Peer support training helps employees understand how to create a workplace that is welcoming and supportive. The training covers important topics like: Fostering psychological safety Creating a ...

I’m in a four-month peer support worker training. Source: Dara Shevtsova/Pexels It's led by the always encouraging Debbie Sesula, an experienced peer support trainer herself. Though I’ve been offering ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Police officers statistically face the most trauma than anyone else in one lifetime, and now, they too are being given an outlet to help cope with it. Officers with the Charleston ...

I’m in a 4-month peer support worker training. Source: Dara Shevtsova/Pexels It's led by the always encouraging Debbie Sesula, an experienced peer support trainer herself. Though I’ve been offering ...

“People don’t understand what exactly dispatchers see, hear and go through. You’ve got a lot of dispatchers who shrug it off and say ‘I’m okay. It’s okay. It doesn’t affect me. I can deal with it on ...

LAKELAND — Deaths of first responders to suicide, increased depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other symptoms of mental health trauma have led some fire department leaders to change the ...

All ASLA peer leaders take part in a comprehensive initial orientation, and engage in ongoing professional development and regular interactive staff meetings throughout their peer-leader experience.

Last month, Central Oregon Community College in Bend launched a four-week-long training course for students to become certified peer support specialists. A peer support specialist is someone with ...

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THEY'VE BEEN THERE: From left, Philip Cooper, Jenna Woodman, Dillon Moss and Brandon Manson are part of the peer support specialist team in the Investments Supporting Partnerships in Recovery ...