Consumers as Providers Training Program - Wisconsin

Article Publication Date:

3/18/2011

Summary:

An exciting new trend in community mental health services is the increasing use of "Peer Specialists" on treatment teams serving people with mental illness. Peer Specialists use their own recovery experiences, along with specialized mental health training, to provide services that are strengths based and recovery oriented. To learn more, explore the attached presentation, article, and mentoring plan.

Topics:

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Types/Tools:

Archived conference materials / Presentations; Policy alerts, briefs, letters & papers; Promising practices

Populations:

Psychiatric Disabilities/Mental Illness; Psychiatric Disabilities/Mental Illness

Sources:

Grantee produced

Wisconsin

Programs/Initiatives:

Medicaid Infrastructure Grant (MIG); Peer Supports

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