FAMILY & YOUTH SUPPORT PARTNER CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
Foundation for peer to peer support within public child family serving systems

San Diego, March 21, 2004 -  The Family and Youth Roundtable introduces an extensive certification program for Family/Youth Support Partners. The first of its kind, this program offers an initial hours of instruction, providing a unique blend of information exchange, education and experiential process, which integrates family-youth and professional perspective throughout. The program was created by, a family-professional partnership team. The curriculum includes the topics of agency mandates, role definition, boundary and confidentiality issues, safety concerns, safety and crisis planning, techniques of team building and conflict resolution, and best practices in strength-based approaches.

The Family Support Partner Certification Program also provides for ongoing in-service workshops and for ongoing consolation. It is both thorough and innovative and provides the essential skills for working in any arena as a Family or Youth Support or Parent Peer Support partner.


Similar to any vocational program, it begins with core courses, laying the foundation for the profession of support partners.

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