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Peer
Specialist Resources
Become a Peer Specialist!
Below is a list of
organizations in Virginia and around the country that train
peers and in some cases also sponsor them to become peer
specialists:
The Department of
Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services
(DMHMRSAS)
Phone: DIRECT (804)-786-9143
MAIN (804) 786-4837, or (804)
371-8977/TDD
Virginia Human Services
Training (VHST)
Virginia’s Human Services
Training Center,
Region Ten Community Services Board,
Charlottesville, VA 22903
Recovery Innovations of
Virginia (RIVA)
900 Commonwealth Place, Suite
206
The Peer-to-Peer Resource
Center,
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)
730 N. Franklin St, Ste 501
Future DBSA Peer Specialist training courses
include:
* "The Complementary Roles of Peer Specialist and Professional Staff"
August 12, 2008
* "Moving from Peer to Peer Provider"
October 14, 2008
Interested in sponsoring peer specialist
training in your area?
We at the Peer-to-Peer Resource Center are always happy to talk with
organizations and groups interested in collaborating with DBSA to offer peer
specialist training and certification in their local communities. Because
this training is most often offered free of charge to its participants,
there is a fee to underwrite training costs. Past training collaborators
have included state and county mental health departments, Veterans
Administration facilities, clinics, hospitals and more.
For more detailed information, e-mail us at
PeerSupport@DBSAlliance.org
The Peer Partnership- A publication of the DBSA
Peer-to-Peer Resource Center:
The Peer Partnership e-newsletter supplies information and tools to assist
peer specialists and other peer service providers. We welcome your
suggestions for information on resources for peer specialists for possible
publication in future newsletters. Please send your information to
PeerSupport@DBSAlliance.org.
Upcoming Peer Specialist
Meetings and Events:
The
Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance
Abuse Services Peer Specialist and Provider Training
Announcement
The
Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance
Abuse Services (DMHMRSAS) is pleased to announce that the fourth
and final Peer Specialist Training event will be held in
Charlottesville, Virginia. This event will be facilitated by the
Institute for Recovery and Community Integration, a project of
the Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania.
Along with the 2-week Peer Specialist Training, the Institute
will be providing a two-day mini-conference on peer support. Day
one is for providers and consumers and serves as the precurser
to day two's supervisor/manager training on peer specialist
employment and supervision.
Dates: July 10-11, 2008
Audience: All behavioral health community stakeholders,
specifically behavioral health leaders such as administrators,
mangers and supervisors. Cost:
none. Lunch will be served. Time: Two days 9:30-5 pm. Please
fill out a
registration form and send it in.
The National Association of
Peer Specialists
The 2008 conference is scheduled for
August 20-22 in Philadelphia at the Sheraton Society Hill Hotel.
It is an easy walk to the Liberty Bell, museums, Independence
Hall, restaurants, and other attractions.
This year's
conference has been expanded to 2 1/2 days and will feature many
workshops, a peer art exhibit, keynotes, a screening of the film
Canvas, and fun evening events.
The
registration fee for the full conference will be $200 (early
bird-before July 15, 2008) and $275 after July 15. More
information, including discounts on lodging, will be available
soon. Please visit their website for more information
http://www.naops.org/id35.html
The
Department of Mental Health Mental Retardation and Substance
Abuse Services (DMHMRSAS)
is planning a 1-day conference in September for Virginia Peer
Specialists
Date TBD.
People
currently working as Peer Specialists should respond to Pat
Shank at DMHMRSAS with their name,
contact information, and the agency in which they work.
Pat Shank’s
Contact info:
Patricia A.
Shank, Ph.D.
Mental Health Community Support Specialist
DMHMRSAS
P. O.
Box 1797
Richmond, Virginia 23218-1797
Office: 804-786-9143
Fax:
804-786-1587
Email:
pat.shank@co.dmhmrsas.virginia.gov
http://www.dmhmrsas.virginia.gov/
Second Annual National Peer Specialist
Conference Coming to Philadelphia
The National Association of Peer Specialists (NAPS) will sponsor
its second
annual national conference August 20-22, 2008, in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. The theme is "Peer Specialists on the Front Line."
Plan now to
participate in this educational and fun event that will offer
solid
opportunities for education and networking with your peers
across the
country.
To view conference details and access both a registration and
workshop
proposal form, visit
http://www.naops.org/. Founded in 2004, NAPS is a
private, nonprofit organization dedicated to peer support in
mental health
systems. NAPS seeks to bring together peer specialists and
supporters of the
peer specialist movement to share ideas, strategies and
information about
innovative programs that work.
September DBSA Peer Specialist Training
Course
DBSA is pleased to announce that our
next peer
specialist training course for individuals will be September
15-19, 2008, in
Norfolk, Virginia, immediately following the DBSA 2008 National
Conference.
Facilitated by nationally-recognized trainers, this
comprehensive course
delivers a foundation in recovery principles, intervention
techniques and
ethical practice. Curriculum focuses on the use of
peer-delivered services
to support the recovery of others. DBSA peer specialist training
is
delivered in affiliation with Appalachian Consulting Group,
innovators of
the Georgia Certified Peer Specialist Project which pioneered
Medicaid-billable peer support services.
Course fee is $950 per person which includes the cost of
training,
materials, daily continental breakfast and beverage breaks and
post-training
certification testing. Participants are responsible for their
own hotel
accommodations, travel and other meals.
Enrollment is limited! The deadline to complete and return your
application
is no later than Tuesday, June 10, 2008. (To download the
application, go to
http://www.peersupport.org/) All candidates will be notified
of their application status by July
15.
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A collective of peer-run mental health programs in
Virginia, including drop in centers, employment centers,
recovery groups, and more. All programs are designed and
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