Training Institutes 2012 - National Technical Assistance Center for ...

TARGETED INSTITUTES
TARGETED INSTITUTE #10 9:30 AM SUNDAY • OSCEOLA B
Implementing Peer Supports for Families: Core Competencies, Training, and Support
OBJECTIVES—Participants will learn:
1. To identify the core job functions of a Certified Parent Support Provider (CPSP)
2. To describe the core competencies needed to be an effective CPSP
3. How to implement trainings to obtain the skills needed to be an effective CPSP
4. How to use the lived experience of family members to be an effective CPSP
5. To discuss the benefits of using data to show the effectiveness of the CPSP role
This Targeted Institute will summarize the universal job functions of CPSPs and the benefits of including CPSPs in
systems of care. Family members hired to provide peer-to-peer support need training, supervision, and support to share
their lived experience in an effective and ethical manner. Faculty will share core competencies of parent support
providers and show how these are linked to the job tasks of CPSPs. The core competencies are comprised of 11
educational domains derived from an analysis of the minimum competence needed to perform the job tasks with
specification of the performance levels necessary to practice competently with the requirement of regular peer-to-peer
supervision and consultation.
Faculty will also highlight the reasons and methods for using “lived experience” as an integral part of parent support
work. The benefits of collecting and using data will be described in order to demonstrate how to implement a
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) process showing the effectiveness of parent support providers and to improve
parent support services. Successful strategies for developing funding mechanisms through Medicaid or other third party
payers will be discussed. The information and strategies covered in this session will help participants to access the
training and consultation needed to implement effective parent support services.
Specific topics to be covered include:
• Job tasks, skills, and attitudes of CPSPs
• Core competencies needed to be an effective CPSP
• Strategies for core trainings to obtain the skills needed to be an effective CPSP
• The use of lived experience as an integral strategy for cultural and linguistic competence and family-driven services
• Use of data for CQI and demonstrating outcomes of CPSP services
• Medicaid billing codes and definition of parent support partner services
Role playing will be incorporated into the session to demonstrate the use of lived experience.
The faculty team will include the perspectives of a parent advocate within a system of care, a training and technical
assistance family specialist, and the director of the certification commission for parent support providers.
MODERATOR/PRESENTER: Teresa King, Family Resource Specialist, National Federation of Families for
Children’s Mental Health, National Technical Assistance Center for Children’s Mental Health, Georgetown University
Center for Child and Human Development, Washington, DC
Frances Purdy, M.Ed, J.D., Director, Certification Commission, National Federation of Families for Children’s Mental
Health, Rockville, MD
Belinda Harris, Lead Parent Advocate, Cuyahoga Tapestry System of Care, University Settlement, Cleveland, OH
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