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Due to the current COVID-19 crisis Via Hope is temporarily offering trainings online through August 31st. We will resume in-person offerings as soon as it is deemed safe to do so. While the content of the training will not change the delivery method will vary. This means that the content will be provided via Zoom technology, through online discussion threads, chats, polls, and short interactive breakout sessions.

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    24 Apr 2020
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    If You Give a Youth a Voice

    If You Give a Youth a Voice

    Recording available for viewing from webinar on April 24, 2020

     

    Summary:

    Join us for a new Youth and Young Adults focused web webinar! “If You Give a Youth a Voice” featuring Dani Wilson and Jessi Davis, Transition Age Youth Coordinator with Via Hope.

    Dani Wilson has their Bachelor’s in Mass Communication from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and their Master’s in Public Health from Saint Louis University. They have been working with children and youth for over a decade, and have spent many years working in public health through youth councils and consulting with local health departments. Dani has lived experience in mental health care and spent their first year after grad school working as a Youth Engagement Specialist on a System of Care grant in the state of Missouri. They have a passion for learning and understanding more about youth mental health and specific experience and interest working in advocacy with the LGBTQIA+ community.

    Via Hope – If You Give a Youth a Voice Webinar – 4-24-2020 Password: 2o#uWwhK

     

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    24 Jan 2018
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    Putting the Pieces Together: Ethics and Application in Peer Specialist Supervision

    Putting the Pieces Together: Ethics and Application in Peer Specialist Supervision

    Audio, slides, and handouts available for download from webinar on September 26, 2017

    Summary:

    Continuing the conversation about the unique role of Certified Peer Specialists (CPS), this webinar will help participants become familiar with the Texas CPS Code of Ethics and provide an opportunity to participate in discussion based on supervisory scenarios presented. These scenarios come from the Via Hope Demystifying the Peer Workforce workshop curriculum and illustrate the complexities of supervising peer specialists as someone who is not a Certified Peer Specialist, as well as the opportunities leaders have to support peer specialists in their day to day work of sharing their recovery experiences within organizational contexts that may be more clinically oriented.

    Available for download:

    1. Slides
    2. Audio Recording
    3. Poll Responses during webinar
    4. CPS Code of Ethics

    Downloadable Files

    Via Hope – Putting the Pieces Together Webinar – 9-27-2017

    Audio of PSI Webinar – Sept-26-2017

    Putting the Pieces Together Webinar – Poll Results

    CPS Code of Ethics (4-17-17)

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    24 Jan 2018
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    2018 PCRP Program Announcement and Implementation Booster

    2018 PCRP Program Announcement and Implementation Booster

    This webinar introduced the upcoming PCRP Learning Community program and offered a quick review of the practice of person-centered recovery planning and organizational implementation strategies, along with lessons learned in Texas.

    Summary:

    Files available for download here:

    1. A copy of the slides
    2. Audio file from the webinar
    3. Clinical CEU Request form (to send to UT School of Social Work)
    4. Handout: Top Ten Concerns About Person-Centered Care Planning in Mental Health Systems

    (We opted not to post the full recording due to file size and technical issues, which prevented slides from advancing near the beginning.)

    For the 2018 Person Centered Recovery Planning (PCRP) program, Via Hope will offer a PCRP Learning Community focused on capacity building for local, agency-based PCRP training.

    Over the course of the program, selected teams of trainers can expect to:

    • Deepen skill and knowledge of Person Centered Recovery Planning;
    • Expand facilitation skills;
    • Effectively train staff within their own organizations on PCRP;
    • Promote effective use of peer support in care planning;
    • Understand the importance of internal person-centered practices and caring for staff experiencing compassion fatigue, secondary trauma, and/or burnout; and
    • Develop a community of trainers within and across organizations, have access to subject matter experts, and receive individualized coaching and on-site consultation.

    Downloadable Files

    Jan 24 – PCRP Webinar Slides

    Clinical CEU Request Form – Jan 24 Webinar

    Audio from Jan 24 PCRP Webinar

    Top Ten Concerns

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    4 Jan 2018
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    Supporting Your Resilience In Trauma-Exposed Work Webinar

    Supporting Your Resilience In Trauma-Exposed Work Webinar

    Summary:

    90 Minute Webinar presented by Dr. Patricia Fisher, R.Psych., L.Psych., Co-Executive Director TEND

    Downloadable Files

    Supporting Your Resilience Webinar – Feb 2018

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    4 Dec 2011
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    Overview of Person Centered Planning – November 2, 2011 by Janis Tondora

    Overview of Person Centered Planning – November 2, 2011 by Janis Tondora

    Summary:

    Presented to Texas Department of State Health Services staff and key stakeholders by Dr. Janis Tondora, this overview of Person Centered Planning provides a comprehensive introduction to the practice.

    Presented November 2, 2011.

    Downloadable Files

    November 2nd – TX PCP Overview Tondora.ppt (Read-Only)

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