Via Hope envisions a world where lived experience is valued within systems and communities.

Upcoming Trainings Calendar

Addressing Secondary Trauma (CTI)

Friday, March 22, 2024, 9:00 CDT AM - 4:30 CDT PM

A CENTRALIZED TRAINING ACCOUNT IS REQUIRED TO REGISTER FOR THIS TRAINING. Addressing Secondary Trauma is a one-day for professionals who are experiencing trauma exposure in their work. It was designed to […]

RECOVERY INSTITUTE –

ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE

A Focus on Engagement & Local Solutions

Recovery Institute initiatives are designed to support the implementation of new practices, shift organizational culture, promote innovation, and increase collaboration within and among teams, preparing agencies to meet the challenges and opportunities arising in our rapidly changing environment.

Working as a Team To Make A Difference

How Peer Specialists Fit Into
The Healing and Recovery Model

Peer support specialists are people who have lived experience with a mental health or substance use disorder and are in recovery. Peer support services are designed and delivered by formally trained peer support specialists to promote recovery and resiliency in individuals seeking to begin or supplement their own recovery. Peer support services are offered in a variety of settings, from recovery centers and hospitals to homeless shelters and criminal justice settings. Learn more about the role peer support specialists play in recovery here.

How It’s Going

What Individuals and Organizations Say About Their Via Hope Training Experience

What it Takes

The Path to Becoming a Certified Peer Specialist

STEP

1

Review the online orientation materials and complete the self-assessment. This will enable you to apply for training on the Core training to become a Peer Specialist.

STEP

2

Apply and take the Core training. Complete the application and submit it with payment by credit card.

STEP

3

Apply for Supplemental Training. Via Hope offers the Mental Health Peer Specialist Training.

STEP

4

Apply for certification with (TCB) Texas Certification Board: Refer to TCB’s website for all information on how to apply for certification.

Since Day 1

Via Hope: Peer Specialist Training Leaders in Texas and Nationwide

Via Hope has been committed to the mission of changing the way we think about mental and behavioral health since 2010, when we created our first training program for Certified Peer Specialists. We trace our roots to the 2003 final report of the President’s New Freedom Commission Achieving the Promise, which called for fundamentally transforming the nation’s mental health system to a consumer, family, and youth-driven Recovery Model. We continue to provide training and consultation for people in recovery, their family members, youth, and mental health professionals to help make Texas’ mental health system become focused on recovery and resilience.

To learn more about our mission and work, visit our decade report.

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3 days ago
Via Hope

Via Hope is accepting applications for the Mental Health Peer Specialist (MHPS) Certification Training on April 22nd - 26th.

This five-day, 40-hour virtual training is designed to provide individuals with the necessary skills and knowledge to become certified as a Mental Health Peer Support Specialist in Texas. It was developed for individuals who have lived experience of mental health challenges, and who wish to to use their experience to positively impact individuals, communities, and systems.

The application fee is $650. Core Training must be completed before MHPS.

📆 Apply by Monday, April 8th
tinyurl.com/23ps7xev

#peersupport #peersupportspecialist #peerspecialist #mentalhealthsupport
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Via Hope is accepting applications for the Mental Health Peer Specialist (MHPS) Certification Training on April 22nd - 26th.

This five-day, 40-hour virtual training is designed to provide individuals with the necessary skills and knowledge to become certified as a Mental Health Peer Support Specialist in Texas. It was developed for individuals who have lived experience of mental health challenges, and who wish to to use their experience to positively impact individuals, communities, and systems.

The application fee is $650. Core Training must be completed before MHPS.

📆 Apply by Monday, April 8th
tinyurl.com/23ps7xev

#peersupport #peersupportspecialist #peerspecialist #mentalhealthsupport
4 days ago
Via Hope

Via Hope promotes wellness & recovery through peer support training, workforce development & organizational change work. This April, we're offering the following online trainings. Visit viahope.org/events to apply or find other upcoming training events.

⭐ Peer Specialist Core Training (April 2nd-4th)
📆 Apply by March 25th

⭐ Community Connections (April 10th)
📆 Register by the morning of

⭐ Healing Centered Peer Support (April 10th-12th)
📆 Visit centralizedtraining.com

⭐ Healing Centered De-escalation (April 16th)
📆 Register by April 8th

⭐ MHPS Certification Training (April 22nd-26th)
📆 Apply by April 8th

#peersupport #peersupportspecialist #peerspecialist #mentalhealthmatters #recovery #texas
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Via Hope promotes wellness & recovery through peer support training, workforce development & organizational change work. This April, were offering the following online trainings. Visit viahope.org/events to apply or find other upcoming training events.

⭐ Peer Specialist Core Training (April 2nd-4th)
📆 Apply by March 25th

⭐ Community Connections (April 10th)
📆 Register by the morning of

⭐ Healing Centered Peer Support (April 10th-12th)
📆 Visit centralizedtraining.com

⭐ Healing Centered De-escalation (April 16th)
📆 Register by April 8th

⭐ MHPS Certification Training (April 22nd-26th)
📆 Apply by April 8th

#peersupport #peersupportspecialist #peerspecialist #mentalhealthmatters #recovery #texas
6 days ago
Via Hope

Via Hope invites you to join us for Community Connections on March 13th at 10am-11:30am CST as we re-connect with our purpose, both as Peer Specialists and humans trying to make meaning in our world.

This webinar is FREE and open to all peers. 1.5 CEUs will be provided for MHPS, RSPS, RPS, CFP, and PSS.

Register online: tinyurl.com/4cxx6tby

#peersupport #peersupportspecialist #peerspecialist
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Via Hope invites you to join us for Community Connections on March 13th at 10am-11:30am CST as we re-connect with our purpose, both as Peer Specialists and humans trying to make meaning in our world.

This webinar is FREE and open to all peers. 1.5 CEUs will be provided for MHPS, RSPS, RPS, CFP, and PSS.

Register online: tinyurl.com/4cxx6tby

#peersupport #peersupportspecialist #peerspecialist
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