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Young Professional Peer Support Strategies and Recommendations to Strengthen the Next Generation of Behavioral Health Leadership
The document provides insights from young professional peer specialists on their experiences in the behavioral health system and recommends ways to enhance their engagement, career development, and impact. It emphasizes the importance of supporting peers in the workforce.
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Voices: Perspectives of Peer Specialists Working in Crisis Intervention Services
PaPSC collaborated with Temple University to produce a video featuring peer specialists discussing their roles in crisis intervention services. The video is now available on their website along with trainee and trainer manuals for the three-day training program.
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The Role of Peer Specialists in Promoting Community Inclusion
The session aims to educate peer specialists and their supervisors on community inclusion and the role of peer specialists in promoting it. Consumer leaders share their experiences in advanced training for peer specialists to better support service recipients.
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The 2006 Statewide Survey of Drop-In Centers in Pennsylvania
A 2006 survey was conducted in Pennsylvania to gather information about the operations, staff, consumer involvement, common activities, and challenges of Drop-In Centers for individuals with psychiatric disabilities, offering an overview of their community inclusion programming.
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Supporters in Action: Interview with a Certified Peer Specialist
This document features an interview with a Certified Peer Specialist about his role and experience working at a Center for Independent Living, which provides services to people with disabilities to promote independent living and community participation.
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Results of a National Survey of Certified Peer Specialists: Job Titles and Job Descriptions
This document presents a discussion of the job titles and responsibilities of Certified Peer Specialists in paid CPS positions across the US, based on a survey of 275 CPS staff conducted by the Temple University Collaborative.
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Peer Support: Developing and Facilitating Self-Help Groups
The three-page guide provides practical information on planning and facilitating peer-led self-help group meetings. It includes a sample agenda, facilitation tools, and tips on developing effective group meetings. A resource list is also provided.
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Peer Support Research Questions from the Perspective of iNAPS Attendees
This document summarizes a workshop at the iNAPS annual conference where attendees generated research questions on peer support effectiveness, researcher characteristics, and research use. This Center product was developed to disseminate these questions.
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Peer Facilitated Community Inclusion Tool Kit
Peers are vital in supporting community participation for individuals with mental illnesses. Our toolkit offers exercises and worksheets to help set goals and explore resources, with support from the Copeland Center for Wellness and Recovery.
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Helping People Connect: The Role of Peer Specialists
Richard Baron, David Measel, and Rev. Ann Helmke held a national discussion on the role of peer specialists in connecting people with psychiatric illnesses to religious/spiritual groups. The webinar covered strategies, experiences, and roles of peer specialists in this process.
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Forensic Peer Specialists: An Emerging Workforce
This policy brief, based on an informal national environmental scan with forensic peer specialist programs across the county in 2011, seeks to define what we know at present about this new workforce and to establish a research agenda for the future.
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Certified Peer Specialist Training Programs
This document by the Temple University Collaborative provides an overview of Certified Peer Specialist training programs in 13 states, including competencies covered, eligibility criteria, and contact information for each program.
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