What Peer Support Specialists Need to Know about Telehealth in the Current Crisis - Part 1 – Webinar Monday, April 6, 2020 11:00 a.m. EDT

What Peer Support Specialists Need to Know about Telehealth in the Current Crisis - Part 1 – Webinar Monday, April 6, 2020 11:00 a.m. EDT As peer support specialists seek to offer digital peer support quickly and effectively across the United States, it is important that they—and their organizations—know the practical aspects of using digital peer support to deliver support services. This presentation covers topics including the latest scientific developments on digital peer support and presents guidelines and emerging best practices to support service users through remote and telehealth technologies.

Helping Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Teams Deal with the Impact of COVID-19 – Virtual Meeting Monday, April 6, 2020 3:00 p.m. EDT Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is a multidisciplinary, team-based model that provides intensive community-based and outreach-oriented services to people who experience the most severe and persistent mental illness. The vast majority also have a co-occurring substance use disorder and many experience comorbid medical illnesses as well as homelessness. In addition, there will be weekly meetings held on Mondays at 3:00 p.m. EDT. The goals of the meetings are to: Connect with one other; Share strategies and resources for adapting team practices and communications; and Facilitate connection to the most up-to-date resources during the COVID-19 outbreak. There is also a Virtual Discussion Forum to help organize information, resources, and strategies used across teams. You can participate in the forum as a guest, or sign up as a member