Welcome to the first of a series of webinars for peer supporters. The content of these webinars is drawn from the

Recovery to Practice (RTP)

project, a SAMHSA-funded project to foster recovery in behavioral health professions.

This webinar series is presented by the International Association of Peer Supporters (INAPS) with the generous assistance of OptumHealth, without whom this series would not be possible.

INAPS is solely responsible for the content of the webinars.

The first webinar, Recovery Foundations for Peer Support, will begin at Noon,

EDT

. Thank you for your participation!

Steve Harrington

Founder/ Executive Director International Association of Peer Supporters Formerly the National Association of Peer Specialists (NAPS)

Peter Ashenden

Director of Consumer Affairs OptumHealth Behavioral Solutions Contact Information T +1 612-632-2963 F +1 877-309-8548 [email protected]

www.optum.com

5 Year SAMHSA-Funded Initiative

Psychiatrists Psychiatric Nurses Psychologists Addiction Counselors Social Workers Peer Specialists

The process:

Outreach Surveys Listening Sessions Reviews Pilots

The Topics:

Recovery Basics Wellness Trauma-Informed Practices Recovery Roles and Values Strengthening Workplace Relationships Multi-Cultural Awareness Building Recovery Relationships

How do you want topics covered?

Participatory Experiential ‘Telling is not teaching.’

To create a common, basic understanding of

recovery principles

for our practice and future learning and discussion.

Unlike physical characteristics such as pulse rate, blood pressure and body temperature, recovery cannot be as easily measured because it involves a person’s perspectives and attitudes.

~ William Anthony

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Working Definition of Recovery and Guiding Principles Updated December 2011

A

process of change

through which individuals improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to reach their full potential.

Health Home Purpose Community

Hope Respect Person Driven Many Pathways Relationships Trauma Awareness Holistic Peers and Allies Culturally Based Strengths and Responsibilities

Let’s look at roles and essential peer support skills to identify our strengths, roles and how we can integrate principles into practice.

Inspirer of Hope Encourager Listener Resource Connector Facilitator

Communication Ability to feel and show empathy Desire to help others Ability to be non-judgmental Team player Advocate

Hope Respect Person-Driven Strengths/Responsibilit

y

Culturally Based Many Pathways Holistic

Peer Support Trauma Awareness Relationships

Engaging peers Co-worker attitudes ( ‘Wounded Healer’) Being Non-judgmental Working with many cultures Paperwork

Helping others Building relationships System transformation Stigma busting Personal growth

The slides used for this webinar will be posted on the INAPS website. www.NAOPS.org

Overall RTP Project

www.samhsa.gov/recoverytopractice

Resource Library

www.dsgonline.com/rtp/resources.html

Peer Specialist Discipline

www.naops.org

link to www.rtp4ps.org

Wounded Healer Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orxEawi9qro

E-mail [email protected]

What Happened to You?

Trauma-Informed Peer Support

Tuesday, May 14 Noon-1 p.m. EDT Presenter: Antonio Lambert