Peer Support and Peer Providers: Redefining Mental Health Recovery   

Peer support is a relationship and dialogue based on connection and trust. When we create this kind of relational environment, we can step back and see things from new angles, creating possibilities that couldn’t have previously existed. —Shery Mead, Peer Support Consultant

 What is unique about peer support services and what can mental health providers, family members, and other stakeholders learn from the success of this approach?  What systems-level and policy changes are need to enhance the culture of healing and recovery in mental health services, based on mutual relationships of learning, safety, and trust? What are the research findings that have shown peer support to be an evidence-based practice that enhances well-being outcomes?

 SAMHSA ADS Center invites you to a free training teleconference entitled “Peer Support and Peer Providers: Redefining Mental Health Recovery”. This training teleconference will help current and past recipients of mental health services, U.S. service members and their families, health providers, advocacy organizations, family and peer support leaders, and the general public explore the questions above.

Date and Time

Tuesday, September 21, 2010
3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m., Eastern Time (ET)

Presenters

·    Jean Campbell, Ph.D.
University of Missouri School of Medicine- Columbia

·    Steve Harrington, J.D., M.P.A.
National Association of Peer Specialists

·    Shery Mead

Shery Mead Consulting

Register Today!

To learn more and to register, please
visit the following page: http://promoteacceptance.samhsa.gov/teleconferences/default.aspx.

Please note: Registration will close at 5:00 p.m., ET, on September 17, 2010.

Please explore the SAMHSA ADS Center Web site for more information: http://www.promoteacceptance.samhsa.gov.