October 2023 CPS & CPPS Supervisor’s Community of Practice
October 18th, 2023 from 1:30 – 3:00 pm CT
Join us in this Community of Practice gathering to learn how to support peers in their own recovery to prevent burnout, how to balance with work and home, and promote ethics and boundaries.
We invite you to please fill out the evaluation survey link (click here) if you attended this community of practice gathering or if you watch the recording. The survey will close at 4:30pm on Wednesday, November 1st. Certificates of Participation will be sent to those completing the evaluation form by 4:30pm on November 8th, 2023. No evaluation surveys will be accepted for CEH credit after the evaluation survey’s closing date/time.
This website is managed and maintained by staff at Access to Independence working on the Wisconsin Peer Specialist Employment Initiative. The words, views, and values presented herein are not necessarily representative of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
August 2023 CPS & CPPS Supervisor’s Community of Practice
August 24th, 2023 from 1:30 – 3:00 pm CT
Carmella Glenn
Carmella is from Madison Wisconsin and has worked in social justice for more than 20 years. She is the mother of 4 boys, two birth two bonus and she has one grandson. She has been married to her husband for 12 years. Carmella has a degree in Criminal Justice and Culinary Arts. She used both of those degrees to Direct, grow and supervise Just Bakery for 10 years. Just Bakery is an employment training initiative for those with barriers to employment. She is a Certified Peer Specialist, a Certified Peer Specialist trainer and is currently the Violence Intervention Coordinator for Public Health Madison and Dane County. She is also a proud system disruptor.
Marcia Galvan
Marcia is from Madison Wisconsin and has worked in social justice for more than 20 years. She is the mother of 4 boys, two birth two bonus and she has one grandson. She has been married to her husband for 12 years. Carmella has a degree in Criminal Justice and Culinary Arts. She used both of those degrees to Direct, grow and supervise Just Bakery for 10 years. Just Bakery is an employment training initiative for those with barriers to employment. She is a Certified Peer Specialist, a Certified Peer Specialist trainer and is currently the Violence Intervention Coordinator for Public Health Madison and Dane County. She is also a proud system disruptor.
In this session, the presenters will explore how culture, power, and privilege intersect with behavioral health and recovery. Substance use and mental health transcends all identities, and its imperative that when working with those whose worldview and lived experience differ from our own that we are providing culturally responsive services.
Presenters will share resources and discuss action steps with that will empower attendees to make changes on a personal level and equip them to begin creating culturally responsive and inclusive spaces for those that they work with.
We invite you to please fill out the evaluation survey link (click here) if you attended this community of practice gathering or if you watch the recording. The survey will close at 4:30pm on Thursday, September 7th. Certificates of Participation will be sent to those completing the evaluation form by 4:30pm on September 14th, 2023. No evaluation surveys will be accepted for CEH credit after the evaluation survey’s closing date/time.
This website is managed and maintained by staff at Access to Independence working on the Wisconsin Peer Specialist Employment Initiative. The words, views, and values presented herein are not necessarily representative of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
July 2023 CPS & CPPS Supervisor’s Community of Practice
July 27th, 2023 from 1:30 – 3:00 pm CT
Dominique Christian
As a Certified Peer Support Specialist, Dominique has experience supporting people with mental health concerns, psychological trauma and substance use. Dominique chose to enter this field because she believes that while there are many people passionate about this work, there aren’t enough people of color who share commonalities and similar experiences with the many of the clients being served. She believes her lived experience helps her be effective in supporting and advocating for others in their recovery process.
In this presentation, you will be invited to discuss the impact of judgment, bias (implicit or explicit), and the assumption that a problem exists. In life, we pay attention to how we have learned and been conditioned by society to make sense of our experiences. During connection with our peers, we use the development of relationships to create new ways of thinking, seeing and doing. The intention of our work is social change. This discussion will move us from focusing on adequate service provision to generating conversations that influence understanding and appreciation of different life stories.
We invite you to please fill out the evaluation survey link (click here) if you attended this community of practice gathering or if you watch the recording. The survey will close at 4:30pm on Thursday, August 10th. Certificates of Participation will be sent to those completing the evaluation form by 4:30pm on August 17th, 2023. No evaluation surveys will be accepted for CEH credit after the evaluation survey’s closing date/time.
This website is managed and maintained by staff at Access to Independence working on the Wisconsin Peer Specialist Employment Initiative. The words, views, and values presented herein are not necessarily representative of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
June 2023 CPS & CPPS Supervisor’s Community of Practice
June 29th, 2023 from 1:30 – 3:00 pm CT
Lisa Marie Brodsky Auter
Lisa Marie Brodsky Auter is a published author, Certified Peer Specialist, Peer Support Supervisor, and Group Facilitator for The Wellness Studio under SOAR Case Management/Recovery Dane in Madison, WI. Lisa Marie views emotional expression as part of the human experience and not something to be pathologized or shamed. She uses this ongoing lesson in liberation and humility to bring peer support to new places. Currently training to become a Poetry Therapy Practitioner, she teaches other practitioners how peer support values enrich group facilitation and one’s overall view of emotional support. Lisa Marie is the Founder/Owner of “Hiraethlon” and “The I’m Okay Collective,” two offerings that focus on community, creativity, and connection.
In this presentation, you’ll be invited to discuss how peer support values, ethics, and boundaries complement and enhance support group facilitation. By connecting best practices to group facilitation, peer staff and supervisors can offer a more self-determined, authentic, and honest support group experience for all.
We invite you to please fill out the evaluation survey link (click here) if you attended this community of practice gathering or if you watch the recording. The survey will close at 4:30pm on Thursday, July 13th. Certificates of Participation will be sent to those completing the evaluation form by 4:30pm on July 20th, 2023. No evaluation surveys will be accepted for CEH credit after the evaluation survey’s closing date/time.
This website is managed and maintained by staff at Access to Independence working on the Wisconsin Peer Specialist Employment Initiative. The words, views, and values presented herein are not necessarily representative of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
April 2023 CPS & CPPS Supervisor’s Community of Practice
April 27th, 2023 from 1:30 – 3:00 pm CT
Tim Saubers
Tim got his start as a Wisconsin Certified Peer Specialist in 2016, completed recovery coach training in 2019, and has worked in direct support, supervisory, and program management roles. He currently serves as the Program Coordinator for Workforce Development at the Peer Recovery Center of Excellence while also providing consultation centered on curriculum and exam development, research, and programmatic design. Additionally, Tim sits on a variety of state and national committees and workgroups including serving as Vice President of the board of the National Association of Peer Supporters, among others. In 2022, Tim created the Wisconsin Peer Support Advocacy Network with the goal of organizing and coalescing the voice of the grassroots peer workforce in order to affect change in support of the needs of the workforce. Tim centers the principles of equity and justice in his work while moving not just to disrupt and reform systems, but to create new systems in their entirety.
We’ll explore the importance of role clarity when supervising staff who are certified as Certified Peer Specialists and have completed recovery coach training as well. We’ll discuss the differences and overlap of Certified Peer Specialists who provide peer support, and recovery coaches who provide guidance and coaching. We’ll also spend time discussing how to navigate supervisory requirements that may vary depending on the services staff are providing, ethical concerns that may arise, and ensuring that the services that staff are providing are clearly delineated between peer support and coaching.
We invite you to please fill out the evaluation survey link (click here) if you attended this community of practice gathering or if you watch the recording. The survey will close at 4:30pm on Thursday, May 11th. Certificates of Participation will be sent to those completing the evaluation form by 4:30pm on May 18th, 2023. No evaluation surveys will be accepted for CEH credit after the evaluation survey’s closing date/time.
This website is managed and maintained by staff at Access to Independence working on the Wisconsin Peer Specialist Employment Initiative. The words, views, and values presented herein are not necessarily representative of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.