June 2019
Advanced WRAP Facilitator Support and Tips
Topic: Are you having some trouble getting your WRAP classes up and running? Maybe you haven’t done any since your 5-day Seminar 2? We understand just how complex it can get, so we developed a way to support you on your journey as a WRAP facilitator. Sharon Holmes and other Advanced Level WRAP Facilitators will be hosting four 90-minute phone conferences to provide tips. There will also be an opportunity for you to discuss specific issues you are having with…
Find out more »November 2019
King County – WaHCA Peer Continuing Education Series – Trauma Informed Peer Support
CONTINUING EDUCATION WORKSHOP FOR PEER SUPPORT COUNSELORS TOPIC: The Trauma-Informed Peer Support Workshop explores the elements of safety, transparency, reciprocal and collaborative relationships, cultural considerations and personal exploration to find the meaning each of us attach to our experiences of trauma and loss. It explains how the peer relationship is key to recovery from trauma and challenges in each of us to discover our own Next Steps. The training is interactive, engaging and a critical tool for peer support specialists.…
Find out more »December 2019
Spokane County – WaHCA Peer Continuing Education Series – Trauma Informed Peer Support
CONTINUING EDUCATION WORKSHOP FOR PEER SUPPORT COUNSELORS TOPIC: The Trauma-Informed Peer Support Workshop explores the elements of safety, transparency, reciprocal and collaborative relationships, cultural considerations and personal exploration to find the meaning each of us attach to our experiences of trauma and loss. It explains how the peer relationship is key to recovery from trauma and challenges in each of us to discover our own Next Steps. The training is interactive, engaging and a critical tool for peer support specialists.…
Find out more »REINTEGRATING RECOVERY – 3 day discussion series
Is recovery at the heart of your work? Are your peer support staff feeling conflicted about the tasks you're asking them to do? If you're a peer supporter, does your employer really understand recovery? If any of these questions jar you a bit, you need this 3 day discussion to recenter yourself in recovery basics! Join me each morning at 9:30 am PST to remember and reintegrate the SAMHSA Principles of Recovery into your Peer Support Program. It's my favorite…
Find out more »King County – Trauma Informed Peer Supervision Training
CONTINUING EDUCATION WORKSHOP The purpose of this training is to help participating organizations effectively integrate, implement, and sustain peer supports and recovery coach workers using a trauma-informed approach as part of a broader effort to become a trauma-informed organization, with a focus on best practices in supervision of persons in peer and recovery coach roles. This one-day, interactive training for supervisors of peer supports and recovery coach workers will include: Review of peer specialist and recovery coach roles and core…
Find out more »Cowlitz County – WaHCA Peer Continuing Education Series – Co-Occurring Disorders
CONTINUING EDUCATION WORKSHOP FOR PEER SUPPORT COUNSELORS TOPIC: Co-occurring Disorders Training for Peer Support Counselors is interactive and provides useful tools for Peer Support Counselors working with people who experience co-occurring disorders – the coexistence of both a mental health and a substance use disorder. It will further define co-occurring disorders, introduce study results, the Stages of Change, relapse prevention, and cover the SAMHSA perspective. In a classroom setting, peer counselors will learn how to positively work with people who…
Find out more »Trauma Informed Peer Supervision Training with Leah Harris
Trauma Informed Peer Supervision The purpose of this training is to help participating organizations effectively integrate, implement, and sustain peer supports and recovery coach workers using a trauma-informed approach as part of a broader effort to become a trauma-informed organization, with a focus on best practices in supervision of persons in peer and recovery coach roles. This one-day, interactive training for supervisors of peer supports and recovery coach workers will include: Review of peer specialist and recovery coach roles and…
Find out more »Clark County – WaHCA Peer CE Series – Peers in Crisis & Suicide Prevention
CONTINUING EDUCATION WORKSHOP FOR PEER SUPPORT COUNSELORS TOPIC: Peers in Crisis & Suicide Prevention is a 2 part workshop that builds on itself. Participants will leave the morning session with an ability to recognize if the peer they are working with is in crisis, what to do about it and how to support the peer and still stay grounded themselves. The afternoon session will be based on the morning session and will provide additional tools for identifying a person…
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