Resource for Peer Support Workers

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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

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Doors to Wellbeing Quarterly Newsletter, Vol. 4. October 2021

The newsletter for the Doors to Wellbeing SAMHSA Consumer Technical Assistance Center.

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Families Together in New York State. October 2021.

The Voice of Families and Youth

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Long Island Peer Specialist Community of Practice Newsletter. October 2021

The newsletter for the Long Island CoP

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NAMI New York State Newsletter (Summer Issue)

National Alliance on Mental illness

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WRAP Up Newsletter, October 2021

Advocates for Human Potential

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Learning Hub for Aging Services

National Council on Aging

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Do you have a resource related to peer support or the peer workforce to share?
Send email to academy.virtual.community@gmail.com.