LEADERSHIP TRAINING IS BACK!

What a successful first Family Leadership Series!  We started with eighteen participants in session one and eighteen completed session eight!

Individuals saw their skills expand, their belief in themselves soar, and are now ready to facilitate some of the sessions in the 2^nd group!

We have a full schedule and many activities to share with the next group of family leaders.  Please read the information below and give Jean a call if you can make a commitment to attend the sessions one time a month (Saturday) for 6 hours.   You will receive a $20 stipend, all materials and food will be provided.  Childcare will be provided from the October 13^th through March 9^th sessions. This training is at no cost to the participants.  The goal is to support families to gain skills that will aid them in decision making situations regarding services for their own children, the community, and the state.  For information on the Family Leadership Series, click here and for the Family Leadership Series Registration Form, click here.  Please call Jean at 513-732-5034 or email information to fasttrac.jh@hotmail.com.

By: Jean Houston, Lead Family Contact

Three very positive and compassionate professionals engaged 24 Peer Support Partners (PSPs) from Ohio, Illinois, and Michigan in an intense and focused two day training on September 20-21.  Held at the Oasis Conference Center in Loveland, participants were able to enjoy a relaxing atmosphere surrounded by a scenic pond and walking path.

Neil Brown, from Columbus, Ohio, who is also a Wraparound Consultant for FAST TRAC; Patricia Miles from Portland, Oregon, who is a Wraparound Consultant and provides support for the Peer Support Credentialing program; and Marilyn Pellot-Raygoza, from Los Angeles, California, who has been providing peer support for more than 10 years, led the group through an intensive set of skill building exercises.

Participants were divided into three learning groups and moved throughout the training together.  The learning groups spent time with each trainer on topics from the different learning tracks:  Working with Families, Working with Professionals and Self-Care.  

Peer Support Partners were actively involved in discussions throughout both days.  On the second day, each group was called upon to present a skit depicting what they had learned and very different portrayals of their experiences emerged!  Each team gave themselves a name and presented their team in a way that kept everyone rolling with laughter.   Observing the facilitators, their facial expressions and verbal responses to the skits created an atmosphere of relaxation and knowledge that the PSPs had indeed gained much content from the boot camp!