What is a Peer Specialist?
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Date of course: Jan 20, 2026
Time of course: 01:00 PM Central Time
Location: Virtual
Registration Required: Participants must register and log in using a unique email address.
Full Attendance Required: Continuing education hours will only be awarded for full participation.
Facilitator: Edna Rodriguez, Jermaine Hines, Lori Mellinger
Cost: Free
Offers: 1 CE hour in general education
Language: English
Meeting ID: 881 1069 5001
Withdrawal or Special Accommodations: email Edna Rodriguez at edna.rodriguez@recoverypeople.org
Satisfaction Survey:
Completion of a satisfaction survey is required to receive continuing education credit.
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Course Description:
This 1-hour training helps program applicants, employers, and stake-holders to deepen their understanding of the RSPS role. Rooted in peer values and lived experience, this session provides role clarity, core values and principles of peer work, what peer specialists do and do not do. It also provides information on where peer specialists work and why role clarity matters. This course will also give participants insight into certification pathways in Texas and how Peer-to-Career supports the journey.
Session Topics:
- What peer support is
- What a Peer Support Specialist does
- Core values and principles of peer work
- What peer specialists do & do not do
- Where peer specialists work
- Why role clarity matters
- Certification pathways in Texas
- How Peer-to-Career supports the journey
Please Note
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with details on how to join the session. If you do not receive a confirmation email within 15 minutes, please email edna.rodriguez@recoverypeople.org
Continuing education certificates will only be issued to the individual registered with the email address used to log in. Login credentials are unique and should not be shared.