Peer Continuous Learning Resources

Adult Protective Services (APS)
​​Boundaries
Caregivers
​​Communication: Nonviolent Communication, Emotional CPR (eCPR)
Conflict Resolution
Cultural Humility
Education: supported education
​​Group Facilitation
Peer Certification: core competencies
Personal Medicine
Intentional Peer Support
Personal Story
Recovery
Self Care
Teamwork

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Accomodations: mental health in the workplace

• JAN Accommodation & Compliance: COVID-19, 05/19-2020

• JAN Accommodation & Compliance: Employees with Anxiety Disorder, 10/01-2019

• JAN Accommodation & Compliance: Employees with Mental Health Impairment, 08/21/2019

• JAN Accommodating Students with Disabilities, 07/24/2018

Advocacy

• DRC 15 Tips for Self-Advocates, 09/2019

• DRC 15 Tips for Parent & Family Member Advocates, 09/2019

• mind Advocacy in Mental Health, 09/2018

• CAMHPRO Advocacy Basics in Public Behavioral Health PowerPoint, 05/17/2017

• DRC Tips for Effective Advocacy, 04/2014

• Out4MentalHealth Making Public Comment, nd

• DHCS Mental Health Patients' Righst Poster

• Disability Rights California (DRC) Brochure

• MHA The New Age of Advocacy: Civil Discourse and Negotiation, nd

• The Clearinghouse Technical Assistance Guide: Self-Advocacy, nd

Boundaries

• NAMI MD "Fostering Resilience in Yourself and Others: Boundary Setting" PPT

• "Professional Boundaries in Social Work and Social Care"

• "Navigating Boundaries in VA Peer Support Services" PPT

• "RecoveryU: Boundaries" PPT

• "Establishing Ethical Practices for Peer Recovery Support Services Within the ATR Model", nd

California Peer Certification Information (SB 803)

• CA SB-10 Peer Provider Certification, 2 pager, 07-27-2020

• CA Timeline of Efforts for State Peer Support Specialist Certification, 01-09-2020

• CA SB-10 Peer Provider Certification, 1 pager, 12-03-2018

• CA SB-10 Peer Provider Certification, 12 pager, 12/03/2018

Communication

C/S/X Movement

• CAMHPRO Consumer Movement 101 Issue Brief, 03/2016

COVID-19 and Mental Health

• MHA "COVID-19 and Mental Health: What We Are Learning", PPT, 06/01/2020

Dual Relationships

• "Peer Support Specialists: It's time to discuss their true value", Article, 12/28/2019

• "Dual Relationship Dilemmas: Parachute Peer Integration Project", PPT, 04/30/2014

Family / Peer Support Workers

• CalVoices WISE "2019 Peer Toolkit for Workplace Success"

• "A Provider's Handbook on Developing & Implementing Peer Roles", 12/12/2017

• SAMHSA Peer Support Information Sheet, 2017

• SAMHSA Value of Peers PowerPoint, 2017

• SAMHSA Peers Supporting Recovery from Substance Use Disorders, 2017

• SAMHSA Family, Parent and Caregiver Peer Support in Behavioral Health, 2017

• "National Practice Guidelines for Peer Supporters", 2011

• "Pillars of Peer Support" - 2, 10/18/2010

Language Matters

• "Is It "Just Semantics"?", 01/2016

• Language Matters: the importance of using the right words when we're talking about mental health, nd

• NAMI Your Language Matters, 10/2015

• Stigma: Language Matters, red vers., 1998

• Stigma: Language Matters, blue vers., 1998

Peer Cooptation

• "The Co-option and Oppression of a Social Justice Movement: Professionalized Peer Support Services" Article, 06/24/2018

• "Defining "Peer Support": Implications for Policy, Practice, and Research" 2018

• "Peer Specialists are Not Clinicians" by Pat Deegan, Blog, 06/21/2017

• "Cooptation and Peer Support", PPT, 03/25/2015

Peer Certification Training

• "Leading Practices for Certifying Mental Health Peer Specialists" Summary, 2018

• "Leading Practices for State Programs to Certify Peer Support Specialists", Full Report, 11/2018

• SAMHSA Core Competencies for Peer Workers in Behavioral Health Servides, 12/13/2018

• Peer Specialist Training and Certification Programs: A National Overview, 03/24/2017

• "Peer Specialist Training & Certification Programs: A National Overview", 01/05/2017

Peer Employment

• Peerlink NTAC "Using Your Lived Experience as Assets Toward Employment" Tip Sheet, nd​​​​​​​

Peer Run Respites

Peer Supervision

• Credentialing Lived Experience: Supporting Supervisors and The Peer Support Practice", PPT, 03/2020

• "Recovery First; Family Second; Work Third: Supervising and Supporting Peers" PPT, 02/2020

• "Supervising Peer Workers: A Toolkit for Implementing and Supporting Successful Peer Staff Roles...", 2019

• "Evidence-based Peer Practices for Supervisors", PPT, 2019

• SAMHSA "Supervision of Peer Workers" PPT, nd

• "An Intervention to Improve Peer Supervision: Evaluation of the Supervision of Peer Workforce Project", PPT, nd

People First Language aka Identity-First Language, Bias-Free Language

• DRC SDRP "People First Language in Mental Health", 10/2017

• People First Language (1 page) by Kathie Snow, 01/2016

• Examples of People First Language by Kathie Snow, 01/2016

• People First Language (4 pages), 01/2016

• Hogg Foundation "Language Matters in Mental Health" Brochure, 09/08/2010

Stigma & Discrimination

• DRC "Mental Health Stigma & Discrimination Reduction Project QR Menu"

• DRC "Definitions of Stigma and Discrimination", 05/2014

• DRC "Stigma Hurts Everyone" brochure, nd

• DRC "Understanding the Power of Communication to Reduce Stigma and Discrimination" Poster, nd

• DRC "Peer Support Services are Integral to Mental Health Recovery", nd

Workplace & Mental Health

• MHA "2019 Mind in the Workplace" Survey

• MHA "Workplace Mental Health: Employee Support Guide", 2019

Stages of Change

Trauma Informed Care