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Enhancing Student Outcomes through Peer Support Programs: A Study on LINK Student Benefits

This document explores the positive impacts of the Peer LINK program on students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and their peers. It highlights the benefits of access to general education, peer learning opportunities, and natural skill practice contexts for students with ASD. Additionally, it outlines how average and high-achieving students gain valuable skills in organization, responsibility, and problem-solving through peer teaching. Data from four Michigan high schools underscore the improvements in GPA, attendance, and reduction in behavioral referrals for participating students, illustrating the program's broader benefits.

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Enhancing Student Outcomes through Peer Support Programs: A Study on LINK Student Benefits

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  1. Outcomes for Peer LINKS: Part I

  2. Benefits for Students with ASD • Access to general education curriculum • Learn from peers • Natural contexts to learn and practice skills

  3. Benefits for Average and High-Achieving Peer Supports • Learn skills by teaching them to others • Gain skills in organization, responsibility, problem-solving, decision-making and accountability (Carter, Cushing & Kennedy, 2009)

  4. Benefits for At-Risk LINK Students who are Peer Supports “For low-achieving students in particular…the opportunity to practice [academic strategies] through teaching them to others, may also promote increased engagement and learning. Students more readily acquire academic content when they must explain it to others and are responsible for ensuring another’s learning” (Carter & Kennedy, 2006, p. 287).

  5. Data from 4 High Schools in Michigan2012-2013 School-Year Thank you to: Grand Haven High School Haslett High School Hemlock High School Lapeer West High School

  6. Information Provided by School Staff: • School Absences • Semester GPA • Behavior Referrals

  7. Data for ALL Link Students 122 LINK Students

  8. All LINK Students: Absences

  9. All LINK Students: GPA

  10. High GPA Students:Changes in GPA

  11. 29 LINK Students with Low GPAs GPA less than 2.5 before participating as a LINK

  12. Low GPA Students: Absences

  13. Low GPA Students: GPA Changes

  14. Data for 12 LINK students with Behavior Challenges Each of these LINK students had 2 or more behavior referrals in the semester prior to becoming a LINK

  15. Students with Behavior Challenges:# of Behavioral Referrals

  16. Students with Behavior Challenges:# of Detentions

  17. Conclusions • Changes in GPA • More significant for students who had lower initial GPAs • C average to a B- average • Attendance • Reduced absences • Behavior Problems • Reduction in behavior referrals • Reduction in detentions

  18. Peer Support Programs Make a Difference • Benefits are NOT just for students with ASD, but also for peer supports

  19. Final Thoughts Data, Data, Data

  20. Data Collection

  21. Elementary Data Collection • Tracked data on absences for 9 students with ASD at Murphy Elementary before and after implementing a Peer Support program

  22. The LINKS program helps to improve attendance!

  23. How can your school collect data on Peer-to-Peer?

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