peer icon20 Hours Additional Training Resources 

This resource list is not meant to be a comprehensive list of all possible training that could count towards your required 20 hours of additional training for certification or recertification. In addition to these organizations, you can also contact a Certified Trainer to see if they offer any additional courses, such as Wellness Recovery Action Planning (WRAP) or Person-Centered Thinking. A maximum of eight (8) hours of training related to children and families will be accepted. Applicants can also use college credits (if related to mental health, substance use disorder, or human services). They must submit an official transcript to have the credits for 20 hours recognized.

*Please note that all training must be related to human services, mental health, and substance use.

Approved Ethics Training:

To fulfill the Ethics training requirement for certification or recertification, individuals need to complete a minimum of 3 hours of training.  These hours are achieved by completing the following courses: Ethics 101, Ethics 102, Peer Support Boundaries, and Professional Boundaries for Peers sessions. Ethics trainings completed with outside entities are not accepted.

Additional Training

Here are some additional training opportunities designed to help you expand your expertise, deepen your knowledge, and strengthen your skills as a peer support professional.

Veteran Designation Approved Training: 

Click this link to access training: Online Courses | Behavioral Health Springboard

NEW NCCPSS Program Live Webinars:

The North Carolina Peer Support Specialist (NCCPSS) Program, in collaboration with the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Services and NC Certified Peer Support Specialists (NCCPSS), is pleased to offer free training to NC CPSS. These webinars will focus on a variety of topics related to Peer Support. The contact hours can be used for the additional training required for recertification.  Click on the link below to view and register! 

Click this link to register: https://pss.unc.edu/webinars 

BHS Online Training Resources:

You can take the following training for free online through the Behavioral Health Springboard website. The four courses are the following:

  • "Cannabis: What Mental Health and Addictions Specialists Need to Know" - 2.5 NCCPSS Contact Hours
  • "Gambling: The Hidden Addiction" - 4.0 NCCPSS Contact Hours
  • "Introduction to Individual Placement and Support for Behavioral Health" - 0.5 NCCPSS Contact Hours
  • "Quitting Tobacco Too: For People With Substance Use Disorders" - 1.5 NCCPSS Contact Hours
  • "Supervising NC Certified Peer Support Specialists" - 3.0 NCCPSS Contact Hours
  • "Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders" - 3.5 NCCPSS Contact Hours
  • "Pregnancy and Opioid Exposure: A training Course to Increase Understanding at Four Key Points of Intervention" - 3.0 Contact Hours NEW
  • "Reproductive Life Planning for Substance Use Disorder Services" - 2.50 Contact Hours NEW

Click this link to access training: (https://bhs.unc.edu/nccpss/dashboard)

External Training Resources:

Behavioral Health Springboard - A variety of free online training related to mental health and/or substance use. Click this link to access training: (https://bhs.unc.edu/nccpss/dashboard)

Mental Health First Aid, USA – An 8-hour certification course in responding to mental health crises, find a course near you:
http://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/cs/take-a-course/
 
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) offers a Peer-to-Peer course and other courses at various locations across North Carolina. On their webpage, click on the link “Your Local NAMI” to find what training they offer in your county: http://naminc.org 
 
North Carolina Interventions (NCI) is a “standardized training program to prevent the use of restraints and seclusion, created and supported by DMH/DD/SUS and used in various DMH/DD/SUS community agencies and state facilities.” To find a trainer near you: http://www.ncdmh.net/nci-public/ 

Doors to Wellbeing offers wellness training: https://copelandcenter.com/

Wellness Recovery Action Planning (WRAP) is provided through Advocates for Human Potential: Home - AHP
 
SAMHSA – Offers WHAM training, which would count for certification/recertification
http://www.integration.samhsa.gov/health-wellness/wham

Health Knowledge offers a variety of free online courses that relate to behavioral healthcare. "Older Adult" trainings will meet criteria for COAPS recertification designation hours if chosen: http://www.healtheknowledge.org

Magellan Health offers free online continuing education courses for Peer Support:
http://www.magellanhealth.com/training-site/education/continuing-education.aspx

Relias Learning offers a variety of online courses that relate to human services:
https://www.reliaslearning.com/courses

Quantum Units Education offers mental health and substance abuse online courses. "Older Adult" trainings will meet criteria for COAPS recertification designation hours if chosen: http://www.quantumunitsed.com/

NC AHECs provide continuing education courses covering a variety of evidence-based topics in substance use and mental health.  For more information or to view upcoming programs, visit: https://www.wakeahec.org/courses-and-events

E4 Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health Disparities in Aging provides continuing education specific to adult aging and human services.  These trainings will meet criteria for COAPS recertification designation hours if chosen.  For more information, visit: Webinars – E4 Center