Intentional Peer Support Training

In the interactive IPS overview, participants learn about the history of IPS as well as the tasks and principles of this transformational framework. Overviews can be scheduled as 90 minutes, 3 hours, 4 hours, or 8 hours in virtual or in-person settings.

We offer multiple free overviews a year through PWDI. Please visit Vermont’s Peer Workforce Learning Portal to register for an upcoming overview.

We also offer contract overviews to agencies and groups in Vermont. Please contact training@pathwaysvermont.org to learn more.

Based on Shery Mead’s book, Intentional Peer Support: An Alternative Approach, the IPS Core Training is a 40-hour course on this innovative framework and is designed to have you practicing right away.

In a highly interactive environment, participants learn the tasks and principles of IPS, examine assumptions about who they are, and explore ways to create relationships in which power is negotiated, co-learning is possible, and support goes beyond traditional notions of “service.”

The Core can be delivered virtually or in-person. In-person cohorts typically occur over 5 consecutive weekdays, though other schedule options are sometimes available. Virtual cohorts are typically scheduled for 2 half-day sessions per week over 5 consecutive weeks.

We offer multiple subsidized IPS Core trainings a year through PWDI. Keep an eye on our schedule for new opportunities to complete IPS Core on a schedule compatible with your position. Please visit Vermont’s Peer Workforce Learning Portal to register for an upcoming Core.

Additionally, we offer contract IPS Core training to agencies and groups in Vermont. Please contact training@pathwaysvermont.org to learn more.

IPS Core is a pre-requisite for CPSP certification.

The Advanced IPS Training is a 24-hour interactive course that supports participants to take their IPS practice a step further, play out the principles and tasks using real-life scenarios, heighten self-reflection, enhance ways of building mutual connections, and sustain the practice. Advanced Trainings are for anyone who has previously completed an IPS Core Training.

The Advanced training can be delivered virtually or in-person. In-person cohorts typically occur over 3 consecutive weekdays, though other schedule options are sometimes available. Virtual cohorts are typically scheduled for 2 half-day sessions per week over 3 consecutive weeks.

We offer multiple subsidized Advanced IPS trainings a year through PWDI. Keep an eye on our schedule for new opportunities to complete Advanced IPS on a schedule compatible with your position. Please visit Vermont’s Peer Workforce Learning Portal to register for an upcoming Advanced IPS.

Additionally, we offer contract Advanced IPS training to agencies and groups in Vermont. Please contact training@pathwaysvermont.org to learn more.