Building and Retaining an Effective CSC Peer Workforce: The Vision, the Reality, and the Solution-handout: bibliography

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The session "Building and Retaining an Effective CSC Peer Workforce: The Vision, the Reality, & the Solution" at the Third National Conference on Advancing Early Psychosis Care in the United States focused on the employment and experiences of young adult peer providers in the mental health field. <br /><br />The session drew on various sources, including a study by Delman and Klodnick (2017) which explored the factors that support the employment of young adult peer providers from the perspectives of both peers and supervisors. The session also referenced a toolkit developed by the University of Massachusetts Medical School's Transitions Research & Training Center, which provides guidance on effectively employing young adult peer providers.<br /><br />Another important resource mentioned in the session was a set of PowerPoint slides by Pat Deegan (2016), which discussed the role of peer staff as disruptive innovators. The slides emphasized the potential impact of peer providers in the mental health field.<br /><br />The session also highlighted the experiences of peer support specialists and their encounters with microaggressions, a topic explored in the study by Firmin et al. (2019).<br /><br />The organizational climate and support for peer specialists working in different types of mental health settings were explored in the study by Jones et al. (2020), which was cited during the session.<br /><br />Additional resources mentioned include a guide to supervising and developing young adult peer mentors by Klodnick (2019), a study by Mancini (2018) on factors influencing the implementation of peer support services in community mental health settings, and a brief report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2019) on the use of peer support in CSC programs.<br /><br />Overall, the session aimed to provide insights into the employment and experiences of young adult peer providers in the mental health field, with the goal of building and retaining an effective CSC peer workforce.

Keywords

Building and Retaining an Effective CSC Peer Workforce

Young Adult Peer Providers

Employment of Peer Providers

Toolkit for Employing Young Adult Peer Providers

Role of Peer Staff as Disruptive Innovators

Impact of Peer Providers in Mental Health

Experiences of Peer Support Specialists

Microaggressions and Peer Support

Organizational Climate for Peer Specialists

Use of Peer Support in CSC Programs