Wellness & Recovery
Intentional Peer Support
Is a philosophy based on four
tasks used to develop and maintain relationships. Through
relationships we think about help in a new way. Rather than
focusing on problem solving and what we don't want in our lives,
we instead challenge one another to discover our hopes and dreams.
Together we learn and grow and move towards what we want.
- Intentional Peer Support Training
In collaboration with Shery
Mead, the Office of Consumer Affairs and consumers from
throughout Maine developed a trauma informed curriculum "Intentional Peer Support: An Alternative Approach." This
curriculum is used for the Certified Intentional Peer Support
Specialist Training Program as well as other trainings offered
through the Office of Consumer Affairs.
Intentional Peer Support:What makes
it unique? (HTML)
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viewer)
- Certified Intentional Peer Support Specialists Training Program
This
ten-day training is a requirement for Peer Support Specialists
working on the Maine Warmline, in Emergency Departments, in
state hospitals and on some ACT teams. Topics covered include;Creating
Learning Environments, First Contact, Language, Listening Differently,
Challenging Situations and Working in the System.
Certified Intentional Peer Support Specialist
- Requirements for Earning and Maintaining Certification (HTML)
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- Peer Support 101
Peer Support 101 is an opportunity to take a peek at Intentional
Peer Support, learn about the tasks of peer support and
hear about peer support in Maine. Peer Support 101 is a
3-hour class offered to anyone interested in learning more
about peer support. It is also a requirement for participation
in the Peer Support Specialists Certification. Peer
Support 101
- Healthy Connections:
Moving Towards What We Want This class is an opportunity for programs, communities
and individuals to work together to identify what they are
moving towards and how to use their relationships to get
there. Class begins with a 1/2 day session where participants
discuss and plan what they want to learn. The following
three day-long sessions use the four-tasks of Intentional
Peer Support to address topics such as listening differently,
challenging conversations, conflict and crisis situations.
This training is geared towards the needs and desires of
the host program. Healthy Connections
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- The Four Tasks of Intentional Peer
Support Building Connection
- Building Connection
- Helping each other understand how we've come to know
what we know (worldview)
- Re-defining help as a co-learning and growing process
(mutuality)
- Moving towards what we want, rather than away from
what we don't want
- Intentional Peer Support Training - Application Procedure
- Training Calendar
