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SUMMARY:Intentional Peer Support Overview Training (4-hour)
DESCRIPTION:“As peer support in mental health proliferates\, we must be mindful of our intention: social change. It is not about developing more effective services\, but rather about creating dialogues that have influence on all of our understandings\, conversations\, and relationships.” – Shery Mead\, Founder of IPS \nIntentional Peer Support is a way of thinking about and inviting transformative relationships. It provides a powerful framework for creating relationships where both people learn and grow together. IPS is used across the world in community\, peer support\, and human services settings\, and is a tool for community development with broad appeal to people from all walks of life. \nWhy IPS? Peers come together around shared experiences and often a desire to change lives. But without a new framework to build upon\, people frequently re-enact “help” based on what was done to them. IPS offers a foundation for doing something different. We come from a history of grassroots alternatives that focus on building relationships that are mutual\, explorative\, and conscious of power. \nIn this 4-hour online overview\, participants will learn about the history of IPS as well as the tasks and principles of this transformational framework. There will be an opportunity to ask questions and have interactive discussions with the facilitators and other participants. \nPlease log in from a quiet\, undisturbed location for this event as there are interactive sessions with discussions\, not webinars. \nThis training is for people who work and/or live in Vermont. This training is free of charge to participants and generously sponsored by the Peer Workforce Development Initiative. \nContact peerworkforce@pathwaysvermont.org with any questions.
URL:https://www.pathwaysvermont.org/event/intentional-peer-support-overview-training-4-hour/
CATEGORIES:Online Webinar,Trainings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240521T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240521T163000
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SUMMARY:A Harm Reduction Approach to Psychiatric Drugs (Vermont Only)
DESCRIPTION:Training schedule: Tues 5/21 and Thurs 5/23 \, 1230-430pm each day (this is a two-day workshop) \nAs 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 a position to advocate with prescribers\, friends\, and family members to support someone’s self-determination. \nThis two-day participatory workshop introduces a model for thinking about psych drugs as neither good nor bad\, but as chemicals that can have benefits and also come with risks. A harm reduction approach meets people where they’re at without judgment\, supports flexibility\, and honors neurodiversity. Through sharing personal stories and opening up dialogue\, we can educate and support each other to make more informed choices with less harm. \nThis training will be held virtually via zoom. We recommend that folks join via laptop\, desktop\, or tablet as smart phones are harder to navigate for this kind of interactive training. \nThis training is for folks who live and/or work in Vermont. This training is free of charge to participants and sponsored by Vermont’s Peer Workforce Development Initiative. \nFacilitators: Calvin Moen (he/him) and J Helms (they/them) \nContact peerworkforce@pathwaysvermont.org with any questions.
URL:https://www.pathwaysvermont.org/event/a-harm-reduction-approach-to-psychiatric-drugs-vermont-only/
CATEGORIES:Online Webinar,Trainings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240516T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240516T150000
DTSTAMP:20240513T193528Z
CREATED:20240421T031306Z
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SUMMARY:Pathways Vermont's Relationship-First Practice
DESCRIPTION:In this interactive workshop\, participants will explore ways to tolerate and embrace discomfort in their relationships with service recipients while learning about the values of Pathways Vermont’s Relationship-First Practice: humanity\, authenticity\, collaboration\, humility\, curiosity\, and hope. Through this practice\, service providers vulnerably embrace and investigate their discomfort\, deepen their practice of empathy\, and build powerful\, meaningful connections. \nThis training is for folks who live and/or work in Vermont. This training is free of charge to participants and sponsored by Vermont’s Peer Workforce Development Initiative. \nContact peerworkforce@pathwaysvermont.org with any questions.
URL:https://www.pathwaysvermont.org/event/pathways-vermonts-relationship-first-practice/
CATEGORIES:Online Webinar,Trainings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240508T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240508T113000
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SUMMARY:Intentional Peer Support Virtual Overview (90 minutes)
DESCRIPTION:“As peer support in mental health proliferates\, we must be mindful of our intention: social change. It is not about developing more effective services\, but rather about creating dialogues that have influence on all of our understandings\, conversations\, and relationships.” – Shery Mead\, Founder of IPS \nIntentional Peer Support is a way of thinking about and inviting transformative relationships. It provides a powerful framework for creating relationships where both people learn and grow together. IPS is used across the world in community\, peer support\, and human services settings\, and is a tool for community development with broad appeal to people from all walks of life. \nWhy IPS? Peers come together around shared experiences and often a desire to change lives. But without a new framework to build upon\, people frequently re-enact “help” based on what was done to them. IPS offers a foundation for doing something different. We come from a history of grassroots alternatives that focus on building relationships that are mutual\, explorative\, and conscious of power. \nIn this 90-minute online overview\, participants will learn about the history of IPS as well as the tasks and principles of this transformational framework. There will be an opportunity to ask questions and have interactive discussions with the facilitators and other participants. \nPlease log in from a quiet\, undisturbed location for this event as there are interactive sessions with discussions\, not webinars. \nThis training is for people who work and/or live in Vermont. This training is free of charge to participants and generously sponsored by the Peer Workforce Development Initiative. \nContact peerworkforce@pathwaysvermont.org with any questions.
URL:https://www.pathwaysvermont.org/event/intentional-peer-support-virtual-overview-90-minutes/
CATEGORIES:Online Webinar,Trainings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240507T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240507T120000
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CREATED:20240421T030614Z
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SUMMARY:Relationship-First Approach to Extreme States
DESCRIPTION:In this interactive workshop\, participants will gain insight into and practice an approach that centers personal connection\, empathy\, and mutuality when supporting people who experience extreme or unusual states and/or have extraordinary beliefs. Participants will explore ways to negotiate boundaries and disparate needs while maintaining values of choice\, transparency\, equality\, community\, and possibility. Topics include navigating fear and discomfort\, avoiding/minimizing control and coercion\, and navigating multiple truths when supporting people having experiences that might be labeled as psychosis. \nThis training will be held virtually via zoom. We recommend that folks join via laptop\, desktop\, or tablet as smart phones are harder to navigate for this kind of interactive training. \nThis training is for folks who live and/or work in Vermont. This training is free of charge to participants and sponsored by Vermont’s Peer Workforce Development Initiative. \nContact peerworkforce@pathwaysvermont.org with any questions.
URL:https://www.pathwaysvermont.org/event/relationship-first-approach-to-extreme-states/
CATEGORIES:Online Webinar,Trainings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220907T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220907T160000
DTSTAMP:20220913T170249Z
CREATED:20220823T173004Z
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SUMMARY:Black\, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) Peer Statewide Co-Reflections
DESCRIPTION:This virtual co-reflection is a space for people to come together to reflect on the development of peer support relationships. This co-reflection space is for BIPOC individuals that identify as peers & or work in mental health & human services in Vermont. \nWhen: First and third Wednesday of each month at 3:00pm EST \nTo register in advance for this meeting\, click here (registration required). \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. \nPlease email training@pathwaysvermont.org with any comments or questions.
URL:https://www.pathwaysvermont.org/event/black-indigenous-and-people-of-color-bipoc-peer-statewide-co-reflections-2/
CATEGORIES:Co-Reflections,Online Webinar,Trainings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220906T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220906T150000
DTSTAMP:20220823T173024Z
CREATED:20220823T172838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220823T173024Z
UID:10000071-1662472800-1662476400@www.pathwaysvermont.org
SUMMARY:Vermont Intentional Peer Support (IPS) Online Co-Reflections
DESCRIPTION:First and Third Tuesdays of every month 2:00pm – 3:00pm EST \nIPS is a way of thinking about and being in purposeful relationships. Co-reflection is a process that we can use to help each other reflect on our practice (how we’re doing what we say we want to be doing). Statewide IPS online co-reflections are facilitated through Zoom. Please click here to register and receive call in information!
URL:https://www.pathwaysvermont.org/event/vermont-intentional-peer-support-ips-online-co-reflections-2/
CATEGORIES:Co-Reflections,Online Webinar,Trainings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220803T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220803T160000
DTSTAMP:20220726T160551Z
CREATED:20210617T163928Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220726T160551Z
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SUMMARY:Black\, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) Peer Statewide Co-Reflections
DESCRIPTION:Description: This virtual co-reflection is a space for people to come together to reflect on the development of peer support relationships. This co-reflection space is for BIPOC individuals that identify as peers & or work in mental health & human services in Vermont. \nWhen: First and third Wednesday of each month at 3:00pm EST \nTo register in advance for this meeting\, click here (registration required). \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. \nPlease email training@pathwaysvermont.org with any comments or questions.
URL:https://www.pathwaysvermont.org/event/black-indigenous-and-people-of-color-bipoc-peer-statewide-co-reflections/
CATEGORIES:Co-Reflections,Online Webinar,Trainings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220802T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220802T150000
DTSTAMP:20220726T160511Z
CREATED:20210617T163348Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220726T160511Z
UID:10000059-1659448800-1659452400@www.pathwaysvermont.org
SUMMARY:Vermont Intentional Peer Support (IPS) Online Co-Reflections
DESCRIPTION:First and Third Tuesdays of every month 2:00pm – 3:00pm EST \nIPS is a way of thinking about and being in purposeful relationships. Co-reflection is a process that we can use to help each other reflect on our practice (how we’re doing what we say we want to be doing). Statewide IPS online co-reflections are facilitated through Zoom. Please click here to register and receive call in information!
URL:https://www.pathwaysvermont.org/event/vermont-intentional-peer-support-ips-online-co-reflections/
CATEGORIES:Co-Reflections,Online Webinar,Trainings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220802T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220806T170000
DTSTAMP:20220726T160925Z
CREATED:20220411T152224Z
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SUMMARY:Intentional Peer Support Core Training (Online)
DESCRIPTION:Training Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays for ten half days : 8/2\, 8/4\, 8/9\, 8/11\, 8/16\, 8/18\, 8/23\, 8/25\, 8/30\, and 9/1\, 12:30pm – 4:30pm EST each day \nTraining facilitators: Rad (they/them)\, Vermont Statewide IPS Trainer\, J (they/them)\, Vermont Statewide IPS Trainer \nDescription: Intentional Peer Support is a way of thinking about and inviting transformative relationships. Practitioners learn to use relationships to see things from new angles\, develop greater awareness of personal and relational patterns\, and support and challenge each other in trying new things. \nBased on Shery Mead’s book\, Intentional Peer Support: An Alternative Approach\, our Core Training is a 5-day introduction to this innovative framework and is designed to have you practicing right away. In a highly interactive environment\, participants learn the tasks and principles of IPS\, examine assumptions about who they are\, and explore ways to create relationships in which power is negotiated\, co-learning is possible\, and support goes beyond traditional notions of “service.” IPS is all about opening up new ways of seeing\, thinking\, and doing\, and here we examine how to make this possible. \nVermont Residents: This training is generously sponsored by Vermont’s Peer Workforce Development Initiative – there is only a $100 fee per participant for IPS Core Materials. \nTo Register\, Click Here! \nPlease include an address for shipping when you register. We will contact you about payment once you’ve registered for the training.
URL:https://www.pathwaysvermont.org/event/intentional-peer-support-core-training-in-person-burlington-vt/
CATEGORIES:Online Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220621T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220621T170000
DTSTAMP:20220411T152415Z
CREATED:20220411T152415Z
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SUMMARY:Conversations About Suicide (in-person Burlington\, VT)
DESCRIPTION:As peer support workers\, we will sometimes support folks who are thinking of dying by suicide. This participatory workshop is intended to support ourselves\, fellow staff\, and service recipients to engage in conversations about suicide in ways that prioritize compassion\, empathy\, and autonomy. We’ll spend time unpacking suicide as a language of pain\, then consider ways to support folks who are thinking about dying. Through sharing personal stories\, opening up dialogue\, and practicing difficult conversations\, we will educate and support each other to remain curious\, lean into discomfort\, and center mutuality. \nTraining schedule: Tuesday 6/21\, 9:00am-5:00pm (1-hour lunch\, 15-min break in the morning\, 15-min break in the afternoon) \nTo register\, click here! \nThis training will be held in-person in the Burlington\, VT area. Venue will be announced closer to the training. \nThis training is free of charge to participants and sponsored by Vermont’s Peer Workforce Development Initiative.
URL:https://www.pathwaysvermont.org/event/conversations-about-suicide-in-person-burlington-vt/
CATEGORIES:In Person,Online Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220526T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220526T163000
DTSTAMP:20220411T151632Z
CREATED:20220411T151550Z
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SUMMARY:Trauma-Informed Approaches
DESCRIPTION:Date: Thursday May 26th\, 12:30pm-4:30pm \nThis participatory workshop is intended to support participants to practice trauma-informed approaches in their work and community relationships. \nWe will: \n● Reflect on Trauma’s impact on: \n○ How we view the world \n○ Our mind and body \n○ How we interact \n● Rethink “symptoms” as survival adaptations \n● Practice basic tools for working with people who’ve experienced trauma \n● Consider ways to create and sustain trauma informed spaces\, interactions\, and supports \nThis training is generously sponsored by the Peer Workforce Development Initiative–there is no cost to participants. The training will take place virtually via zoom. \nTo register\, click here!
URL:https://www.pathwaysvermont.org/event/trauma-informed-approaches/
CATEGORIES:Online Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220511T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220518T163000
DTSTAMP:20220411T151456Z
CREATED:20220411T151416Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220411T151456Z
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SUMMARY:A Harm Reduction Approach to Psychiatric Drugs
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 a position to advocate with prescribers\, friends\, and family members to support someone’s self-determination. \nThis two-day participatory workshop introduces a model for thinking about psych drugs as neither good nor bad\, but as chemicals that can have benefits and also come with risks. A harm reduction approach meets people where they’re at without judgment\, supports flexibility\, and honors neurodiversity. Through sharing personal stories and opening up dialogue\, we can educate and support each other to make more informed choices with less harm. \nTo Register\, Click Here! \nTraining schedule: Wednesdays 5/11 and 5/18\, 1230-430pm each day \nThis training will be held virtually via zoom. We recommend that folks join via laptop\, desktop\, or tablet as smart phones are harder to navigate for this kind of interactive training. \nThis training is free of charge to participants and sponsored by Vermont’s Peer Workforce Development Initiative.
URL:https://www.pathwaysvermont.org/event/a-harm-reduction-approach-to-psychiatric-drugs/
CATEGORIES:Online Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220426T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220426T160000
DTSTAMP:20220318T131948Z
CREATED:20220121T160845Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220318T131948Z
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SUMMARY:Mad Movement Histories Training (virtual)
DESCRIPTION:April 26th and 28th \n12:00pm – 4:00pm (each session) \nWhen it comes to understanding how we got to where we are and thinking about where we are headed\, history is sometimes our best teacher. Come explore mad* movement histories through themes of resistance to oppression and building alternative supports\, and through lenses of racial\, disability\, economic\, and gender justice. We will look at and discuss some primary sources\, and there will be short assignments in advance of our sessions. \n* including ex-patients\, psychiatric survivors\, psychiatrically labeled/disabled\, neurodivergent\, experiencing extreme states\, marginalized by sanism\, and many more self-described identities. \nThis is a two-part training. Registration for both parts is required. \nTo register\, click here!
URL:https://www.pathwaysvermont.org/event/mad-movement-histories-training-virtual/
CATEGORIES:Online Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220329T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220329T163000
DTSTAMP:20220318T131817Z
CREATED:20220223T195438Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220318T131817Z
UID:10000072-1648557000-1648571400@www.pathwaysvermont.org
SUMMARY:Trauma Informed Approaches (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Dates: Tuesday\, March 29 and Thursday\, March 31\, 12:30pm-4:30pm (each day) \n  \nThis two-day participatory workshop is intended to support participants to practice trauma–informed approaches in their work and community relationships. \nWe will: \n  \n\n Reflect on Trauma’s impact on: 1) How we view the world\, 2) Our mind and body\, and 3) How we interact\nRethink “symptoms” as survival adaptations\nPractice basic tools for working with people who’ve experienced trauma\nConsider ways to create and sustain trauma informed spaces\, interactions\, and supports\n\n  \nThis training is generously sponsored by the Peer Workforce Development Initiative–there is no cost to participants. The training will take place virtually via zoom.  \n  \nTo register\, click here! 
URL:https://www.pathwaysvermont.org/event/trauma-informed-approaches-virtual/
CATEGORIES:Online Webinar
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