Tag: peer support certification
Who Gets to Define âPeer Support?â
The definition of âpeer supportâ should be straightforward. But over the years, âpeer supportâ seems to have morphed into âpeer specialistâ â or, to put it more bluntly, psychiatric survivorsâ experiential knowledge has been co-opted by the system. How does peer-developed peer support differ from the peer staff model? And what can we do about this?
The Downfall of Peer Support: Are You Kidding Me?
In April of this year, Sera Davidow authored a blog titled âThe Downfall of Peer Support: MHA & National Certification.â I do not agree with much of what she says in her blog, and as the vice president of Peer Advocacy, Supports and Services at Mental Health America I'd like to respond.
The Downfall of Peer Support: MHA & National Certification
Mental Health America (MHA) has finally unveiled its new National Peer Specialist Certification over much protest. It is dangerous to what we call âpeer supportâ for MHA to have done this. Even if they did it well. Which, as best as I can tell, they did not.