Family Peer Support
January 10 – 14, 2022
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
What is Family Peer Support: Family Peer Support (FPS) is a peer-to-peer approach to supporting families caring for children, youth, and young adults with behavioral, mental, emotional, or co-occurring challenges. FPS is provided by a parent or caregiver with lived experience who is trained to assist other families by providing support, identifying resources, and facilitating access to services for the child and family.
Description: Parent-to-parent peer support builds effective engagement and can facilitate more positive outcomes for a family. This one-to-one, face-to-face intensive work is provided by trained caregivers with lived experience and is usually offered in the family’s home and community based upon the family’s schedule and preference. Sessions and length of service varies based upon the needs of the family, programmatic guidelines and funding requirements. Family Peer Support Providers can be employed in positions across the spectrum of service intensity levels, from trainers and community education, to individual parent support and care coordination, to a functioning member of a treatment team in a residential or inpatient setting. Regardless of their position or service program, it is important that FPSs receive training on the core competencies and skill sets of parent peer support. The FREDLA FPS Practice Model offers this essential training, as well as training in effective supervision of the FPS workforce and coaching for trainers of the Practice Model.
Who Should Attend This Training: Anyone who currently has or will have a position as a Family Peer Support Provider. (Family Peer Support Providers can be called many different names, such as Parent Peer Support, Family/Peer Partners, Family/Peer Navigators or Family/Peer Support Specialists)
Requirements: Lived experience as the primary caregiver for a child with behavioral, mental, emotional, or co-occurring challenges. Willingness to disclose your status as a caregiver and use that experience in a professional capacity. High school diploma or GED.
Individuals must complete the Family Peer Support Provider Training Application in order to be considered for this training. This application must be received by January 3, 2021 in order to attend the training. Click here for the link to the application: Family Peer Support Application
Location: StarkMHAR Training Room
121 Cleveland Ave SW
Canton, OH 44702
Cost: This is a free training.
Registration Closes: January 3, 2022
Family Peer Support
January 10 – 14, 2022
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
What is Family Peer Support: Family Peer Support (FPS) is a peer-to-peer approach to supporting families caring for children, youth, and young adults with behavioral, mental, emotional, or co-occurring challenges. FPS is provided by a parent or caregiver with lived experience who is trained to assist other families by providing support, identifying resources, and facilitating access to services for the child and family.
Description: Parent-to-parent peer support builds effective engagement and can facilitate more positive outcomes for a family. This one-to-one, face-to-face intensive work is provided by trained caregivers with lived experience and is usually offered in the family’s home and community based upon the family’s schedule and preference. Sessions and length of service varies based upon the needs of the family, programmatic guidelines and funding requirements. Family Peer Support Providers can be employed in positions across the spectrum of service intensity levels, from trainers and community education, to individual parent support and care coordination, to a functioning member of a treatment team in a residential or inpatient setting. Regardless of their position or service program, it is important that FPSs receive training on the core competencies and skill sets of parent peer support. The FREDLA FPS Practice Model offers this essential training, as well as training in effective supervision of the FPS workforce and coaching for trainers of the Practice Model.
Who Should Attend This Training: Anyone who currently has or will have a position as a Family Peer Support Provider. (Family Peer Support Providers can be called many different names, such as Parent Peer Support, Family/Peer Partners, Family/Peer Navigators or Family/Peer Support Specialists)
Requirements: Lived experience as the primary caregiver for a child with behavioral, mental, emotional, or co-occurring challenges. Willingness to disclose your status as a caregiver and use that experience in a professional capacity. High school diploma or GED.
Individuals must complete the Family Peer Support Provider Training Application in order to be considered for this training. This application must be received by January 3, 2021 in order to attend the training. Click here for the link to the application: Family Peer Support Application
Location: StarkMHAR Training Room
121 Cleveland Ave SW
Canton, OH 44702
Cost: This is a free training.
Registration Closes: January 3, 2022
Family Peer Support
January 10 – 14, 2022
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
What is Family Peer Support: Family Peer Support (FPS) is a peer-to-peer approach to supporting families caring for children, youth, and young adults with behavioral, mental, emotional, or co-occurring challenges. FPS is provided by a parent or caregiver with lived experience who is trained to assist other families by providing support, identifying resources, and facilitating access to services for the child and family.
Description: Parent-to-parent peer support builds effective engagement and can facilitate more positive outcomes for a family. This one-to-one, face-to-face intensive work is provided by trained caregivers with lived experience and is usually offered in the family’s home and community based upon the family’s schedule and preference. Sessions and length of service varies based upon the needs of the family, programmatic guidelines and funding requirements. Family Peer Support Providers can be employed in positions across the spectrum of service intensity levels, from trainers and community education, to individual parent support and care coordination, to a functioning member of a treatment team in a residential or inpatient setting. Regardless of their position or service program, it is important that FPSs receive training on the core competencies and skill sets of parent peer support. The FREDLA FPS Practice Model offers this essential training, as well as training in effective supervision of the FPS workforce and coaching for trainers of the Practice Model.
Who Should Attend This Training: Anyone who currently has or will have a position as a Family Peer Support Provider. (Family Peer Support Providers can be called many different names, such as Parent Peer Support, Family/Peer Partners, Family/Peer Navigators or Family/Peer Support Specialists)
Requirements: Lived experience as the primary caregiver for a child with behavioral, mental, emotional, or co-occurring challenges. Willingness to disclose your status as a caregiver and use that experience in a professional capacity. High school diploma or GED.
Individuals must complete the Family Peer Support Provider Training Application in order to be considered for this training. This application must be received by January 3, 2021 in order to attend the training. Click here for the link to the application: Family Peer Support Application
Location: StarkMHAR Training Room
121 Cleveland Ave SW
Canton, OH 44702
Cost: This is a free training.
Registration Closes: January 3, 2022
Family Peer Support
January 10 – 14, 2022
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
What is Family Peer Support: Family Peer Support (FPS) is a peer-to-peer approach to supporting families caring for children, youth, and young adults with behavioral, mental, emotional, or co-occurring challenges. FPS is provided by a parent or caregiver with lived experience who is trained to assist other families by providing support, identifying resources, and facilitating access to services for the child and family.
Description: Parent-to-parent peer support builds effective engagement and can facilitate more positive outcomes for a family. This one-to-one, face-to-face intensive work is provided by trained caregivers with lived experience and is usually offered in the family’s home and community based upon the family’s schedule and preference. Sessions and length of service varies based upon the needs of the family, programmatic guidelines and funding requirements. Family Peer Support Providers can be employed in positions across the spectrum of service intensity levels, from trainers and community education, to individual parent support and care coordination, to a functioning member of a treatment team in a residential or inpatient setting. Regardless of their position or service program, it is important that FPSs receive training on the core competencies and skill sets of parent peer support. The FREDLA FPS Practice Model offers this essential training, as well as training in effective supervision of the FPS workforce and coaching for trainers of the Practice Model.
Who Should Attend This Training: Anyone who currently has or will have a position as a Family Peer Support Provider. (Family Peer Support Providers can be called many different names, such as Parent Peer Support, Family/Peer Partners, Family/Peer Navigators or Family/Peer Support Specialists)
Requirements: Lived experience as the primary caregiver for a child with behavioral, mental, emotional, or co-occurring challenges. Willingness to disclose your status as a caregiver and use that experience in a professional capacity. High school diploma or GED.
Individuals must complete the Family Peer Support Provider Training Application in order to be considered for this training. This application must be received by January 3, 2021 in order to attend the training. Click here for the link to the application: Family Peer Support Application
Location: StarkMHAR Training Room
121 Cleveland Ave SW
Canton, OH 44702
Cost: This is a free training.
Registration Closes: January 3, 2022
Family Peer Support
January 10 – 14, 2022
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
What is Family Peer Support: Family Peer Support (FPS) is a peer-to-peer approach to supporting families caring for children, youth, and young adults with behavioral, mental, emotional, or co-occurring challenges. FPS is provided by a parent or caregiver with lived experience who is trained to assist other families by providing support, identifying resources, and facilitating access to services for the child and family.
Description: Parent-to-parent peer support builds effective engagement and can facilitate more positive outcomes for a family. This one-to-one, face-to-face intensive work is provided by trained caregivers with lived experience and is usually offered in the family’s home and community based upon the family’s schedule and preference. Sessions and length of service varies based upon the needs of the family, programmatic guidelines and funding requirements. Family Peer Support Providers can be employed in positions across the spectrum of service intensity levels, from trainers and community education, to individual parent support and care coordination, to a functioning member of a treatment team in a residential or inpatient setting. Regardless of their position or service program, it is important that FPSs receive training on the core competencies and skill sets of parent peer support. The FREDLA FPS Practice Model offers this essential training, as well as training in effective supervision of the FPS workforce and coaching for trainers of the Practice Model.
Who Should Attend This Training: Anyone who currently has or will have a position as a Family Peer Support Provider. (Family Peer Support Providers can be called many different names, such as Parent Peer Support, Family/Peer Partners, Family/Peer Navigators or Family/Peer Support Specialists)
Requirements: Lived experience as the primary caregiver for a child with behavioral, mental, emotional, or co-occurring challenges. Willingness to disclose your status as a caregiver and use that experience in a professional capacity. High school diploma or GED.
Individuals must complete the Family Peer Support Provider Training Application in order to be considered for this training. This application must be received by January 3, 2021 in order to attend the training. Click here for the link to the application: Family Peer Support Application
Location: StarkMHAR Training Room
121 Cleveland Ave SW
Canton, OH 44702
Cost: This is a free training.
Registration Closes: January 3, 2022
The Opiate Task Force is a community based coalition with the purpose of reducing opiate use, abuse, overdose and deaths in Stark County. It is open to anyone interested in being a part of a group of people concerned about, and willing to address the epidemic of prescription drugs and specifically, opiates in the community and in the State of Ohio.
Ohio Peer Recovery Supporter (PRS) Training
January 24 -28 and January 31 – February 4 (The training is Monday-Friday for 2 consecutive weeks – see times below)
Morning session: 9:00am – 11:00am
Lunch: 11:00am – 11:30am
Afternoon session: 11:30am – 1:30pm
Who should attend: Any person in recovery wishing to become a certified Peer Supporter.
About this training: Peer Services are a process of giving and receiving support and education from individuals with shared life experiences. Peer Services are provided by individuals in recovery from mental illness and/or addiction who use their lived experience as a tool to assist others by sharing their personal journeys and knowledge. Individuals engaged in peer services play a vital role in laying the foundation for sustained recovery. They encourage, inspire and empower others to set recovery goals and achieve them.
Ohio’s Peer Supporter training includes a 40 hour virtual integrated peer training, 16 hours of E-Based Academy Courses, and a test.
To submit an application click here: PRS Training Application
This application must be received by January 17, 2022 in order to attend the training.
Individuals attending the training are encouraged to complete the E-Based Academy Courses prior to the 40-hour training; however, this is not a requirement.
For a list FAQs and disqualifying offenses including a Checklist for references and a link to E-Based Academy Courses use the following link. FAQs
Location: Virtual.
Cost: This is a free training.
Education credits: Certified Ohio Peer Supporter (once all steps have been completed)
Registration Closes: January 17, 2022
Ohio Peer Recovery Supporter (PRS) Training
January 24 -28 and January 31 – February 4 (The training is Monday-Friday for 2 consecutive weeks – see times below)
Morning session: 9:00am – 11:00am
Lunch: 11:00am – 11:30am
Afternoon session: 11:30am – 1:30pm
Who should attend: Any person in recovery wishing to become a certified Peer Supporter.
About this training: Peer Services are a process of giving and receiving support and education from individuals with shared life experiences. Peer Services are provided by individuals in recovery from mental illness and/or addiction who use their lived experience as a tool to assist others by sharing their personal journeys and knowledge. Individuals engaged in peer services play a vital role in laying the foundation for sustained recovery. They encourage, inspire and empower others to set recovery goals and achieve them.
Ohio’s Peer Supporter training includes a 40 hour virtual integrated peer training, 16 hours of E-Based Academy Courses, and a test.
To submit an application click here: PRS Training Application
This application must be received by January 17, 2022 in order to attend the training.
Individuals attending the training are encouraged to complete the E-Based Academy Courses prior to the 40-hour training; however, this is not a requirement.
For a list FAQs and disqualifying offenses including a Checklist for references and a link to E-Based Academy Courses use the following link. FAQs
Location: Virtual.
Cost: This is a free training.
Education credits: Certified Ohio Peer Supporter (once all steps have been completed)
Registration Closes: January 17, 2022
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