Peer Specialist Webinar Today | 2:00 p.m.

Peer Specialist Webinar Today | 2:00 p.m.

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Doors to Wellbeing - Monthly (Free) Peer Specialist Webinar Series

Today (March 28, 2017) | 2:00 p.m. Eastern


Topic: Community Inclusion for Peer Specialists* 
with Matthew Federici, Executive Director of the Copeland Center


This webinar, developed in collaboration with Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion, will introduce peer specialists on how to develop tools, plans and methods to support peers being re-introduced and re-integrated back into the community.

 

By the end of this webinar participants will be able to:

  • define the concepts of community integration, inclusion, and participation and their relationship to mental health and wellness;

  • describe the ways which community exclusion occurs and impacts health and wellness;

  • discuss the evidence base that supports an increased focus on community inclusion; 

  • identify the role and value of peer support in promoting community wellness through increased inclusion.


Click here to register


Save the Date for April's Webinar: April 25, 2017 
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