DESCRIPTION: As peer support workers, we are sometimes discouraged from having conversations about psych drugs and are encouraged to leave it to the medical professionals. While we cannot give medical advice or replace the role of doctors, we can offer supportive conversations that explore others’—and our own—relationship to psych drugs. We might also be in […]
Intentional Peer Support Core training (Virtual) - Register here Schedule: Tuesdays and Fridays for ten half days: 5/16, 5/19, 5/23, 5/26, 5/30, 6/2, 6/6, 6/9, 6/13, and 6/16, 12:30pm - 4:30pm ET each day. Participants are expected to attend all sessions. Based on Shery Mead’s book, Intentional Peer Support: An Alternative Approach, our Core Training […]
An Interactive Online Workshop In this workshop, we’ll talk about how we utilize Housing First values to build a synergetic partnership with the Vermont Department of Corrections (DOC), a practice we think can be replicated. Through this ever evolving partnership, we support people leaving incarceration to re-acclimate to independent living and reintegrate into their communities, […]