This Resource section contains links to helpful resources for peer support workers.
National Peer Recovery Center of Excellence (PRCoE) Report on Certification, 2021
To access, click here.
New York State Office of Mental Health News (Special Edition: Peer Support, 2018)
To access, click here.
New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services (NYAPRS)
- NYAPRS Conference 2021
To view the conference program, click here - NYAPRS Conference 2020
To view or download presentations, click here - NYAPRS Conference 2019
To view or download presentations, click here - NYAPRS Conference 2018
To view or download presentations, click here - NYAPRS Conference 2017
To view or download presentations, click here - NYAPRS Conference 2016
To view or download presentations, click here - NYAPRS Conference 2015
To view or download presentations, click here - NYAPRS Conference 2014
To view or download presentations, click here
NYC Conference for Working Peer Specialists
July 19, 2018
View or download the Academy of Peer Services (APS) Presentation
Guided Tour of the 2018 Academy of Peer Services Updates
View the Recording
Ask the Peer Specialist Certification Board (Tara Davis)
Broadcast on May 7, 2018
View the Presentation Slides
Ask the RAS’s Online Dialogue
Broadcast on March 28, 2018
View the Recording
New York City
Institute for the Development of Human Arts (IDHA)
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Doors to Wellbeing
SAMHSA Technical Assistance Center
Database on how to become a Peer Specialist in each state.
SAMHSA Webinar:
Making the Case for the Value of Peers
(Broadcast on March 23, 2017)
(Presentation Handout)
Office of Mental Health facilities
Starfish and Keys to Recovery Awards
Guidance for nominations
(Public Information Office)
New York City
CUCS Academy for Justice-Involved Practice 2017
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Peer-Reviewed Journals / Publications
(Listed chronologically by date; most recent on top)
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, Issue 3, September 2016
Special Edition on Peer Delivered Services.
Sample Article: Myrick, K. & del Vecchio, P. (2016, May 16). Peer Support Services in the Behavioral Healthcare Workforce: State of the Field. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/prj0000188.
Cronise, R., Teixeira, C., Rogers, E. S., & Harrington, S. (2016). The peer support workforce: Results of a national survey. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 39(3), 211–221. https://doi.org/10.1037/prj0000222
Newsletters
The Key Update –
The Key Update: The National Mental Health Consumers’ Self-Help Clearinghouse. This monthly newsletter by Susan Rogers contains articles of interest to the peer support community. Always worth the time to review the latest news and events that are happening in the peer support community
Doors to Wellbeing Quarterly Newsletter, Vol. 4. October 2021
The newsletter for the Doors to Wellbeing SAMHSA Consumer Technical Assistance Center.
Families Together in New York State. October 2021.
The Voice of Families and Youth
Long Island Peer Specialist Community of Practice Newsletter. October 2021
The newsletter for the Long Island CoP
NAMI New York State Newsletter (Summer Issue)
National Alliance on Mental illness
WRAP Up Newsletter, October 2021
Advocates for Human Potential
Learning Hub for Aging Services
National Council on Aging
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