Intentional Peer Support is a way of thinking about and inviting transformative relationships. Practitioners learn to use relationships to see things from new angles, develop greater awareness of personal and relational patterns, and support and challenge each other in trying new things.

Based on Shery Mead’s book, Intentional Peer Support: An Alternative Approach, our in-person Core Training is a 5-day training that introduces participants to 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.” IPS is all about opening up new ways of seeing, thinking, and doing, and here we examine how to make this possible.

This is a five day in-person training in Montpelier, VT. Sessions are scheduled daily, Monday, May 18th - Friday, May 22nd, from 9:00 am - 4:30 pm each day. Participants must attend all sessions to complete the training. We will take a hour lunch and two short breaks each day.

Cost: This training is generously sponsored by Vermont's Peer Workforce Development Initiative - there is only a $110 fee per participant for IPS Core Materials (a book). You will receive your book the first day of the training.

Please review this document in its entirety before registering. Registration for this training indicates agreement to participation as noted in the document.

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