Leading Peer Support and Self-Help Groups: A Pocket Resource for Peer Specialists and Support Group Facilitators

Leading Peer Support and Self-Help Groups: A Pocket Resource for Peer Specialists and Support Group Facilitators
Author: Charles Drebing
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2016
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1329956923

There were more visits to peer support/self-help groups last year, than there were visits to the offices of mental health professionals. Peer support groups have exploded in popularity, as the public and the healthcare community recognize that they provide an effective complement to formal care, and improve the chance that many participants will have better healthcare outcomes. Few peer support/self-help group leaders have more than minimal training in how to lead a group successfully. This is unfortunate, as leading a self-help group is often challenging. This pocket resource is designed to provide easy access to key information and strategies to help Peer Specialists and other lay group leaders develop and expand their group facilitation skills so they can lead healthy thriving peer support groups.

Advocating for Others: A Pocket Resource for Peer Specialists and Counselors

Advocating for Others: A Pocket Resource for Peer Specialists and Counselors
Author: Charles Drebing
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2016-03-26
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9781329803091

Advocacy for consumers of mental health and social services is a key force moving these services toward truly patient-centered care. Patients, family members, Peer Specialists, clinical staff and quality assurance professionals all find themselves in the advocacy role at times, pushing for continued improvement in programs and organizations that patients rely on for their recovery. Unfortunately few people have any formal training or education in how to advocate effectively. This pocket resource is designed to provide easy access to the key strategies and information needed to help anyone finding themselves advocating for small or large changes in a healthcare or social service organization, to do so effectively.

The Peer Specialist Pocket Resource for Mental Health and Substance Use Services

The Peer Specialist Pocket Resource for Mental Health and Substance Use Services
Author: Charles Drebing
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 102
Release: 2013-07
Genre: Mental health services
ISBN: 9781304201706

This pocket resource provides Peer Specialists working with adults in mental health and/or substance use treatment, with key information about common terms and strategies they need in order to be effective in this specialized role. It is also provides a customizable resource of referral information that Peers can share with the people they support.

Peer Counseling

Peer Counseling
Author: Vincent J. D'Andrea
Publisher:
Total Pages: 452
Release: 1996
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

This remains the best (and only) handbook for learning to be a peer counselor. After years of success with their first editon, the editors have updated and greatly expanded Peer Counseling with new chapters by additional contributors. This new edition provides the basics of rapidly training college students and others in: Listening skills -- Crisis counseling -- Counseling skills Cultural and ethnic perspectives -- Resident advisors Suggested training curriculum Chapters from new contributing authors help reflect changes in the work of the average college campus peer counselor: Ethical considerations -- Making referrals -- Date rape -- Sexual orientation -- HIV antibody test counseling Complete with bibliography and index

Health Services

Health Services
Author: Robert W. Sandstrom
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2024-11-29
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1040184502

This new edition of Health Services: Policy and Systems for the Therapists provides a comprehensive introduction to the structure and organization of the U.S. health care system, and the application of private and government insurance programs across a range of clinical practice areas. The book provides an essential introduction to the latest policy developments, exploring issues such as access, cost, quality, licensure, informed consent, and medical liability. The book provides, too, detailed guidance on practical issues, including communication with managed care organizations and government claims reviewers, compliance and fraud/abuse prevention, and the completion of key documentation. This new edition has also been updated not only with the latest policy changes, but with new material on population health, value-based health care, and telehealth. This is the ideal text to enable both students and practitioners across allied health disciplines to feel confident and assured working within the U.S. health care system.

PsycEssentials

PsycEssentials
Author: Janet L. Sonne
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Mental illness
ISBN: 9781433811173

Mental health professionals face tricky questions like these every day. But locating reliable sources of information takes considerable time, a luxury that many hard-working clinicians today simply don't have. PsycEssentials: A Pocket Resource for Mental Health Practitioners is a quick but comprehensive guide that helps mental health clinicians locate the answers to these common and often urgent questions. User-friendly chapters are arranged chronologically to address the typical progression of therapy, and describe a wealth of publicly available resources from standardised screening measures and various clinical assessment and risk evaluation measures, to state laws regarding child and elder abuse reporting, symptoms for mental health diagnosis, commonly prescribed drugs, and resources for the implementation of evidence-based psychotherapies.

Behavioral Health Mentor

Behavioral Health Mentor
Author: Richard Davila
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2018-07-19
Genre:
ISBN: 9781722915902

This workbook is a look at a way for persons who want to be Peer Recovery Support Specialist (PRSS) and helpers working with persons with co-ocurring disorders (addiction/mental health issues). We include such topics as self care, what a a PRSS is and is not, how to develop a wellness plan, multiple family awareness (co-dependency, enabling, traits of a healthy family), etc.

Child Neurology Encounter Pocket Guides

Child Neurology Encounter Pocket Guides
Author: Julie Sprague-McRae
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2014-08-13
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1457532131

The Association of Child Neurology Nurses has developed a collection of quick reference Child Neurology Encounter Pocket Guides for common neurology conditions. The topics include epilepsy, alteration of consciousness, paroxysmal involuntary movements, headache, post-concussion, tic disorders, developmental delay, and intellectual disability. These quick reference guides easily lead registered nurses, doctors of nursing practice, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, physician assistants, rotating medical students, and residents through an in-person or electronic child neurology encounter. Their companion educational topic overviews and data collection tools are located in the Child Neurology Encounter Guides comprehensive edition. Whether implemented in a private, managed care, or tertiary-level practice, the Child Neurology Encounter Pocket Guides can enhance patient evaluation and management efficiency, maximize the child neurology provider's time, and provide patients with access to "real-time" health care interventions.

Peer Recovery Support Specialist/Addictions Recovery Coach Training

Peer Recovery Support Specialist/Addictions Recovery Coach Training
Author: PARfessionals Inc.
Publisher:
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2013-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9780615930572

Study guide covers background knowledge including history of the peer recovery movement, the knowledge needed to become a recovery coach, models of recovery, and ethics; how to create recovery partnerships, assess clients, create recovery and relapse prevention plans. The course will end with a practical discussion on finding a job as a peer recovery support specialist or recovery coach.