iNAPS Brief – Webinar 2 / Conference News
Steve Harrington
Dear peer supporter community,
Here's a quick summary of what's happening with the International Association of Peer Supporters (iNAPS). Mark your calendars and help us to spread the word!
Live it up!
Steve Harrington, Executive Director iNAPS.
Webinar 2: What Happened to You? Trauma-Informed Peer Support
Date: Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Time: 12:00 Noon – 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Presenter: Antonio Lambert
Hosted by: Peter Ashenden, OptumHealth
This webinar series is brought to you free of charge through the
generous support of OptumHealth.
To access the webinar, go to http://na4ps.wordpress.com/webinar-2.
Join 5-10 minutes early to download the WebEx application
software.
7th Annual Peer Supporter Conference
This year’s annual conference will be held in Anaheim, CA on August 27 and 28, 2013. Pre- and Post-conference institutes are in the planning stages. To access the registration form, apply for a (possible) SAMHSA scholarship, or download a call for workshop proposals application, go tohttp://na4ps.wordpress.com/7th-annual-national-conference/
SAMHSA Scholarship Application - Deadline extended
The deadline to submit an application for a SAMHSA scholarship to the 7th Annual Peer Supporter Conference (details below) has been extended to May 24, 2013.
Click here to download an application. http://na4ps.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/applicationforminaps2013final-copy.pdf
(It is okay to use the form with the—prior--April 26 deadline. Your application must include a letter of reference and be mailed with a postmark on or before May 24, 2013. No fax or email submissions will be accepted.)
Disclaimer: The availability of SAMHSA scholarships for the conference is not guaranteed. Other ways to raise funds to attend this or other conferences of interest can be found on this page:
http://na4ps.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/funding_ideas_to_attend_conferences.pdf
National Practice Standards for Peer Supporters (Progress)
Additional surveys have been distributed to populations of peer supporters that were under-represented in the initial survey on the core values of peer support. So far, the responses have been nearly unanimous in agreement for the chosen values. As a part of the literature review, the team is evaluating a tool kit published by the World Health Organization (WHO) for assessing and improving quality and rights standards for mental health care providers. The WHO tool kit is available for review at: http://www.who.int/mental_health/publications/QualityRights_toolkit/en/
To learn more about this project, visit our web page:
http://na4ps.wordpress.com/national-standards.
Summary of 2013 Peer Supporter Conference Deadlines:
· SAMHSA
Scholarship Application– postmarked: May 24, 2013.
(Application must be complete - requires a letter of recommendation and
must be mailed. No fax or email submissions.)
· Call for Workshops– deadline for submission: May 31, 2013.
· Early Bird Discount Registration Rate– deadline: July 31, 2013.
GREAT NEWS ABOUT ALTERNATIVES 2013– From the National Empowerment Center:
We are pleased to announce that Substance Abuse Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA) funds for the Alternatives 2013 Conference have
been approved. Thank you to everyone for your support.
Alternatives is the national mental health conference organized by and
for mental health consumers/ survivors. Each Alternatives conference
offers in-depth technical assistance on consumer/survivor-delivered
services and self-help/recovery methods. Learning from each other
exemplifies self-help, mutual support, and the principles of recovery in
action. The National Empowerment Center’s Technical Assistance
Center is proud to be carrying out the planning and management of this
year's conference. Please stay tuned for future announcements including
the dates and location, as well as a call for proposals and scholarship
information. We will be launching an Alternatives 2013 web page as soon
as a few major details are determined.
For more about the National Empowerment Center (NEC) Technical Assistance Center, visit http://www.power2u.org/
Please feel free to forward this information to anyone you know who has an interest in promoting peer support. To receive automatic announcements and updates from iNAPS, send a request to JOIN to in...@naops.org. To be removed from our mailing lists, send a request with REMOVE to in...@naops.org.
For more information about the International Association of Peer Supporters (iNAPS), please visit our website: www.naops.org.