Peer Support Training Manual - Ohio Advocates for Mental Health

Article Publication Date:

3/1/2005

Summary:

This collection of materials comprises a short course for consumers to further peer support among individuals, to gain skills for use as Peer Support Specialists, to advance the use of warm lines and partnering activities, and to form and sustain peer support groups. The expectation is that people giving and taking this course will have heightened awareness of effective communication skills and resources to assist them as they provide peer support.

Topics:

Consumer/Participant Direction; Resource Center

Types/Tools:

Checklists; Manuals; Training materials

Populations:

Psychiatric Disabilities/Mental Illness; Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities; Physical Disabilities; Psychiatric Disabilities/Mental Illness

Sources:

Grantee produced

Ohio

Programs/Initiatives:

Peer Supports

States: