Family Peer Support Worker Certification
Training Description
Virtual | Free to Attend | 40-hour Multi-Day Training
This training prepares caregivers with lived experience parenting a child, youth, or young adult with emotional, behavioral, and mental health challenges for certification as Family Peer Support Workers (FPSWs). It takes an in-depth look at the Parent Peer Support Practice (PPSP) Model, exploring the roles of FPSWs and the phases of the model. Confidentiality, professional boundaries, ethics, and working effectively with child-serving systems are discussed.
This training is for FPSW candidates who have been approved to attend the New Mexico Family Peer Support Certification training.
Trainers: Gay Finlayson, MA, CFPSW; Melissa Beery, CPSW, CFPSW; Spence Spencer, MPA, CWF, CFPSW; Chasity LeBlanc, CFPSW
Funding
This training is funded by the Children Youth and Families Department, Children's Behavioral Health Services.
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