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Peer Recovery Support Services for Latino Communities

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2 CE Hours
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Description

In this presentation, we examine SAMHSA’s definition of recovery as a process of change, which includes health, home, purpose, and community, and discuss some of the disparities faced by Latino communities in regards to these aspects of change. Disparity is important to discuss because, as resource brokers, peers providing support to Latino people can serve to leverage their knowledge in an attempt to counteract these disparities and connect them with agencies and services that are sensitive to cultural needs. Within the conversation on disparities, we also describe cultural values which serve as areas of strength and resiliency, such as familisimo, which is the normative belief that the family is central to the individual and that family has important obligations in regards to the provision of material, financial, and emotional support for both immediate and extended family members. Finally, we will end the presentation by examining features of culturally competent peer recovery support services.

Target Audience
  • • Peer Support Specialist
Educational Goal

The educational goal of this workshop is to learn how to provide culturally competent peer recovery support services to Latino communities with an understanding of the disparities faces by this population as well as the cultural values that can serve as sources of strength and resilience. 

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Describe peer based recovery support services.

  • List at least 3 types of support provided by peer recovery support specialists.

  • Identify the 4 dimensions of recovery as defined by SAMHSA.

  • Describe the disparities faced by the Latino community in initiating and maintaining recovery.

  • Explain at least 2 of the cultural values that serve as sources of strength and resilience for Latino communities.

  • List 2-3 features of culturally competent peer recovery support services.

References

  • Gonzàlez-Guarda M., R., McCabe, B. E., Leblanc, N., De Santis, J. P., & Provencio-Vasquez, E. (2016). The Contribution of Stress, Cultural Factors, and Sexual Identity on the Substance Abuse, Violence, HIV, and Depression Syndemic Among Hispanic Men. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, 22(4), 563–571. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000077

  • Mendoza, H., Masuda, A., & Swartout, K. M. (2015). Mental Health Stigma and Self-concealment as predictors of help seeking attitudes among Latina/o college Students in the United States. International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 37(3), 207-222. doi:10.1007/s10447-015-9237-4

  • NLIHC’s The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes 2019 report, available at: https://reports.nlihc.org/gap

Introductory
Peer Support Specialist

This workshop is approved for 2 hours of annual required continuing education credits by the Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Behavioral Health for LA Recognized Peer Support Specialists.

CE Policy
This course is fiscally sponsored by Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Behavioral Health. There may be potential biases or conflicts of interest inherent to this relationship, and it must be disclosed to participants. These conflicts of interest have no bearing on the course content and have been resolved.
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Jamie Bailey, M.S, LCDC, RSPS, PRSS, PRS

Jamie Bailey is a person in long term recovery. She is a certified peer recovery support specialist, certified peer support supervisor and trainer of other peer support specialists. She holds a bachelor’s degree in philosophy, a master’s degree in mental health counseling and is a licensed chemical dependency counselor. She is a yoga teacher (RYT200).

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