Georgia Certified Peer Specialist Project / All rights reserved. / March 2003
Qualifications for Acceptance:
Candidates must have a primary diagnosis of mental illness and a strong desire to identify themselves as a person with mental illness (current or former consumer of mental health services). The primary diagnosis of any applicant may not be addictive disease, although addictive disease may be a secondary diagnosis. Applicants must hold a GED or High School diploma. You may be requested to provide a copy of this document. In addition, applicants must demonstrate strong reading comprehension and written communication skills as indicated by their responses on the pre-test. (Please do not type any portion of the application and pre-test, and do not have anyone fill out either of these forms for you.) You must have demonstrated experience with leadership, advocacy, or governance, and be well grounded in your recovery (one year between diagnosis and application to the training). Please feel free to contact the Project if you have any questions about your qualifications.
Next Certification Training:
The next Peer Specialists Certification Training will be held in St. Simon’s Island, GA on Sept. 22-26, Sept. 29-Oct. 2, 2008. Both weeks are required.
Application for the Sept. Training will be available after August 11
Watch this space for details!
TUTORING ANNOUNCEMENT:
The Georgia Certified Peer Specialist Project will conduct a two-day
tutoring session for all graduates of the certification training who
have taken the exam at least one time and are from one of the
following classes: August 2007, October 2007 or March 2008.
The tutoring sessions will be held at the Georgia Mental Health
Consumer Network offices at 246 Sycamore Street, Suite 260 in Decatur
GA, Thursday and Friday, August 7 & 8, 2008 from 9 AM to 4 PM.
Tutoring is optional. Many graduates benefit from these smaller
groups. Tutoring begins on Thursday August 7 from 9:00 am to 4:00
pm. If you choose to tutor, you must begin with the group at 9:00 am
August 10. Day two is optional and based on individual need. Testing
dates for those tutoring will be assigned at the beginning of the
first day of tutoring, depending on availibility.
Sign-up for the tutoring sessions will begin on Monday, July 28,
2008.
NO SIGN-UPS WILL BE ACCEPTED BEFORE THIS DATE!
SPACE IS LIMITED!
In order to take advantage of this tutoring opportunity, please sign
up by contacting Bob R. Patterson, CPS - Project Director of the
Georgia CPS Project at 404-657-3383 or by email at
