Training, conferences, and networking events for Peer Support Professionals
Topic: TBA Description: TBA Trainer: Javier Alegre The purpose of this training series is to offer an opportunity to members to learn alternative practices, approaches, and ideas, that are rooted...
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...
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 trust, and navigating our own judgement. Trainer: Helen ‘Skip’ Skipper Subject Matter Expert: Nze Okoronta About ECHO: The purpose of this ECHO series is to...
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 tapping into our own experiences of loss and translating that into empathetic support. Trainer: Avé Lanett Subject Matter Expert: Jenn Jones About ECHO: The purpose...
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...
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 to naming the things we do, and identify how we can cultivate a future reflective of our values. Trainer: Yaffa AS Subject Matter Expert: KC...
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,...
This session will focus on strategies to center the voices of people actively using drugs when talking about living experiences and ways to de-center and de-personalize abstinence when discussing substance use focused peer support. Trainer: Jamie Bailey Subject Matter Expert: Amey Dettmer About ECHO: The purpose of this ECHO series is to create the opportunity...