Webinars
Recording from Wednesday, May 15th- Developing a Board of Directors for Mental Health Organizations presented by Matthew Federici and Amey Dettmer from Doors to Wellbeing
This webinar highlights strategies to develop a skilled and diverse Board of Directors to oversee emerging peer-run and other mental health organizations. These strategies are geared towards organizations that are moving toward incorporation as a nonprofit
Recording from Tuesday, March 14 – Conflict Management in Peer-Run Organizations: Tools for Effective Conversations presented by Elisa Padilla from NAMI Star Center
Peer and Family-run Non-Profit organizations are unique in so many ways, and as active or upcoming leaders, we are tasked with ensuring safe and open environments not only for the communities we serve, but for
Recovery Dialogues: An Avenue for Culture Change in Psychiatric Hospitals
Also available as a PDF [1.5MB, 33 pages] Description: Mental health peer leaders are partnering with hospitals through Recovery Dialogues in an attempt to shift the culture and enhance recovery. Specifically, this webinar features
Developing a Sense of Purpose
In a recent episode of the Road to Recovery Television Series, Oryx Cohen joins a panel discussion on the importance of developing a sense of purpose. A 2008 study published in the American Journal of
We Are the Evidence: Evaluation of Peer Programs
Also available as a PowerPoint Presentation
Alternatives to Suicide: Lessons from the Western Massachusetts Recovery Learning Community
Alternatives to Suicide peer support groups exist because the opportunity to talk about feelings of hopelessness to empathic ears can decrease the inclination to act on suicidal feelings. This webinar, held on April 24, 2013,