6th Annual National Peer Specialist Conference Organized by the National Association of Peer Specialists (NAPS) Join the Recovery Revolution!

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1 6th Annual National Peer Specialist Conference Organized by the National Association of Peer Specialists (NAPS) Join the Recovery Revolution! Sept. 6-8, 2012 Sheraton Society Hill Hotel, 1 Dock St., Philadelphia, PA Register Online: CONFERENCE PROGRAM Sponsored in part by: (Ask us how your name and logo can go here on the final program!) Come Early!! Pre-Conference Institutes (September 4-5, 2012) Three pre-conference institutes are being offered at the Sheraton Society Hill Hotel, in association with the conference but registration and payment are separate from the conference. Recovery Peer Leadership (1-Day, Wed., Sept. 5) by Recover Resources (recoverresources.com/catalog/c19_p1.html) Advanced Peer Support (2-Days + Online) by the Recovery Opportunity Center ( Wellness Solutions 1.0 Uncensored Innovation (2-Days) by The Hope Concept Wellness Center ( Visit the websites listed above for more information about each institute. National Peer Specialist Conference Preliminary Program 9/1/12 Visit for updates. Page 1

2 National Peer Specialist Conference Program Opening Session - Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012 Gladys Christian, NAPS President Steve Harrington, NAPS Executive Director Joseph Rogers, MH Consumers Self- Help Clearinghouse Executive Director 1:00 1:10 p.m. Welcome, by Gladys Christian, President, National Association of Peer Specialists (NAPS) 1:10 1:25 p.m. Conference Overview, Special Award by Steve Harrington, NAPS Executive Director Innovative and Influential Leadership in Peer Support Award (Sue Bergeson) 1:25 2:00 p.m. Overview of Peer Support, by Joseph Rogers, Executive Director, National Mental Health Consumers Self-Help Clearinghouse and Chief Advocacy Officer, Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania. 2:00 2:45 p.m. Peer Support and the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs, by Daniel O Brien-Mazza, National Director of Peer Support Services. Orientation to types of sessions / preliminary program Throughout the conference, there will be keynote presentations and plenary sessions (where everyone attends a single presentation), breakout sessions (where everyone chooses between different workshops that are happening at the same time, but in different rooms), and series (that build on previous sessions in the same series). This program reflects our best effort to arrange the schedule to accommodate all of the chosen presenters / range of topics. However, as information goes out, changes continue to come to us. We will update the program weekly and post it to the website on Sunday/Monday. However, the plenary sessions, workshops, and series presenters are subject to change up to and on the days of the conference. Recovery to Practice Series The National Association of Peer Specialists (NAPS) was awarded a 5-year grant as part of the SAMHSAfunded Recovery to Practice initiative to analyze the needs of the profession and create a recovery-focused training curriculum for working peer specialists that could be delivered by working peer specialists. During the breakout sessions, a series of 8 orientations (A-H) will give participants a sneak preview of all 8 modules in the curriculum, scheduled to be launched early in Those who attend all of the sessions in the series will have an overview of the entire curriculum. National Peer Specialist Conference Preliminary Program 9/1/12 Visit for updates. Page 2

3 Thursday, September 6 (continued) 2:45 3:00 p.m. Refreshment Break (Complimentary for conference participants) 3:00 4:15 p.m. Breakout sessions: Workshops 1-3 Recovery to Practice Series Module A 4:15-4:30 p.m. Break Workshop 1: Loneliness and WRAP Everyone needs friends to talk to, pals to share activities, and people to depend on. This training is based on Mary Ellen Copeland s The Loneliness Workbook. We will explore how to defeat loneliness and write a plan to avoid it. Presenter: Sherri Rushman Workshop 2: Evidence-Based Practices: Why Should I care? Explore the usefulness and limitations of science in helping to reveal what works in mental health. Understand evidence-based practices (EBP) and where peer specialists fit in the picture. Discuss with peers how your work can reflect both scientific know-how and an appreciation of the mystery and grace of recovery. Presenter: Gareth Fenley Workshop 3: Seeing the Spiritual Opportunity in Mental Health Challenges While the integral place of spirituality in recovery from addiction has long been acknowledged, what has been less emphasized is that many people experience serious mental health challenges as part of their spiritual journeys. We will look at the need to set aside biological reductionism in an effort to focus on the spiritual aspects of mental health distress, spiritual aspect that many people experience as essential to their recovery process. Presenter: Mary Fala Recovery to Practice A: SAMHSA Principles of Recovery An interactive exploration of recovery principles, roles, and values, based on discussions and activities provided in the SAMHSA-Funded Recovery to Practice Curriculum for working peer specialists. Presenters: Two or more of the Recovery to Practice Project Team Steve Harrington, Antonio Lambert, Lisa Goodale, Lyn Legere, and Rita Cronise. Limited Seating 4:30-5:45 p.m. Breakout sessions: Workshops 4-6 Recovery to Practice Series Module B Workshop 4: Understanding the Consumer Movement This workshop explores persons in recovery as an oppressed class, discusses the consumer movement as a human rights movement, urges participants to self-assess around personal bias and encourages change. Presenters: Alison Emery & Mario Lopez Workshop 5: Helping Others Break the Chains of Self-Stigma and Low Self-Esteem Explore the important role peer specialists can and should play in helping others understand self-stigma and the devastating effects of low self-esteem through an interactive and engaging session. Presenters: Susan Meekhof and Mike Roaleen National Peer Specialist Conference Preliminary Program 9/1/12 Visit for updates. Page 3

4 4:30-5:45 p.m. Thursday, September 6 (continued) 5:45-7:00 p.m. Dinner On Your Own Workshop 6: A County in Recovery Learn how the County of Riverside, California has used peer support specialists in leadership roles, as mentors and trainers for clinicians to change the way the county conducts business to serve persons in recovery. Presenters: Shannon McCleerey- Hooper, Steve Luna & Denise Walker Recovery to Practice B: The Complex Simplicity of Wellness An interactive exploration of promoting and encouraging wellness, based on discussions and activities provided in the SAMHSA-Funded Recovery to Practice Curriculum for working peer specialists. Presenters: Two or more of the Recovery to Practice Project Team Steve Harrington, Antonio Lambert, Lisa Goodale, Lyn Legere, and Rita Cronise. Limited Seating 7:00-7:30 p.m. Special Award for Visionary Leadership The Visionary Achievement Award is being given to Dr. Michael Hogan, Former Chair of the President s New Freedom Commission, Former President of NASMHPD, Current Commissioner of Office of Mental Health, State of New York. This special award is given in honor of the visionary leadership of Dr. Hogan and the other members of the President s New Freedom Commission, which set the stage for system transformation and the ability for people to believe (and achieve) recovery. 7:30-9:00 p.m. Evening Plenary Session Defining Professional Practice Standards Defining Peer Supporter Roles: Values, Ethics and Practice Standards This facilitated forum will examine the values of peer supporters and how those values translate into an effective practice. This session will move us forward in defining (for ourselves) who we are and what we do -- instead of others outside the profession (administrators, clinicians, academicians) who are doing this now. By acting now, we hope to retain our practice integrity. Facilitated by Lyn Legere. Join us for this special evening Forum on Professional Practice Standards Defining Peer Supporter Values and Ethics National Peer Specialist Conference Preliminary Program 9/1/12 Visit for updates. Page 4

5 Friday, Sept. 7 7:30-8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast (complimentary for conference participants) Sponsor Showcase (Sponsor presentations) 8:30-9:00 a.m. Morning Announcements, Schedule Updates, Sponsor Recognition 9:00-10:15 a.m. Breakout sessions: Workshops 7-9 Recovery to Practice Series Module D Workshop 7: Stepping Back to Bring Hope Sharing personal stories of struggle and growth enhances one s chances of recovery. This can be especially true when survivors of mental illness revisit a mental health unit in a hospital or jail, establish a wellness group and bring messages of hope and recovery to those incarcerated. Presenters: Judy Banes & Richard Faison Workshop 8: Veteran Awareness and Recovery Practices 101 Participants will learn the best practice strategies to engage veterans and their families. The session will also further cultural competency of this emerging service group. Emphasis will be on culture, customs and recovery practices for success. Presenters: Douglas Tavira & Antonio Harris Workshop 9: Life Enrichment in Your Practice: Why Just Having Fun is Important but Often Neglected Why can t I take a peer on a picnic? Using preliminary results from groundbreaking research, this session will explore the many ways peer supports can and should help those they serve learn to enjoy life. Presenter: Steve Harrington Recovery to Practice C: The Effects of Trauma on Recovery An interactive exploration of the Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE ) study and the long-term effects of traumatic experience on physical and mental health, based on discussions and activities provided in the SAMHSA-Funded Recovery to Practice Curriculum for working peer specialists. Presenters: Two or more of the Recovery to Practice Project Team Steve Harrington, Antonio Lambert, Lisa Goodale, Lyn Legere, and Rita Cronise. Limited Seating 10:15-10:30 a.m. Refreshment Break (Complimentary for conference participants) 10:30-11:45 a.m. Breakout sessions: Workshops Recovery to Practice Series Module D Workshop 10: Down Under Doesn t Mean Down and Out: An Overview of Peer Support Practices and Innovations in Australia Join one of our Australian friends for an overview of peer support initiatives in New Zealand and Australia and see how other parts of the world are doing it! Presenter: Anthony Stratford National Peer Specialist Conference Preliminary Program 9/1/12 Visit for updates. Page 5

6 10:30-11:45 a.m. Friday, Sept. 7 (Continued) 11:45 1:00 p.m. Lunch on your own 1:00 2:45 p.m. Plenary Sessions Workshop 11: Let My Time Help You Do Yours: Peer Support in a State Prison Using peer support and mentoring, a weekly group brought together seasoned inmates with new arrivals to help the newbies cope more effectively with prison life. The program also prepares inmates with potential helping opportunities after release. This session will explore the nature and effectiveness of this application of peer support. Presenter: Andy Bernstein Workshop 12: Being Trauma Aware in Peer Support Without an understanding of the effects of trauma, there can be no integration in treatment systems. This session will help participants avoid the physical, emotional, spiritual and behavioral effects of trauma and that awareness is the first recovery step. Presenter: Trish Bleth Recovery to Practice D: The Influence of Culture on Recovery An interactive exploration of multi-cultural influences, based on discussions and activities provided in the SAMHSA-Funded Recovery to Practice Curriculum for working peer specialists. Presenters: Recovery to Practice Team Steve Harrington, Antonio Lambert, Lyn Legere, and Rita Cronise. Limited seating. 1:00 1:45 p.m. Peer Specialists and the Recovery to Practice Project Overview of Recovery to Practice and what it can mean for profession development. Wilma Townsend, SAMHSA, Acting Director of Consumer Affairs. 1:45 2:15 p.m. The Copeland Center (WRAP ) future goals and vision Where we are, where we are headed. Matthew Federici, Copeland Center Director 2:15 2:45 p.m. The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) future goals and vision Where we are, where we are headed. Lisa Goodale, VP Education and Training DBSA. 2:45 3:00 p.m. Refreshment Break (Complimentary for conference participants) 3:00 4:15 p.m. Breakout sessions: Workshops Recovery to Practice Series - Module E Workshop 13: The Peer Specialist as Supervisor: Moving Toward a More Peer-Driven System of Care Strong evidence proves that peer specialists are effective in working in mental health systems. As we move toward a more peer-driven system of care, it is time for peer specialists to become leaders in those systems. A peer specialist as a supervisor is crucial to erasing stigma and changing the climate of mental health care. This session will address these issues and provide strategies for peer specialists to become and work as supervisors. Presenter: Tara N. Miller National Peer Specialist Conference Preliminary Program 9/1/12 Visit for updates. Page 6

7 3:00 4:15 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7 (Continued) 4:15-4:30 PM Break Workshop 14: Recovery Inside: Bringing Peer Support into Correctional Facilities This engaging, interactive workshop provides participants with key skills, insights and tools for adapting peer support in correctional systems. Participants will experience the journey of introducing mutuality, empowerment and recovery as tools to support people in the transformation from offender to contributing member of a recovery community. Presenters: Terrence J-R Smithers Workshop 15: Thinking Outside the Box: How Peer Specialists Integrate with the Mental Health Workforce Peer specialists will discover ways to break down the stigma shown by the workforce. They will also discover how to work with the workforce contributing their talents while gaining personal rewards. When facing workforce cutbacks, peer specialists can assume new responsibilities partnering equally with that workforce. This session will cover these workforce development issues and more. Presenters: Elizabeth Freed & Jill Robinson Recovery to Practice E: From Dual Recovery to Whole Person Recovery An interactive exploration of integrated approaches for individuals with cooccurring mental health and substance use disorders, based on discussions and activities provided in the SAMHSA-Funded Recovery to Practice Curriculum for working peer specialists. Presenters: Selected RTP team members Steve Harrington, Antonio Lambert, Lisa Goodale, Lyn Legere, and Rita Cronise. Limited Seating 4:30-5:45 PM Breakout sessions: Workshops Recovery to Practice Series Module F Workshop 16: Collaborating with Psychiatrists Misunderstanding and frustration are all too common between psychiatrists, the people they serve and colleagues including peer specialists. Through two interactive role-plays, participants will develop skills that will empower them to accelerate progress toward collaboration. Presenter: Gareth Fenley Workshop 17: The Power of Peers in System Transformation Participants will explore the many ways they can create change in mental health systems through advocacy, role modeling, policy making, and other means. Join us for a lively session on how to bring recovery to organizations and the people they serve. Presenters: Cherene Allen-Caraco Workshop 18: Pillars of Peer Support III. This presentation will provide an overview of a series of summits at the Carter Center. The summits have allowed state officials and others to share information and perspectives. Presenters: Allen Daniels and Peter Ashenden. National Peer Specialist Conference Preliminary Program 9/1/12 Visit for updates. Page 7

8 4:30-5:45 PM Friday, Sept. 7 (Continued) 5:45 7: 00 p.m. Dinner on your own Recovery to Practice F: Recovery Roles and Values An interactive exploration of recovery roles and values, which may differ from the values and boundaries of non-peer members of a treatment or work team, based on discussions and activities provided in the SAMHSA-Funded RTP Curriculum for working peer specialists. Presenters: Selected RTP team members Steve Harrington, Antonio Lambert, Lisa Goodale, Lyn Legere, and Rita Cronise. Limited Seating 7:00 8:30 p.m. Evening Plenary, Engaging Women in Trauma-Informed Peer Support: A Guidebook This evening session is devoted a review of the guidebook created by the National Center on Trauma-Informed Care (NTIC) to help make trauma-informed peer support available to women receiving services in behavioral health or other human service systems. It is designed as a resource for peer supporters both male and female who want to integrate trauma-informed principles into their work. Presenter: Cathy Cave 8:45-9:30 p.m. Documentary, Open Spaces This award winning production was created with support from the National Association of Peer Specialists and features recovery in action through the stories of five people in recovery. Come, enjoy the film, and feel welcome to discuss it afterward. Documentary run time: 42 minutes. Saturday, Sept. 8 7:30-8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast (complimentary for conference participants) Sponsor Showcase (Sponsor presentations) 8:30-9:00 a.m. Morning Announcements, Schedule Updates, Award Ceremony Award recipients: Champion of Peer Support Lifetime Achievement Award (Wilma Townsend) Inspirational Leadership in Peer Support Award (Gladys Christian) Peer Support Super Connector Award (Steve Harrington) 9:15-10:30 a.m. Breakout sessions: Workshops Recovery to Practice Series - Module G Workshop 19: Support for Peer Supporters: Finding Your Way Through personal experience, this presenter discovered the challenges of finding peer support for her, a peer supporter. In this session, she shares what she has learned and how she connected with resources to avoid burn out and provide the best peer support services. Presenter: Georgette Evan National Peer Specialist Conference Preliminary Program 9/1/12 Visit for updates. Page 8

9 9:15-10:30 a.m. Saturday, September 8 (Continued) Workshop 20: Peer Coaching: An Emerging Peer Specialist Workforce Opportunity Peer coaching is a promising new behavioral healthcare service. This workshop will introduce participants to peer coaching concepts and competencies and examine use of coaching services in a diverse range of settings, including peer coaching to promote use of online wellness tools. Presenters: Lisa Goodale and Allen Daniels Workshop 21: Blending the Wisdom of Lived Experience with Professional Training: Peers in Social Work School Peer providers bring a unique perspective to professional education and frequently make excellent clinical and macro-level social workers. However, their presence is not always welcomed or supported by social work training programs. Tips will be provided on the pros and cons of self-disclosure; applications; linkage to disability services, and selecting internships. Presenter: Melissa Hensley Recovery to Practice G: Strengthening Workplace Relationships An interactive exploration of workplace relationships, including challenges related to fear, misunderstanding, roles, status, and differing values, based on discussions and activities provided in the SAMHSA-Funded Recovery to Practice Curriculum for working peer specialists. Presenters: Selected members of the RTP team Steve Harrington, Antonio Lambert, Lyn Legere, and Rita Cronise. Limited Seating 10:30-11:00 a.m. Refreshment Break (Complimentary for conference participants) Check Out of Hotel 11:00-12:15 noon Breakout sessions: Workshops Recovery to Practice Series - Module H Workshop 22: Meeting the Challenges of the Workplace: Conflict Management Techniques for Peer Specialists This workshop will support employed peer specialists with using peer support as well as effective communication techniques to resolve workplace conflicts. Participants will complete an individual strengths- and needs-assessment to determine their success with resolving workplace conflicts and through small and larger group exercises, develop skills. Presenters: Crystal L. Edwards & Yvette P. Pate Workshop 23: The Power of Peer Support and a Wellness Approach to Assisting People with Mental Health and Addiction Challenges Two leaders who have overcome their own co-occurring challenges facilitate an interactive workshop as an opportunity to share wisdom about maintaining authenticity, personal wellness, healthy boundaries and personal space for themselves and those they support. Presenters will share information and opportunities about the SAMHSA Wellness Initiative. Presenters: Linford Gayle & Charles Willis Workshop 24: Unique Issues When Engaging Veterans Veterans pose unique challenges to peer support workers and this is especially true as an increasing number of military personnel return from current conflicts. This workshop will help peer specialists learn how to understand the veteran culture and build trusting relationships. Includes re-adjustment issues. Presenter: Justin Thompson National Peer Specialist Conference Preliminary Program 9/1/12 Visit for updates. Page 9

10 11:00-12:15 noon Saturday, September 8 (continued) 12:15-12:30 p.m. Break Recovery to Practice Session H: Recovery Relationships An interactive exploration of recovery relationships, including techniques for finding, establishing,and restoring supportive relationships, and dialog about sexual health, based on discussions and activities provided in the SAMHSA-Funded Recovery to Practice Curriculum for working peer specialists. Presenters: Two or more of the RTP team members Steve Harrington, Antonio Lambert, Lisa Goodale, Lyn Legere, and Rita Cronise. Limited Seating 12:30-1:00 p.m. Wrap up, evaluations, door prizes 1:00 2:00 p.m. Lunch on your own 2:00 3:30 p.m. Special Plenary Session (Post-Conference) National Certification of Peer Specialist: A Conversation An opportunity, immediately following the National Conference, to summarize discussions about creating a national certification process. Requests for peer specialists to comment on the perceived value and limitations of a national certification will be gathered in a variety of forums throughout the week and consolidated for those who seek to create a standard certification process. Join us for a Special Post-Conference Conversation about National Certification of Peer Specialists 3:30 4:00 p.m. Good-bye and safe journey National Peer Specialist Conference Preliminary Program 9/1/12 Visit for updates. Page 10

11 Make a difference with those who are making a difference! Make a charitable donation/be a sponsor Sponsor Showcase -share your organizational or personal story (breakfast showcase each day) Conference Scholarships (Bearing the Name of the Sponsor): There is a waiting list of deserving applicants who are seeking scholarships or other assistance to attend the conference. A scholarship bearing the name of your organization (or you as an individual contributor) would leave a lasting impression on an emerging recovery leader. Unless otherwise designated, scholarship recipients will be selected from the current list of applicants through a random drawing (lottery): Full scholarship for one - $ (travel, hotel, conference, meals) Partial conference scholarship - $ (conference registration) Travel / lodging assistance varies (donations or frequent flyer mile/hotel points donations are welcome) Keynote and Workshop Presenter Sponsorships: There are never enough ways to show appreciation for the time and efforts that go into developing and delivering a quality program. Most presenters come to the conference with no expectation of being compensated, in spite of the great value of their contribution. If you would like to contribute toward an honorarium /expenses for one or more of the presenters this is a way to say thank you. Keynote / Plenary Presenter (Sponsor honorarium + expenses) $2, available Workshop Presenter (Sponsor an honorarium + expenses) -- $1, available Conference Program Listings: The conference program is a great way to make a difference and receive recognition. Sponsors will also be listed on the Conference Page of the website starting in August. All prices are suggested donations, but may be combined with or included in other levels of sponsorship (next page). Full page reserved for major sponsors and meal donations ($5000 or more) Half page Suggested donation of $ or more 6 available Business card size Suggested donation of $ or more 20 available Name only Suggested donation of $ or more 50 available If you would like to make a contribution toward a specific scholarship, indicate that with your payment. National Peer Specialist Conference Preliminary Program 9/1/12 Visit for updates. Page 11

12 Meal Host (Sponsor Recognition): One quick way to gain positive recognition is to provide a meal or refreshment break at the conference. All meal sponsors will be acknowledged at the meal and also listed in the program and on the website. Refreshments - (mid-morning / mid-afternoon /late afternoon snack) $2, available Lunch Reception (healthy fare - fruit/veggie) $7, available Evening Reception (healthy fare - fruit/veggie) $10, available Major sponsors ($5000 or more): Conferences are a great opportunity for people to learn and make connections. Major sponsors are recognized leaders in the vision of bringing peer support into the mainstream of mental health care, and beyond. The benefits available for sponsoring at this level are: Listed as a major sponsor on web site, promotional materials, registration materials, and conference signs (brand name/logo and tag line) Full page ad in the conference program Public recognition at sponsored events (meals, scholarships, awards) Exhibitor table (6 x 4 ) with two chairs (subject to availability) Sponsor showcase displayed at beginning of each session Scholarship named after sponsor awarded to one person (registration fee only) Exhibitors and Vendors ($50 fee for the full conference): A very limited number of tables are available. The benefits of being an exhibitor: Listed (name only) as an exhibitor on web site and program Discount on cost of larger space (logo/ business card) in conference program Exhibitor table (6 x 4 ) with two chairs / Sponsor showcase listing Anonymous Donations If you support the work of the National Association of Peer Specialists (NAPS) and would like to contribute to further efforts to bring peer support providers into the mainstream of mental health care, but prefer to remain anonymous, there is a link on the Sponsor Registration page for anonymous donations (any amount). SPONSOR US ONLINE To view the current availability of Conference Sponsorship options or make a donation, visit CONFERENCE UPDATES For the latest updates to the Conference program (posted weekly), visit: National Peer Specialist Conference Preliminary Program 9/1/12 Visit for updates. Page 12