BASIC PEER SUPPORT TRAINING

Dates:

May 19, 20 & 21, 2008
September 15, 16 & 17, 2008

Time:       8:00am - 5:00pm

Location:

The Counseling Team International

Training Room
1881 Business Center Drive, Suite #12
San Bernardino, CA 92408
800-222-9691
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Hilton Hotel
285 E. Hospitality Lane
San Bernardino, CA 92405
909-889-0133
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Gov. rate $84 per night + tax ( Gov. ID required & subject to availability)
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Price:

Pre-registration Tuition: $195.00 (Due one-week before class)
Standard Tuition: $220.00
Make checks payable to:
The Counseling Team International and send to:
Attn: Brenda Hulsey
PO Box 5947
San Bernardino, CA 92412

Course Description:
This 3-day conference brings together peer supporters that have been selected by their departments or agencies, on a volunteer basis, from all ranks and positions within the workplace. Throughout the conference peer supporters will acquire supportive skills designed to help them assist co-workers who are experiencing a variety of life crisis situations.

Peer support provides a way for employees and their family members to confidentially talk about personal/professional problems with specially trained coworkers who understand and want to help.

The peer supporters will be instructed as para-professional counselors whose primary function is to LISTEN, ASSESS and whenever necessary, REFER to professional counselors. They are taught to complement those services provided by outside professionals. The program expands available resources by offering a greater field of choice to personnel who want to talk to someone who has been there and understands what it is like to work their jobs.

Learning Objectives:

• Develop a Peer Support Program
• Feelings and Emotions
• Listening Skills
• Paraphrasing
• Summarization
• Self-disclosure
• Substance Abuse
• Dealing with Depression
• Grief and Bereavement
• Marriage and Family
• Managing a Line-of-Duty Death
• Critical Incident Stress Management
• Dealing with the Suicide Situation

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