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 Peer Support and Self Help.

 

 

Peer Recovery Team. Individual peer support is provided in the community for a capacity of approximately 300 individuals.  Peer Support Specialists and Recovery Coaches are powerful recovery role models that engage each individual served in a personal recovery program.  Based on the person’s goals the peer staff offer a wide range of support activities, skill building, and case management.

 

Peer Advocacy Services.  Hospital-based peer support is provided every day by Peer Support Specialists with people who are in the hospital; each unit at both Desert Vista and the MMC Annex.  Focus is on developing recovery plans and recovery-oriented discharge plans including strategies to reduce readmission.

 

One year after the Peer Support staff have began working in the two hospital facilities, there was, according to hospital administration, a

• reduction of 36% in the use of seclusion and a 48% reduction in the use of restraint,
• 56% reduction in hospital readmission rates.

 

Community Advocacy and Support Services.  Immediately following a period of court-ordered inpatient treatment, this unique program provides peer support services to individuals who have been court-ordered for up to one year of outpatient treatment.  The program begins with an orientation class called “Getting Your Power Back.”  Advocacy and support is provided as the person works with their ValueOptions clinical team to develop the required “special treatment plan”.  A “randomized clinical” of the outcomes of peer support with this population is currently underway with the research team lead by William Anthony, Ph.D. at the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Boston University.

 

Wellness and Empowerment in Life and Living (WELL).  WELL is a 32-hour program of classes in recovery, wellness, and community living skills taught by trained peer facilitators.  Classes are offered two days a week at most ValueOptions case management clinics and other locations throughout the community.  Over 1,000 classes are offered annually attended by over 500 individuals.

 

Wellness and Recovery Action Plan (WRAP).  A 16-hour class the WRAP, a self-help tool to reduce or eliminate psychiatric symptoms is taught by trained peer facilitators.  Classes are offered four days a week at most ValueOptions case management clinics and other locations throughout the community.  Over 3,000 classes are offered attended by 2,000 individuals annually.

  

Special Activities.  This program provides a range of recreational and socialization. Movies, bingo, and picnics are high on the list of popular events.  As a result of the Special Activities program, individuals participate in meaningful activities, develop friends and support networks, and become engaged in other recovery services and supports.