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Webinar Today:
March 30, 3:00 -4:30 pm

Supporting Older Adults: Honoring Their Strengths
with Michelle Zechner, Clinton Green, Liz Breier, Shanti Vani, and Gayle Bluebird



With sudden focus on older adults as a vulnerable population, this webinar is about peer support and how we can honor the strengths of older adults - what they have to offer, what we can all share together, and how we can stay connected in this time of crisis.

Academy of Peer Services 
Faces and Places of Peer Support Webinar Series

To register, click here

 


The New York State Office of Mental Health Announces:
Emotional Support Line
Staffed by peers and volunteers
Open to all
24 x 7
1-844-863-9314

Additional OMH COVID Resources

(Video)
The Coalition for Behavioral Health and NYAPRS have issued a challenge to us all to stay connected.
Learn more

Take the challenge: striveforfivechallenge@gmail.com
Academy of Peer Services
Announcements

Term 1 Extended to April 20
Term 1, 2020 has been extended to allow online learners additional time to access and complete courses. Term 2 will begin as scheduled at noon on Monday, April 27. 
For more Academy of Peer Services news, click here


Recommended Courses During the Crisis

Self-Care for Peer Providers



Transforming Lives With the Arts


Don't miss this new Elective course by Gayle Bluebird and Debbie Trueheart.

Our courses are free of change, 24 x 7 and not just for peer specialists. Anyone can beneft from taking the 50 courses we offer.

To sign up (for free): https://www.academyofpeerservices.org/
Virtual Community of Practice

The Academy of Peer Services  Virtual Community is the bridge between our online courses and the real world of the peer workforce.'

We share information about peer support lines that are operating 24 x 7 and online groups that are starting up in the community. 

Phone Support
Online Peer Support Groups
Support for Peer Support Providers (and Supervisors) 


Our website is being updated hourly with new online support groups, classes, and ways to stay connected. 

Have something to add or change? 
Send email to academy.virtual.community@gmail.com 
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