Continuing Education Courses

This course provides an overview of peer support and peer services as non-clinical emotional and practical support provided by a person who is trained to use their lived experience to offer hope and to help others.

The purpose of this course is to describe the “Peer Model” by providing an overview of peer support values and practices.

In this course, you will explore the nature of the “Peer Model” including benefits, challenges, and strategies that peer support providers use to combat burnout.

This webinar introduces you to the varied types of peer support and settings within a single peer-run organization.

The purpose of this course is to introduce learners to the concept of behavioral health equity, its importance, and methods for increasing it in any organization.

This course explores the use of Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) as a tool for reducing health disparities in marginalized populations.

This course discusses methods of implementing the CLAS Standards in behavioral health organizations and why this is important.

This course discusses self-assessment criteria that help organizations decrease health inequities by adhering to the National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS).

In this presentation, we describe varied forms of complicated grief, contrasting them with manifestations of typical grief – and noting factors that make individuals at-risk for complications in the grieving process.

In this presentation, we explore the varied manifestations that generate moral injury, moral distress, and soul injury. Special attention is given to moral suffering in the COVID-19 pandemic

This presentation defines moral injury, discusses its relationship to trauma, and explores symptoms and healing strategies.

This module presents an overview of the Honest, Open, Proud (HOP) Program: to consider the costs and benefits of disclosing one’s mental illness and strategies for coming out most effectively should the person decide to do so.

Honest, Open, Proud (HOP) is the right decision for some people, but not for everyone. In this module, you will decide what the right decision is for you.

This module describes five ways to disclose and guides you through considering the costs and benefits associated with each strategy.

In this module, you will construct your experience with mental illness and recognize the values and issues related to public speaking.

This module is designed to help you review your decision to disclose since completing HOP Modules 1 through 3. This lesson assesses your experiences with peer support programs since completing the Honest, Open, Proud baseline program.

This course covers a 2020 community meeting to begin a conversation about moving forward with the work of integrating peers into the justice system in New York City.

In this course, you will learn about the establishment of the New York City Justice Peer Center, a peer-led, peer-run center that is being developed by and for people who have been impacted by the criminal justice system.

In this course, you will learn a brief history of the New York City Justice Peer Center, and why it is important for organizations providing services to justice-involved individuals to understand the structure of the NYC and NYS criminal justice systems.

This course covers the next in a series of community meetings of the Justice Peer initiative and explains the goals of the JPI and latest updates, including hiring an Executive Director and developing a new training curriculum.

This course is the last community meeting in a series on the development of a peer-run Justice Peer Center.

This course introduces the Needs-Based Self-Assessment and Toolkit to Advance Organizational Readiness for peer support services.

This session introduces key concepts of implementation, organizational readiness for change, collective efficacy, and commitment to change.

This module presents strategies for collaborative planning efforts, including increasing the engagement of those who join in the organization’s planning process.

This session focuses on strategies to address barriers related to engagement of employees and the sustainability of efforts over time.

This session discusses methods for evaluating progress towards organizational goals by applying concepts of Continuous Quality Improvement in the implementation process.

In this course you will learn about mutual support, experiential knowledge, the values of peer and family support, and the types of Peer Support Services that can be offered to people of all ages through MHOTRS programs.

In this course you will explore strategies for reaching qualified applicants, orienting new hires, and options for MHOTRS programs contracting with peer-run and peer-led organizations.

Embedding Peer Support Services into traditional mental health settings requires deliberate attention to organizational culture with a focus on moving from solely diagnosis and treatment, toward wellness, recovery, and resilience.

In this course, you will learn about the role of the supervisor in providing quality, consistent, and supportive supervision to assist peers in providing person-centered, recovery-and resilience-oriented services.

This course is based on the first webinar in the PeerTAC Inspiration Series. Topics include peer specialist contributions to clinic teams, ways in which supervisors can support peer staff, and the benefits of professional organizations to peer specialists and providers.

This course encourages participants to recognize racial inequities in mental health outcomes and access to services.

This course discusses historical racism in mental health, the interactions between racial and health inequities, and methods by which DOHMH is eliminating racism in their organization.

This course explores intergenerational trauma and its effects on children and families. Strategies for ending intergenerational and racial trauma are discussed, as well as methods for reducing bias, prejudice, and racism.

This course discusses the intersectionality of race and LGBTQIA+ identities. Drawing on their experiences, panelists discuss identity constructs and how these impact their interactions and lives.

This course discusses the results of a racial equity survey conducted with racism webinar participants in 2020. Several health- and human services-related organizations discuss their anti-racist strategies, challenges, and lessons learned.

Using data from attendee survey responses, this session engaged participants in a dynamic conversation on specific challenges participants face in implementing an anti-racist culture at their workplace.

In this course, you will review five core functions and ten best practices written by subject matter experts who have been supervising Peer Specialists for many years.

This introduces a needs-based toolkit for organizational readiness to employ peer specialists and guidelines for supervisors related to peer support values and practices.

This module discusses the origins and evolution of peer support and the benefits of supervisors who incorporate best practices into their supervision.

This module explains the core values of peer services as described by the National Association of Peer Supporters (N.A.P.S.) and their practical application.

This module discusses the Five Critical Functions of Supervision and provides examples of how to use them in practice.

This webinar discusses challenges to remote supervision, strategies in remote supervision, and techniques to manage work output and productivity.

This module discusses necessary steps for successful outcomes when facing difficult conversations with supervisees. The transactional analysis approach to effective conversations is also explained.

This module explores the developmental model of wellness and positive aging, what older adults want that might differ from what others want for them, and how to use shared decision-making and intentional peer support to create equal opportunities for older adults to fully participate in a peer relationship.

This course features a moderated discussion about transitions everyone is facing, particularly during the COVID-19 crisis, with attention to how these transitions are affecting older adults.

This discussion included some of New York State’s strongest advocates and leaders in the mental health field. Panelists talked about treatment of people with psychiatric labels, helping others to find their own choice and voice, and creating system change.

In this first webinar, we discuss why a peer support-oriented discussion is so important and the need for those with tobacco use experience to step forward as champions for themselves and others.

In this second webinar in the series, presenters introduce the Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP®) and discuss how it can be used for exploring options for wellness.

This webinar draws upon questions and comments from the previous webinars and stories shared by the presenters to explore different motivations for change, particularly in relation to tobacco use.

This module discusses the CHOICES (Consumers Helping Others Improve their Condition by Ending Smoking) program and how it can be used in peer support.

In this module, presenters discuss effective treatments for nicotine addiction and managing cravings, including some that are covered by insurance.

This course introduces you to Telehealth Peer Support (ThPS) and the 6-part ThPS Training Series offered through the Academy of Peer Services.

This course introduces you to courses you can take through the Goodwill Community Foundation for APS CE credits and explains the ThPS Competencies.

This course covers the Outreach & Engagement category, including small group break-out sessions and a large group processing session.

This course discusses the Communication Techniques category, including preparing, conducting, and closing a successful ThPS meeting.

This course reviews the Providing and/or Linking to Needed Supports & Services competency of providing telehealth peer support.

This course covers the Documentation and Technology category of competencies.

This course covers the Wellness Promotion & Health Literacy category of competencies.

This module discusses the interactions among race, oppression, and COVID-19, and how they affect the peer support.

In this session, we review sources of trauma and ways in which workplace practices can lead to trauma responses.

In this session, we acknowledge common causes of trauma in the workplace and consider strategies for transformation.