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Peer Support Program

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Peer Support Training

 

The peer support program is a 40 hour course.

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Peer Support Topics Covered:

  • Legal issues, confidentiality, liability, HIPAA, Colorado Law regarding Peer

  • Support Conversations

  • Egan’s Helping Model, building empathy, attending skills, active listening

  • Probing, paraphrasing/mirroring, summarizing, beliefs and values

  • Boundaries

  • Strategies, action plans, identifying issues

  • Processes and processing of grief and loss

  • Recognizing critical incident stress, posttraumatic stress, acute stress, anxiety/panic attacks, depression, suicidal ideations/behaviors, eating disorders, and insomnia

  • Intervention skills

  • Resiliency skills, self-care, relaxation and breathing

  • Anger and anger management, stress and stress management

  • Addictions, alcohol, and prescription drugs

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Peer Support Management

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Peer Supporter Monthly Meeting. This is a 1-hour Supervision meeting for the Peer Supporters to have a chance to talk about their experiences over the past month and gain some helpful insight, decompress with the group, or ask questions that they might have. 

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Quarterly Peer Supporter Training.  This 2-hour training session is to provide Peer Supports advanced skills or tools that will help them become more proficient at being a Peer Supporter.

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