Peer

This class consists of 3 full days learning how to be a WRAP Facilitator.

You will be able to teach WRAP with a co-facilitator. You must have a co-facilitator to facilitate WRAP classes.

This training will cover gentle teaching concepts, such as:

• The 4 pillars of safe, valued, valuing, and engagement.
• The four tools in relationships: Our eyes, our words, our hands and our presence.
• The 6 elements of safe, valued, positive interactions, demands, structure and transitions.

You will also learn the history of gentle teaching, what a culture of gentleness means, and discuss feeling safe, valued, and nurtured.

Learn what it means to be your own advocate, how to be an advocate, how to speak for yourself, be heard, and get what you need.

One of the most important aspects of recovery or in getting quality lives is hope. It’s as important as the air we breathe. Hope, can make bad days better and good days great. Hope Givers are people who give hope to others around them (Hope Receivers). All of us can be Hope Givers and Receivers. This training helps you learn how.

This training will go over what a crisis plan is and why you should have one! We will explain the research that shows how crisis plans help during a crisis and discuss what should be in a crisis plan.

This training provides an overview of the person-centered planning (PCP) process for individuals who are receiving services. Learn how valuable the PCP process is, your rights within this process, independent facilitation, and more!

We all need friends to talk to, pals to share activities with, and people we can depend on. This training is based on Mary Ellen Copeland’s The Loneliness Workbook

Holidays can be hard for many people with disabilities, mental illness, and substance use disorders, especially if they live alone. This training will review WRAP concepts and include a sample WRAP Plan for the Holidays to help individuals receiving services be prepared for the Holidays and give HOPE!

Sherri Rushman shares her experiences on achieving higher levels of wellness, stability, and quality of life through an optimistic outlook. Learn to identify negative thoughts that are impacting your life and take action to improve and enhance your thought patterns.

Learn the benefits of self-determination! Discuss the responsibilities, the importance of using the person-centered planning process, budget development, fiscal intermediaries support, and explore outcomes made possible with self-determination.

Everybody worries from time to time. There is a problem though if worry is taking up too much of your time and energy. The good news is that you can learn to reduce your anxiety and deal with worry more effectively. A sample WRAP plan on worry will be handed out at the workshop. This workshop is based on Mary Ellen Copeland’s “ The Worry Control Workbook”

WRAP (Wellness Recovery Action Plan) introduces you to the five key concepts of WRAP and guides in creating a personal WRAP. You will learn from peers how to manage through life’s difficult times using a WRAP and wellness toolbox.

This training guides an individual with developmental disabilities through developing their own practical plan to live a happier and healthier life. This training can count towards Peer Mentor Internship.