

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I Orientation: Does your curriculum provide participants with a thorough understanding of what it means to be a peer helper by including the following elements?

1. Orientation to Peer Helping: The curriculum clarifies what a peer helper is and is not.
____Yes ____No Describe how or list page references

2. Characteristics of the Effective Helpers: The curriculum helps participants to identity the meaning of effective or healthy helping.
____Yes ____No Describe how or list page references

3. Positive Role-Modeling: The curriculum emphasizes the importance of peer helpers as role models for others.
____Yes ____No Describe how or list page references

4. Curriculum helps participants to identify what is needed to be an effective healthy helper.
____Yes ____No Describe how or list page references

II. Ethics: Does the curriculum prepare students to act as ethical helpers?

1. Code of Ethics: The curriculum includes exposure to and discussion of the NAPP (NPHA) Code of Ethics.
____Yes ____No Describe how or list page references

2. Confidentiality: The curriculum teaches the meaning and importance of confidentiality.
____Yes ____No Describe how or list page references

3. Limits of Confidentiality: The curriculum identifies the three situations where peer helpers must not keep confidentiality.
____Yes ____No Describe how or list page references

4. Liability: The curriculum clarifies how peer helpers avoid liability.
____Yes ____No Describe how or list page references

III. Skill Training: Does the curriculum cover all major communication skills needed to be an effective helper?

1. Communication Skills
Welcoming: The curriculum addresses the skills required to meet and welcome a new person both in a one-to-one and group situation.
____Yes ____No Describe how or list page references

Facilitative Skills: The curriculum addresses the skills of questioning, clarifying, and summarizing in individual and group contexts.
____Yes ____No Describe how or list page references

Listening: The curriculum lessons sufficiently address the complex skill of active listening.
____Yes ____No Describe how or list page references

2. Nonverbal Communication: The curriculum addresses the role and importance of nonverbal communication.
____Yes ____No Describe how or list page references

3. Problem-Solving Strategies
Decision-making: The curriculum teaches strategies for effective decision-making.
____Yes ____No Describe how or list page references

Decision-making: The curriculum provides practice in using decision-making to help someone work through a problem.
____Yes ____No Describe how or list page references

4. Conflict: The curriculum teaches effective strategies for managing conflict.
____Yes ____No Describe how or list page references

5. The curriculum teaches the difference between advice-giving and helping.
____Yes ____No Describe how or list page references

6. Limitations: The curriculum addresses the boundaries or limits of the peer helper role.
____Yes ____No Describe how or list page references

7. Referrals: The curriculum addresses how and when to make a referral.
____Yes ____No Describe how or list page references

IV. Understanding Behavior: Does the curriculum help youth to better understand other’s behavior?

1. Dynamics: The curriculum helps participants understand how and why people act differently as individuals and as group members.
____Yes ____No Describe how or list page references

2. The curriculum exposes participants to cultural differences and effective way of understanding and responding to these differences.
____Yes ____No Describe how or list page references

3. Self-Esteem: The curriculum addresses how self-esteem is created and hurt.
____Yes ____No Describe how or list page references

4. Reinforcement: The curriculum addresses the role of motivational and reinforcement factors in behavior.
____Yes ____No Describe how or list page references

V. Lesson Template: Are the training lessons constructed effectively?

1. Template: There is a consistent lesson "template" for every lesson.
____Yes ____No Describe your template or list page references

2. Instructions: Instructions and teacher notes are clear and sufficient to guide the lesson.
____Yes ____No Describe your notes or list page references

3. Outcomes: Each lesson has clear outcomes that ties back to the overall goal of the training.
____Yes ____No Describe the outcomes or list page references

4. Evaluation: The curriculum possesses a system of evaluation.
____Yes ____No Describe system or list page references

VI. Best Practices: Do the lessons exemplify methodological "best practices?" Adapted from Zemelman, Daniels, and Hyde (1998).

1. Student-Centered: Curriculum lessons focus on listening to students’ perspectives, ideas, questions, interests, and concerns.
____Yes ____No Describe how or list page references

2. Experiential: Curriculum lessons involve participants on hands-on trial or demonstration of skills wherever appropriate.
____Yes ____No Describe how or list page references

3. Authentic: Curriculum lessons tie together what students are learning with their interests and lives outside of the group.
____Yes ____No Describe how or list page references

4. Expressive: Curriculum lessons offer participants an opportunity to express themselves through multiple media such as speech, writing, drawing, dance, and drama.
____Yes ____No Describe how or list page references

5. Reflective: Curriculum lessons offer participants an opportunity to reflect on their experiences as peer helpers for the purpose of organizing and clarifying what they are learning.
____Yes ____No Describe how or list page references

6. Social: Curriculum lessons place a large emphasis on participant interaction to promote trust and learning.
____Yes ____No Describe how or list page references

7. Collaborative: The curriculum emphasizes participants learning cooperatively versus competitively with each other.
____Yes ____No Describe how or list page references

8. Democratic: Curriculum provides ample opportunities to make decisions within the group (e.g. about topics they investigate and activities they engage in).
____Yes ____No Describe how or list page references

9. Cognitive: Curriculum offers opportunities to use higher-order thinking skills to explore what they are learning.
____Yes ____No Describe how or list page references

10. Developmental: Curriculum is age-appropriate and respectful of participants’ development.
____Yes ____No Describe how or list page references

11. Constructivist: Curriculum provides ample opportunities for participants to construct their own meaning of their experience.
____Yes ____No Describe how or list page references

12. Challenging: Curriculum lessons push and challenge students.
____Yes ____No Describe how or list page references

13. Family: Curriculum lessons include applications for family.
____Yes ____No Describe how or list page references

14. Has this curriculum been evaluated?
____Yes ____No List the evaluating agency.

15. Has your curriculum received "promising" or model" status?
____Yes ____No If yes, by what organization?

Please complete and sign the pledge below:

I pledge to adhere to NAPP (NPHA) Programmatic Standards and Ethics:

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Return Certified Peer Curriculum (CPC) application and fee to: NAPP (NPHA), PO Box 10627, Gladstone, MO 64188-0627, Phone: 877 314-7337, Fax: 866 314-7337.