Supporting Family Recovery and Wellness
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Family and Community Engagement Specialist
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Peer Specialist
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Georgia Certified Peer Specialist Project
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Peer Support is a direct service support to youth and
families and promotes
Family Recovery, Resiliency,
Respect, and Wellness
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Parent Peer Support taps into the family’s inherent
strengths, competencies, and healing capacity to
empower the family recovery process.
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Candidates must be the parent or legal guardian of a
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Currently employed doing Peer Parent Support ;
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Currently employed in the public sector Behavioral
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Have related experience serving youth and families
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support groups, family organizations and/or advocacy.
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Cheryl Benefield
Family and Community Engagement Specialist
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Georgia Department of Education
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Georgia's School Superintendent, Richard Woods, promotes family recovery and wellness through peer support programs. Certified Peer and Parent Specialists play a crucial role in empowering families dealing with mental illness and substance use disorders. Candidates for these roles must have relevant experience and a desire to make a difference in their communities.
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Richard Woods, Georgias School Superintendent Educating Georgia s Future gadoe.org gadoe.org CPS CPS- -P: Support through through Lived Lived Experience Experience P: Family Family Support Cheryl Benefield Family and Community Engagement Specialist Project AWARE Georgia Department of Education 2/18/2025 1
Not My Kid Richard Woods, Richard Woods, Georgia s School Superintendent Educating Georgia s Future Educating Georgia s Future Georgia s School Superintendent gadoe.org gadoe.org gadoe.org gadoe.org 75% 20% 50% 70% 10 90% 2nd www.nami.org 2/18/2025 2
Educational Educational Impact Impact Richard Woods, Richard Woods, Georgia s School Superintendent Educating Georgia s Future Educating Georgia s Future Georgia s School Superintendent gadoe.org gadoe.org gadoe.org gadoe.org Distractibility Unhappy Inability to retain information Poor Concentration 3 x 18-22 days 14% High Risk Behaviors 10% 44% www.nccp.org www.youth.gov 2/18/2025 3
Certified Peer Certified Peer Specialist Specialist (CPS) A Peer Specialist is an individual with lived recovery experience who has been trained and certified to help their peers gain hope and move forward in their own recovery. (CPS) Richard Woods, Richard Woods, Georgia s School Superintendent Educating Georgia s Future Educating Georgia s Future Georgia s School Superintendent gadoe.org gadoe.org gadoe.org gadoe.org The Power of Peers: A New Recovery Model Georgia Certified Peer Specialist Project 2/18/2025 4
Certified Parent Certified Parent Peer Specialist (CPS Peer Specialist (CPS- -P) P) Richard Woods, Richard Woods, Georgia s School Superintendent Educating Georgia s Future Educating Georgia s Future Georgia s School Superintendent gadoe.org gadoe.org gadoe.org gadoe.org Peer Support is a direct service support to youth and families and promotes Family Recovery, Resiliency, Respect, and Wellness. Parent Peer Support taps into the family s inherent strengths, competencies, and healing capacity to empower the family recovery process. 2/18/2025 5
CPS CPS- -P Criteria P Criteria Richard Woods, Richard Woods, Georgia s School Superintendent Educating Georgia s Future Educating Georgia s Future Georgia s School Superintendent gadoe.org gadoe.org gadoe.org gadoe.org Candidates must be the parent or legal guardian of a child living with mental illness, substance use and/or co-occurring diagnosis; Currently employed doing Peer Parent Support ; or Currently employed in the public sector Behavioral Health system as a paraprofessional and have the desire to distinguish themselves as a Parent CPS-P; or Have related experience serving youth and families through participation in community volunteering, support groups, family organizations and/or advocacy. 2/18/2025 6
But theyre both But they re both support, right? support, right? Richard Woods, Richard Woods, Georgia s School Superintendent Educating Georgia s Future Educating Georgia s Future Georgia s School Superintendent gadoe.org gadoe.org gadoe.org gadoe.org Parent Mentor Certified Parent Peer Specialist Parent or guardian of youth who has or had an IEP Raising a child in a permanent relationship for at least three years who has a Serious Emotional Disorder, Substance Abuse Disorder or Co- Occurring Disorder Education and Academic Achievement Education, Wellness, Environment, Culture, Social Skills Family Engagement and Support to Improve Outcomes Family Support Based on Family Priorities Funded by GaDOE (IDEA) and District Medicaid billable 2/18/2025 7
Collaborate and Collaborate and Compliment Compliment Richard Woods, Richard Woods, Georgia s School Superintendent Educating Georgia s Future Educating Georgia s Future Georgia s School Superintendent gadoe.org gadoe.org gadoe.org gadoe.org Parent Mentor Certified Parent Peer Specialist Connected to agencies and services, focus on school Connected to all child serving agencies, focus on entire family s educational and system navigation needs No Medicaid billable services Includes any services or supports that the child/family identifies Medicaid billable Work with all families, focus on SWD Working in High Fidelity Wraparound youth qualify for PRTF level of care but parents opt out for community based services may be SWD 2/18/2025 8
Richard Woods, Richard Woods, Family Georgia s School Superintendent Educating Georgia s Future Educating Georgia s Future Georgia s School Superintendent gadoe.org gadoe.org gadoe.org gadoe.org CPS-P Parent Mentor School District, Agencies DJJ, DFCS, Community Agencies 2/18/2025 9
Richard Woods, Richard Woods, Georgia s School Superintendent Educating Georgia s Future Educating Georgia s Future Georgia s School Superintendent gadoe.org gadoe.org gadoe.org gadoe.org Cheryl Benefield Family and Community Engagement Specialist Project AWARE Georgia Department of Education 404-657-1531 cbenefield@doe.k12.ga.us 2/18/2025 10
