Training, conferences, and networking events for Peer Support Professionals
N.A.P.S. members can submit events to the calendar.
Topic: Peer-Led Alternatives Training: Peer Run Organizational Development Description: In this training, you will learn how to build and sustain a peer-run organization from the ground up. We will cover the basics of running and strengthening your peer organization in the most effective and culturally responsive manner. You will learn about the history of peers...
With growing interest in youth peer support, it is critical to ensure that policy change is driven by young people themselves. This session will feature co-presenters discussing Mental Health America's...
The NYPAN Networking Meeting is a regular informal drop-in space for peer specialists and advocates from across the state to come together to exchange insights, experiences, and opportunities with each other, while...
The NY-PAN Advisory Board consists of a selected group of individuals representing a diverse range of peer support credentials and regions across New York State. These members provide guidance and insights to help shape the direction of the New York Peer Advancement Network. Please note that this is a closed meeting, and participation is limited...
During this session we’ll explore different ways to support people who are returning to community after incarceration. This will include understanding unique considerations when supporting people returning, ways to build...
This session will discuss ways to support people who have experienced loss including a death, the loss of human rights, major life changes, and more. We’ll look at strategies for...
Topic: Hold on Tight! Staying True to Values of Peer Support Description: In this training we’ll explore ways to translate peer values and history into action and practice. We’ll discuss tangible ways to protect the integrity of peer support from everyday practice to macro-level advocacy, and beyond. Trainer: Tim Saubers The purpose of this training...
Topic: Centering Peer Values with Intentional Peer Support Description: For this meeting we’ll hear from a leader who has worked on what is often considered the gold standard of peer...
The NYPAN Networking Meeting is a regular informal drop-in space for peer specialists and advocates from across the state to come together to exchange insights, experiences, and opportunities with each other, while...
In this session we’ll talk about the future we’d like to create and what it takes to get there. We’ll flip the script from naming the things we don’t want...
The NY-PAN Advisory Board consists of a selected group of individuals representing a diverse range of peer support credentials and regions across New York State. These members provide guidance and...
Topic: Growing Together: Cultural and Narrative Humility in Peer Support Description: This training looks at how we peer supporters can move beyond cultural competence to practice cultural and narrative humility,...