peer support

A collaboration between PEERS and John George Psychiatric Pavilion, the John George Peer Mentor Program provides friendly support to those who have been discharged from the psychiatric hospital and are transitioning back to day-to-day life. All of the mentors themselves have lived experience with mental health challenges, hospitalizations, and recovery. After one year, the program has seen a 72 percent decrease in re-hospitalization.

What is the Alameda County BestNow! program and how does it promote recovery and consumer employment? Learn the answer as host Barbara Meyers chats with BestNow! Program Coordinator Jamie Works Wright and graduate Jeffrey Caiola.

A Certified Peer Specialist, Beth Filson serves on the steering team of the National Center for Trauma-Informed Care and is a curriculum developer and trainer focusing on peer support services.

While co-hosting a trauma-informed peer support workshop in Oakland in April 2011, Beth tells her story and why she is passionate about her work.

Shery Mead, a sought after international speaker and the author of three books, is an expert trainer who focuses on trauma-informed peer support, warmline skills, peer-run crisis alternatives, co-supervision, and facilitation.

While hosting a trauma-informed peer support workshop in Oakland in April 2011, Shery tells her story and why she is passionate about her work.

Executive Director Khatera Aslami introduces Shery Mead and Beth Filson, leaders of the Trauma-Informed Peer Support Workshop that took place on April 20, 2011, in Oakland. 

Shery Mead and Beth Filson perform skits representing good and bad peer responses to a traumatized individual.

The presentation was part of the PEERS-sponsored Trauma-Informed Peer Support workshop held in Oakland on April 20, 2011. To see the presentation slides, please visit: http://www.peersnet.org/resources/articles/trauma-informed-response-and-intentional-peer-support

Certified Peer Specialist Beth Filson discusses the impact of trauma over one's lifespan, as well as the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE). To learn more about the study, visit: http://www.cdc.gov/ace/index.htm.

Author and speaker Shery Mead shares and explains the three main principles of trauma-informed care in the Trauma-Informed Peer Support Workshop in Oakland on April 20, 2011.

To see the presentation slides, please visit: http://www.peersnet.org/resources/articles/trauma-informed-response-and-intentional-peer-support