iNAPS Brief – Conference Deadlines / Webinar 3
Steve Harrington
Dear Peer Supporter community member,
A reminder that a few deadlines are coming up for the International Association of Peer Supporters (iNAPS) 7th Annual Conference. Attached to this Brief are applications to submit by the specified deadlines (below).
· SAMHSA
Scholarship – application must be postmarked: May 24,
2013.
(Include a letter of recommendation. No fax or email submissions
accepted.)
· Call for Workshops– deadline for submission: May 31, 2013.
· Early Bird Discount Registration Rate– deadline: July 31, 2013.
Live it up!
Steve Harrington, Executive Director iNAPS.
7th Annual Peer Supporter Conference
This year’s Annual Conference will be held at the Sheraton Garden Grove Hotel (near Anaheim), California on August 27 and 28, 2013. Pre- and Post-conference institutes are in the planning stages, including institutes by Recovery Innovations, eCPR (National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery), and Recovery to Practice. Attached is a SAMHSA scholarship application, an application to submit a workshop or institute proposal, and a conference registration form. To learn more, visit: http://na4ps.wordpress.com/7th-annual-national-conference/
Disclaimer: SAMHSA scholarships are 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
Call for Workshop Presentations - Deadline to Apply: May 31
The iNAPS Conference is open to presentations on virtually any topic useful to peer specialists but is specifically seeking proposals addressing the following topic areas:
- Non-traditional peer specialist roles, such as those in in-patient, corrections, geriatric or other settings.
- Improving workplace relationships—how peer specialists can be successfully and meaningfully integrated into the mental health care workforce.
- Veterans Issues—addressing special issues relating to veterans.
- Support for Peer Supporters—how peer supporters are finding support for themselves, especially when isolated.
- Peer Support for Co-Occurring individual or groups.
- Peer Support in the Addictions (substance use disorder) field
- How to reach underserved peer groups such as GLBT, minorities, youth, elderly, etc.
Submit your Workshop Presenter application (attached) by May 31.
National Practice Standards (Progress)
Responses to our nationwide survey have been nearly unanimous in agreement with the twelve chosen values. The team is currently reviewing a tool kit published by the World Health Organization (WHO) for improving quality and rights standards for mental health care providers, to see how our efforts can align with theirs. The WHO tool kit is available for review at: http://www.who.int/mental_health/publications/QualityRights_toolkit/en/
Last week, iNAPS executive director Steve Harrington attended a meeting with CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities)also related to the practice standards for peer supporters. Several groups are working toward similar goals of establishing value-based standards.
To learn more about this project, visit our web page:
http://na4ps.wordpress.com/national-standards.
Webinar 3: Peer Supporter Roles and Values
Date:Friday, June 21, 2013
Time: 12:00 Noon – 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight
Time
Presenters: Gladys Christen and Rita Cronise
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 the iNAPS website: www.naops.org and click the
link for Webinar 3. Join 5-10 minutes early to download the WebEx
application software.
ALTERNATIVES Conference Update:
The ALTERNATIVES conference has received funding and will be happening in 2013. The organizers extend their thanks to all who were involved in supporting this effort. For more about the ALTERNATIVES Conference and the National Empowerment Center (NEC) Technical Assistance Center, visit http://www.power2u.org/
TONIGHT!!
National Mental Health Consumers’ Self-Help Clearinghouse
Networking Call
Because some people have let us know that they would like to participate in the monthly national networking teleconferences of the National Mental Health Consumers’ Self-Help Clearinghouse but they can’t do so during the workday, we are changing the day and time of the next teleconference, which will be held TONIGHT, May 21, at 8 p.m. ET, 7 p.m. CT, 6 p.m. MT and 5 p.m. PT.
The call-in number is 866-906-0123; the pass code is 5037195#.
The purpose of the call is for mental health peers from around the U.S. to get together, share information, and “network.” Join us! Again, the next call will take place TONIGHT, May 21, 2013, at 8 p.m. ET, 7 p.m. CT, 6 p.m. MT and 5 p.m. PT.
If you have a topic or topics you would like to see discussed on this call, please write to Susan Rogers sro...@mhasp.org with the word “Agenda” in the subject line.
One more thing: If you do plan to participate, it would be helpful if you would email Susan Rogers at sro...@mhasp.org to let her know; this will make it easier to keep track of participation and to send out minutes of the call afterwards. (If you don’t choose to do this, please feel free to join the call anyway!)
We look forward to “seeing” you TONIGHT! Please note that this new day and time are just for May; we will keep you posted on the date and time for June!
Thanks,
Susan
Susan Rogers
Director
National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse
267-507-3812
800-553-4539,
ext. 3812
sro...@mhasp.org
http://www.mhselfhelp.org
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