Description
By Shery Mead, MSW / Updated 2014 / 166 pages
Intentional Peer Support: An Alternative Approach is an innovative curriculum that explores ways to create mutually supportive relationships where both parties learn and grow together. A central part of our Core Training, it includes appendices for peer support warmlines, peer-run respite programs, and resources for peers working in both alternative and traditional mental health settings. Topics include:
- What is Peer Support?
- The Four Tasks and Three Principles
- First Contact and Language
- Listening Differently
- Building Trauma-Informed & Mutually Responsible Relationships
- Working with Challenging Situations and Negotiating Conflict
- Self-Care/Relational Care/Work Care
- Using Co-Reflection
- Peer Support Competencies and Values
And More…
