Day 142 -- the Power of Peer Support

1. Google is dangerous. 

2. Peer support is awesome.

3. If done right. 

Here's all the cool stuff I can learn if I do this course!

(ignore the 2am fumbling I did at the end of the video, this is what I'll actually learn):

This course teaches about self-help groups, recovery planning, crisis

management, suicide prevention, targeted case management

assistance, triage, ethics and boundaries, HIPPA and confidentiality,

self-care and job readiness skills.

Students will learn:

 Evidenced-based best peer practices for connecting people with

services and resources to further their recovery, and know when

to connect someone to a higher level of care.

 The difference between supporting, controlling and enabling and

appropriate boundaries.

 How to avoid disclosing protected health information and to

respect people's confidentiality and privacy rights and needs.

 Five strategies for work-life balance, mental health self-care,

recovery, stress reduction and resiliency.

 Job readiness skills, including: attendance, working together,

project management, meeting deadlines, co-worker relations,

supervisor relations, will be woven into the structure of the

curriculum.

 Risk factors and warning signs of suicide, as well as health,

cultural, ethnic, environmental and historical factors which can

predict suicidal behavior, and know effective strategies for

preventing suicide.

 How to guide someone through SHARE!'s Plan for Success and

support them in reaching their goals.

Students will be familiar with:

 Self-help support group best practices and how to make referrals

to them.

 The large variety of diverse culturally competent 12-step and

other self-help support groups available to mental health

consumers, people with co-occurring mental health and

substance abuse issues and their families, parents and

caregivers.