Teresa (Terrie) Valentine

Terrie has sponsored a peer helper program at the middle school level for 15 years. Her program includes peer to peer listening, tutoring, orientation for transfer students and incoming sixth graders, conflict mediation, leadership training and community service. She also trains other peer helper groups, presenting at state and national conferences and working with Indiana Association of School Principals doing summer leadership camps.

Her personal strengths lie in training groups, team building, leadership, and teaching conflict management. Terrie's peer helper philosophy is rooted in the researched based belief that kids are the first line of prevention and defense with other kids. "Provide students with tools and training and step back to guide and support their efforts, peer to peer programs become the framework to an efficient working youth network," Terrie says.

Terrie is a licensed mental health counselor, certified challenge education instructor, equine assisted therapist, massage therapist, and wedding photographer.