“Forensic Peer Specialists embody the potential for recovery for people who confront the dual stigmas associated with serious mental illness and criminal justice involvement” (Davidson and Rowe, 2008)
Description:
This continuing education opportunity is designed to enhance the capacity of Certified Peer Specialists and Recovery Specialists to fulfill a serious gap in supportive services for justice involved individuals.
Grounded in the philosophy of peer support services, this training uses a mutual-learning approach and dialogue-driven process to develop understanding of the impact of forensic involvement and introduces the Sequential Intercept Model as a tool to highlight the unique needs of individuals and discover resources necessary to effectively navigate within and beyond the criminal justice system.
Learning Objectives:
Who: Pennsylvania Peer Support Coalition
Facilitators: Keith Elders and Jason Rilogio
What: Peer Support Within the Criminal Justice System
When: April 26 - 28, 9am – 4:30pm
Where: Human Services Training Center*, 737 Elk Street, Franklin, PA 16323
*Formally Salvation Army Lunch Distribution Center
Contact: PaPSC at info@papsc.org
Cost: Free
Please Note: As much as possible, we will be following all current COVID-19 recommendations including face masks and distancing. We will also take other precautionary measures to make the space as safe as possible.