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Peer Specialist Training

NAPS no longer offers peer specialist training. We encourage anyone interested in such training to contact the training entities listed below. NAPS does not endorse any particular training program but strongly urges peer specialists or persons interested in becoming a peer specialist to obtain training. Please note that most of the organizations listed below provide continuing education for peer specialists.

If you belong to an organization that provides peer specialist or related training and would like to be listed here, please e-mail your contact information to: steveh@naops.org

 

Contacts (in alphabetical order):


Consumers as Providers Training Program (CAP--University of Kansas)
        Anna E. Collins
        (877) 458-6804 (ext. 102) or
        (785) 856-2880 (ext. 102)
        Website: www.socwel.ku.edu/projects/SEG/

Depression Bi-polar Support Alliance

        Lisa Goodale: lgoodale@dbsalliance.org

        Website: www.dbsalliance.org

DBSA offers continuing education via "webinars."  On June 10, DBSA will offer "Not a Pity Party: Effective Peer Support Groups." For more information go to: www.DBSAlliance.org/events_PeerSpecialistCEcourses
DBSA will be offering peer specialist training following the organization's national conference in Norfolk, VA. The dates of the training are Sept. 15-19. An application and more information is available at: www.dbsalliance.org and www.peersupport.org

Institute for Recovery & Community Integration

       Jean Whitecraft: jwhitecraft@mhasp.org

                             215-751-1800 ext 213.

       Website: www.mhrecovery.org


Peer Training, out of Aurora, Colorado, provides a "2 day start-up" seminar for organizations interested in using the "Training the Trainer" model. Information can be obtained at
www.peertraining.com<http://www.peertraining.com/>. 

Recovery Innovations

        602-636-4444

        Website: www.recoveryinnovations.org

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