Parent, Peer & Family Certification Webinar: Providing Support to Other Families

Welcome to the USC UCEDD Parent/Consumer Webinar Series

funded by grant #90DD0695 from

the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD) Administration on Community Living

December 10, 2015

Your Moderator

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Susan Kanegawa USC UCEDD Family Support Coordinator [email protected] www.uscucedd.org

The USC University Center of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (USC UCEDD) is one of 68 UCEDDs funded to promote systemic change, advocacy, and capacity building in states on behalf of individuals with, or at risk for, developmental, behavioral and/or special health care needs and their families. The USC UCEDD Webinar series is designed to educate the community about current policy issues which impact the lives of people we serve and their families. Our primary audience is individuals with special needs and their families. However, service providers, program managers, students in training and others are welcome as space allows. At this time, our webinars are in English only. We are exploring methods to make this series available in other languages in the future.

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Parent, Peer & Family Certification Providing Support to Other Families

Michaele Beebe Director of Research and Public Policy

United Advocates for Children and Families

November 19, 2015

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About Michaele Beebe

Michaele Beebe is the Director of Public Policy and Research at United Advocates for Children and Families (UACF). She participates in meetings and on committees at the state level to improve services for children and families, fight stigma and discrimination, improve cultural competency, and works to support and improve laws to better serve children and families in similar circumstances. www.uacf4hope.org [email protected] (916) 643-1530, Ext. 115

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Peer Certification

California Senate Bill

614

About Peer Specialists

Peer to Peer Support

Programs

An Overview of Our Webinar

UACF is a statewide, nonprofit 501c3 organization that is

comprised of parents and family members of children

with mental health challenges or serious emotional disorders.

Our membership also includes youth and professionals working

with these children, their families, and children’s mental health

advocates. We are dedicated to promoting the emotional,

behavioral and social well-being of children, youth, and

families through transformational leadership.

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United Advocates for Children and Families

Parent Leadership Institute

UACF

To promote the emotional, behavioral,

and social well-being of children, youth and

families through transformational leadership.

Mission Statement

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The purpose of the Peer Certification is to standardize

on a national level the competency of peer support to

individuals with mental health, substance use - and

co-occurring mental health, substance abuse and

developmental disabilities, through standardized testing

and portfolio review.

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Why Peer Certification

“Peer staff are hired to actually use their life experience to instill hope and to role model recovery. Now, we’re seeing much better outcomes: less demoralization, more hope. We’re seeing people become much more actively engaged in their own recovery and taking care of themselves. We’re seeing empowerment and we’re seeing decreases in all of the bad outcomes that we’ve gotten used to.”

Larry Davidson, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry,

Yale University

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Universal Support

Commonalities

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All Peer, Family, Parent and Youth Support Specialists

have personal life experiences that give them perspective

and expertise that professional training cannot replicate.

Their life experience is unique, yet common threads

overlap their lives.

Peer Certification is a nationally and internationally

(http://inaops.org/training-providers/) recognized

accreditation for parents, family members, consumers

and youth with lived experience in the areas of

Developmental Disabilities, Mental Health, Alcohol and

Substance Abuse, Foster Care, Juvenile Justice and

Special Education systems.

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What Is Peer Certification?

http://inaops.org/training-providers/




Parent or Family Peer Support Specialists are persons who

have been a parent or major caregiver (including foster

parent) to a child or youth who has/is experiencing and

living with Developmental Disabilities, Mental Health

challenges, Alcohol and Substance Abuse, Foster Care,

Juvenile Justice and Special Education systems.

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Who Are

Parent or Family Peer Support Specialists?

Youth Peer Support Specialists are young adults, between

the ages of 18 and 26 years old, who have/had lived

experience with, Developmental Disabilities, Mental

Health, Foster Care, Juvenile Justice and/or Special

Education and/or substance abuse systems, and can have

experience with multiple systems.

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Who Are Youth Peer Support Specialists?

Peer Support Specialists are persons who have/had

personal life experience with, Developmental Disabilities,

Mental Health challenges, and/or Alcohol or other drug

abuse and are willing to self-identify as a peer consumer

and work to assist other individuals with similar

challenges.

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Who Are Peer Support Specialists?

40 States in the U.S. have existing Peer Certification

California, South Dakota, Alaska and New Hampshire

do not have Peer Certification

Nevada, Montana, Colorado, Iowa, Arkansas, Virginia

are in development.

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Peer Certification in the US

Certifying bodies vary within states’ structures.

Costs vary between states.

The commonality is “Lived Experience.”

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Peer Certifications vary across states

To learn more about other states go to:

Texas Institute for Excellence in Mental Health

School of Social Work

University of Texas at Austin

E-mail: [email protected]

http://www.utexas.edu/ssw/cswr/institutes/mental-health

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Want more information?




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SB 614 was introduced by Senator Mark Leno (D) San

Francisco and Senator Joel Anderson (R) San Marcos

on February 27, 2015.

It passed through Senate Committee hearings and

Assembly Committee hearings with little opposition

and few amendments.

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California SB 614

Peer Certification

This bill would require the State Department of Health

Care Services to establish, by July 1, 2017, (date may

change) a statewide peer and family support specialist

certification program, as a part of the state’s

comprehensive mental health delivery system.

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California SB 614

Peer Certification

The bill would include 3 certification classes:

Adult Peer Support Specialists

Family Peer Support Specialists

Parent Peer Support Specialists

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California SB 614

Peer Certification

The certification program’s components would include

but are not limited to:

defining responsibilities and practice guidelines

determining curriculum and core competencies

specifying training and continuing education

requirements

establishing a code of ethics and certification

revocation processes

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Core Competencies for Certification

The concepts of hope, recovery, and wellness.

The role of advocacy

The role of consumers and family members

Psychiatric rehabilitation skills and service delivery,

and addiction recovery principles, including defined

practices

Cultural competence training

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Self-awareness and self-care.

Co-occurring disorders of mental health and substance use.

Conflict resolution.

Professional boundaries and ethics.

Safety and crisis planning.

Navigation of, and referral to, other services.

Documentation skills and standards.

Study and test-taking skills.

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This is now a two year bill which gives stakeholders a

greater say in the language of the proposed law.

The authors and supporters are meeting with Department

of Health Care Services to collaborate how the trainings

and subsequent certification will roll out.

Department of Health Care Services will be charging a

fee for certification--this is also being negotiated.

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California SB 614, cont.

Get familiar with this bill

Talk with stakeholders, peers, parents

You can track this bill’s progress

Go to www.senate.ca.gov and register to track a bill

Click on ‘Find Legislation’

At the ‘Bill Search’ page, type in ‘SB 614’

Click on ‘Search’

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Next steps for SB 614

http://www.senate.ca.gov/

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Key Considerations when hiring and

working with Peer Specialists

Recognize that people can be both clients and providers.

Being a provider and being a client are roles, not people. As

providers, peer support staff can tell their own recovery

stories and use strategies from their own experiences to help

clients (peers) reach their recovery goals.

Many communities have Peer-run organizations:

in Sacramento County there are several partially funded

with MHSA (Mental Health Services Act) dollars.

Check your county’s website for MHSA Programs and

find peer-led organizations.

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How to find Peer Specialists

California Association of Mental Health Peer-Run

Organizations (CAMHPRO) is an incorporated

nonprofit consumer-run statewide organization

consisting of member entities which are consumer-run

organizations and programs.

http://camhpro.org

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How to find Peer Specialists

http://camhpro.org/

http://camhpro.org/

http://camhpro.org/

Identify stigma in your organization.

Peer support staff may face stereotypes and other negative

attitudes, which may manifest in a number of different

ways.

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Examples include:

Directing peer support staff to use the client restrooms

instead of the staff restrooms

Excluding peer support staff from team meetings

Referring to peer support staff as “addicts” or other

terms that characterize the person by their condition.

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Develop a plan to train and educate peer support staff and supervisors.

Each organization will require different levels of training and education to prepare its supervisors and peer support staff for client interactions.

Your organization may also tailor training and education to the needs of your staff. For example, you may provide staff with a list of words they should not use (e.g. “crazy”) because they are not conducive to a recovery culture.

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Create an inclusive culture.

Leadership in the organization should include peer support

staff in the organization’s decision-making processes,

which empowers the peer support staff and helps to reduce

stereotypes and other negative perceptions.

Parent’s Support Staff ensures parents/caregivers are

included in every level of treatment including all meetings

held regarding their child/adult with a disability.

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Ensure effective supervision.

Proper supervision is a key component to successfully

integrating peer support staff. Supervisors should set an

example for other staff on how to prevent and eliminate

stigma by addressing stigma when it occurs.

Supervisors should actively demonstrate to the rest of

the organization how peer support staff can have a

positive impact on their clients.

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Along with lived experience the common requirements are:

GED, High School Diploma, or higher.

Minimum of one year full-time of direct practice

(volunteer or paid) in a peer recovery support

environment.

At least 125 contact hours of peer recovery focused

education and training in a healing art.

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Common Requirements for

Peer Certification

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Create a Peer to Peer support group in your community.

Many communities have a group that meets regularly,

(in Sacramento County once a month and endorsed by

County Behavioral Health) comprised of Peer Support

Specialists employed in service agencies, community

based outpatient, hospital, educational institutions,

county mental health agencies such as Child Protective

Services.

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The purposes of the group meetings are:

For mutual support and networking.

How to address challenges and barriers in a positive productive way.

Sharing resources

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Peer to Peer Support, cont.

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One effective model for mutual support and learning is the Peer to Peer Café:

Members receive support and assistance in becoming their communities voice on peers, families, children and youth experiencing developmental, emotional, behavioral and substance use health challenges.

Cafés are change agents within their communities and receive timely access to local, state and national policy that supports their efforts.

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UACF Peer to Peer Café

The UACF Parent Leadership Institute is actively seeking

parents and family members interested in starting a UACF

Parent Café in their community!

Goals and Objectives of a UACF Parent Café:

Inspire Hope and Courage

Empower the Parent Voice

Connect Parents and Families to Available Resources

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UACF Parent Cafés

UACF offers empowerment trainings for

parents/caregivers and family members these can be

train-the-trainer teachings or individual group setups

There are a number of certified trainers statewide

See slide #50 for contact information

These trainings are presented throughout the year and

some upon request

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Trainings offered for parents by UACF

This three (3) day training is ideal for newly hired Parent

Partner/Family Advocates as well as parents/caregivers

who are either currently employed or have an interest in

employment in the public mental health system.

This curriculum, designed to specifically prepare

individuals for entrance into the mental health

workforce.

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Parent Partner 101 at UACF

Train the Trainer Course; this course is available through

certified trainers throughout the state

Ideal for Parent Partner/Family Advocates and

parents/caregivers who currently or previously have

parented a child receiving services in the mental health

system, and other public systems. This three (3) day

train-the-trainer course will certify participants to

conduct the 12 week EES course in their community. Awarded the 2013 “Program of the Year” at the 33rd Annual CMHACY Conference

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Educate, Equip, and Support: Building

Hope (EES) at UACF

This two (2) day train-the-trainer course is ideal for parents, caregivers, family members, and consumers of mental health services. Among the subjects are:

The value and purpose of storytelling

The basics of public policy development

How families and youth can use their stories to promote responsive change

Public speaking techniques

How to handle difficult situations

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Tell Your Story: Storytelling Change Agents

Train the Trainer Course at UACF

Check the UACF website: www.uacf4hope.org

Contact Cindy Claflin, Chief of Staff/Director of Parent

Leadership Institute: [email protected]

You can also contact Vickie Mendoza:

[email protected]

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Want to learn more about the UACF

trainings mentioned?

http://www.uacf4hope.org/



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