Resources for Peer Support Workers

The Alliance for Rights and Recovery (formerly NYAPRS) Annual Conference

Ask the Peer Specialist Certification Board (Tara Davis)

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

Database on how to become a Peer Specialist in each state

Doors to Wellbeing Quarterly Newsletters

The Key Update: The National Mental Health Consumers’ Self-Help Clearinghouse.

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.

National Peer Recovery Center of Excellence (PRCoE) Report on Certification, 2021

NAMI New York State News

New York State Office of Mental Health News (Special Edition: Peer Support, 2018)

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, Issue 3, September 2016


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