Recovery Support Specialist Training
The RSS Training and Certification is an 80-hour course for persons with a history of mental health challenges. Upon successful completion of the course and exam, graduates will receive their state certification as a Recovery Support Specialist. This certification makes them eligible to apply for jobs where they can use their lived experience to guide others through their recovery process. The RSS training is offered 4 times per year throughout the state.
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CT Hearing Voices Network
The CT Hearing Voices Network allows for a sense of connection and community through peer support groups available statewide. The groups are for people who hear voices, see visions, have other sensory perceptions and/or are negotiating alternative realities. All belief systems are valued, creating a safe space to explore the personal meaning of our experience, honoring each of us as experts on ourselves. Respecting that our individuality is expressed through our experiences; no assumption of illness is made.
Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP)
The Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP®) is a personalized wellness and recovery system born out of and rooted in the principle of self-determination. WRAP® is a wellness and recovery approach that helps people to: 1) decrease and prevent intrusive or troubling feelings and behaviors; 2) increase personal empowerment; 3) improve quality of life; and 4) achieve their own life goals and dreams. Working with a WRAP® can help individuals to monitor uncomfortable and distressing feelings and behaviors and, through planned responses, reduce, modify, or eliminate those feelings. A WRAP® also includes plans for responses from others when an individual cannot make decisions, take care of him/herself, and/or keep him/herself safe. Created by Mary Ellen Copeland www.copelandcenter.com
Community Education
Learn more about continuing education opportunities available through AU’s Advocacy & Education Division. Educational opportunities are open to the public, while Continuing Education Credits are available to certified Recovery Support Specialists. Most offerings are available at no cost.
Maastricht Approach Project (MAP)
The Maastricht Approach is an alternative model developed by Sandra Esher and Marius Romme in partnership with Voice Hearers in the United Kingdom. The approach “… was based on the premise that hearing voices is a normal human experience that has a personal meaning in relation with life history, which they seek to understand”.