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Monthly Training and Meeting Activities of MHASP's Institute for Recovery & Community Integration
Philadelphia County
Philadelphia CPS Class Celebration - May 2011
Philadelphia County CPS
Philadelphia Certified Peer Specialist Trainings
Ten day training
Time: 9:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Location: To Be Determined
The Certified Peer Specialist Program curriculum focuses on the principles and philosophy of recovery. The course facilitates learning by relating each session of the training encounter to the participants’ personal experience of recovery, and provides practice in the core skills of peer-to-peer support. The curriculum is presented within a three-part framework, which emphasizes: principles of recovery and peer support, essential skills of peer support and the experiential group process. Contact Deborah Groom of Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services at 215-685-5589 or deborah.groom@phila.gov for an application for these trainings.
Date: November 14-18 & November 28 - December 2, 2011
Time: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: TBA
Date: January 9-13 & January 23-27, 2012
Time: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: TBA
Date: March 5-9 & March 19-23, 2012
Time: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: TBA
Date: May 7-11 & May 21-25, 2012
Time: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: TBA
Philadelphia Certified Peer Specialist Professional Development and Support Group
Time: 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Location: Project Home - 1515 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19130
Dates - Third Thursday of Every Month
Time: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: TBA
Date: March 5-9 & March 19-23, 2012
Time: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: TBA
Date: May 7-11 & May 21-25, 2012
Time: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: TBA
Philadelphia Certified Peer Specialist Professional Development and Support Group
Time: 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Location: Project Home - 1515 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19130
Dates - Third Thursday of Every Month
Time: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: TBA
Philadelphia Certified Peer Specialist Professional Development and Support Group
Time: 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Location: Project Home - 1515 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19130
Dates - Third Thursday of Every Month
This is an established meeting for Certified Peer Specialists who are looking to find support and guidance in their professional development from other Certified Peer Specialists. It is also an opportunity to network, share resources, and hear about upcoming trainings, committee openings, and leadership and job opportunities. Guest speakers come on a fairly regular basis at the end of the meeting to share resources or collect input from CPSs.
- Date: October 20, 2011 Time: 3 - 5 p.m.
- Date: November 17, 2011 Time: 3 - 5 p.m.
- Date: December 15, 2011 Time: 3 - 5 p.m.
- Date; January 19, 2012 Time: 3 - 5pm
- Date: February 16, 2012 Time: 3 - 5pm
- Date: March 15, 2012 Time: 3 -5pm
- Date; April 19, 2012 Time: 3 - 5pm
- Date: May 17, 2012 Time: 3 - 5pm
- Date: June 21, 2012 Time: 3 -5pm
Philadelphia Certified Peer Specialist Professional Development and Support Group
Time: 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Location: Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania - The Well - 2709 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19132
Dates-Fourth Monday of Every Month
This is a newer and growing group. It is also a meeting for Certified Peer Specialists who are looking to find support and guidance in their professional development from other Certified Peer Specialists. There will be opportunities to network, share resources, hear about upcoming trainings, committee openings, and leadership and job opportunities at this meeting as well. Because this group is newer, it has a lot of potential to evolve based on the needs of the attending CPSs.
- Date: August 22, 2011 Time: 4 - 6 p.m.
- Date: September 26, 2011 Time: 4 - 6 p.m.
- Date: October 24, 2011 Time: 4 - 6 p.m.
- Date: November 28, 2011 Time: 4 - 6 p.m.
- Date: January 23, 2012 Time: 4 - 6 p.m.
- Date: February 27, 2012 Time: 4 - 6 p.m.
- Date: March 26, 2012 Time: 4 - 6 p.m.
- Date: April 23, 2012 Time: 4 - 6pm
- Date: May 28, 2012 Time: 4 - 6 p.m.
- Date: June 25, 2012 Time: 4 - 6pm
Philadelphia County Continuing Education Classes
Date: October 7, 2011
Topic: Group Facilitation Skills
Time: 9am - 12pm
Location: 1211 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa 19107, 10th Floor, Training Room 1029
Topic: Problem Solving
Time: 9am - 12pm
Location: 1211 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa 19107, 10th Floor, Training Room 1029 Date: February 14-16, 2012
Topic: Advanced CPS Curriculum
Time: 9am-5pm
Location: 1211 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa 19107, 10th Floor, Training Room 1029 Date: May 10, 2012
Topic: Exploring Psychiatric Advance Directives
Time: 9am-12pm
Location: 1211 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa 19107, 10th Floor, Training Room 1029
Contact Tara Turner-Scott tturner-scott@mhasp.org listing date and topic to register for these trainings.Class limit: 20 participants.
Philadelphia County Workforce Development Training Schedule
Dates: October 17-21 and October 31-November 4, 2011
Dates: April 9-13 and 23-27, 2012
Philadelphia County WRAP "WRAP Around Philadelphia" Program
Philadelphia WRAP Facilitator Network Meeting
The Philadelphia WRAP Facilitator Networking Meeting and Continuing Education goal is to provide trained Philadelphia WRAP facilitators the opportunity to network, support each other as well as continue their education as WRAP Facilitators. The meeting is scheduled from 10 to 12 noon on the fourth Thursday of each month in a rotating location schedule.
Date: August 25, 2011
Time: 10 a.m. - 12 noon
Location: Department of Behavioral Health/1101 Market Street/Philadelphia, PA
Date: September 22, 2011
Time: 10 a.m. - 12 noon
Location: To Be Announced
Date: October 27, 2011
Time: 10 a.m. - 12 noon
Location: To Be Announced
Date: December 22, 2011
Time: 10 a.m. - 12 noon
Location: To Be Announced
Date: January 26, 2012
Time: 10 a.m. - 12 noon
Location: To Be Announced
Date: February 23, 2012
Time: 10 a.m. - 12 noon
Location: To Be Announced
Date: March 22, 2012
Time: 10 a.m. - 12 noon
Location: To Be Announced
Date: April 26, 2012
Time: 10 a.m. - 12 noon
Location: To Be Announced
Date: May 24, 2012
Time: 10 a.m. - 12 noon
Location: To Be Announced
Date: June 28, 2012
Time: 10 a.m. - 12 noon
Location: To Be Announced
Questions: Contact Yvette Pate-WRAP Coordinator - 267-507-3886
1 Day Organizational WRAP Introduction
The One Day Organizational WRAP introduction will provide a 1 day WRAP introduction to leaders of behavioral health organizations, orienting them on how to best implement WRAP into their services. Contact Robert Martin at 215-685-5464 or Robert.Martin@phila.gov to register for this training.
Date: January 12, 2012Time: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: Office of Public Health/Training Room/1101 Market Street, 8th floor/Philadelphia, PA
2 Day Developing WRAP Seminar 1 Workshops
The 2 Day Developing WRAP Seminar 1 workshop's goal is to facilitate the development and understanding of Mary Ellen Copeland's Wellness Recovery Action Plan. The workshop will cover the history and dev elopement of Mary Ellen Copeland's research and discussion of the 5 Key Recovery topics as well as a thorough instruction of the structure of WRAP. This training serves as the required prerequisite training to apply for the 5 Day WRAP facilitator training. Contact Robert Martin at 215-685-5464 or Robert.Martin@phila.gov to register for these trainings.
Date: September 20-21, 2011
Time: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: Municipal Services Building/1401 JFK Blvd/Room C&Z/Philadelphia, PA
Date: November 1-2, 2011
Time: 9 a.m. - 5p.m.
Location: Municipal Services Building/1401 JFK Blvd/Room C&Z/Philadelphia, PA
Date: December 13-14, 2011
Time: 9 a.m.- 5 p.m.
Location: MRS/701 Market Street/Main Conference Room/Philadelphia, PA
Date: March 14-15, 2012
Time: 9 a.m. - 5 p,m.
Location: TBA
Date: May 15-16, 2012
Time: 9 a.m. - 5 p,m.
Location: TBA
Date: June 5-6, 2012
Time: 9 a.m. - 5 p,m.
Location: TBA
To register for City of Philadelphia WRAP trainings please contact Robert Martin at 215-685-5464 or Robert.Martin@phila.gov.
5 Day WRAP Facilitator Training workshops
The 5 Day WRAP Facilitator Training goal is to provide an understanding of the facilitator skills and the values and ethics that are necessary for those wishing to facilitate WRAP workshops. Participants must have a thorough grasp on their own personal use of Wellness Recovery Action Plan and the 5 Key Concepts. This training is a practicum intense training. Participants will be presenting and demonstrating in front of the class skills necessary to be a facilitator as well as presenting parts of WRAP. Attendance is not a guarantee of certification. Contact Robert Martin at 215-685-5464 or Robert.Marting@phila.gov for an application for these trainings.
Date: November 14-18, 2011
Time: 9am - 5pm
Location: TBA
Date: February 13-17, 2012, 2011
Time: 9am -5pm
Location: TBA
Date: April 9-13, 2012
Time: 9am - 5pm
Location:TBA
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