Peer Support
Pillars of Peer Support: Transforming Systems of Care through Peer Support Services
In November 2009, the Pillars of Peer Support Services Summit was convened at the Carter Center in Atlanta, GA. The intent of the Summit was to bring together those states that currently provide formal training
Cultural Competency in Peer-Run Programs and Self-Help Groups
This tool was created to help mental health, consumer-operated programs and self-help groups assess their own cultural competency. By using it, you’ll identify the ways in which your activities are already responsive to culturally diverse
Online Training: Consumers with Lived Experience – Critical Partners
By the Cafe TA Center: www.cafetacenter.net This training explores the trends, approaches, and opportunities in workforce development involving hiring consumers of mental health services as Peer Specialists or Consumer Supporters. Please check it out here!
SAMHSA Consumer-Operated Services Evidence-Based Practices Kit
This toolkit is for practitioners living with a mental illness who wish to own and operate mental health services. The toolkit provides guidance based on evidence-base practices, and includes a brochure, presentation, and introductory video.
Emotional CPR (eCPR)
Emotional CPR (eCPR) is an educational program designed to teach people to assist others through an emotional crisis by three simple steps: C = Connecting P = emPowering, and R = Revitalizing. Visit the website
Emotional CPR Webinar – Assisting Others Through Emotional Distress
An introduction to Emotional CPR, a public health education program that provides people with the skills to assist others through emotional distress or crisis. Click here to listen to or download an audio file of the