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A Peer Support Specialist is a person with significant life altering experience who works to assist individuals with chemical dependency, mental disorder or domestic abuse and other life effecting issues. Because of their life experience, such persons have expertise that professional training cannot replicate.〔Michigan Department of Community Health, (Bulletin MSA 07-52: Revisions to Mental Health and Substance Abuse Chapter ), September 1, 2007〕 This is not to be confused with peer educators who may not consider recovery a suitable goal for everyone and may focus instead on the principles of ''harm reduction.'' There are many tasks performed by peer support specialists that may include assisting their peers in articulating their goals for recovery, learning and practicing new skills, helping them monitor their progress, assisting them in their treatment, modeling effective coping techniques and self-help strategies based on the specialist's own recovery experience, and supporting them in advocating for themselves to obtain effective services.〔(Certified Peer Specialist Job Description ), Georgia Peer Specialist Certification Project, March 2003〕 As of September 2012, 36 states had established programs that train and certify individuals with lived experience who have initiated their recovery and are willing to assist others in the recovery process.〔(Kaufman, L., Brooks, W., Steinley-Bumgarner, M., Stevens-Manser, S. 2012. "Peer Specialist Training and Certification Programs: A National Overview." University of Texas at Austin, Center for Social Work Research. )〕 ==Peer recovery support specialist== A peer recovery support specialist (P-RSS) is an occupational title of trained individuals who engage with peers in a community-based recovery center, or outside it around any number of activities, or over the telephone as well. The peer support specialist can work with individuals as they develop and implement a personal recovery plan, which can also serve as a contract for engagement. The Veterans Administration has increased its number of peer specialists to 800 as of the end of 2013.〔(VA Meets President’s Mental Health Executive Order Hiring Goal; November 5, 2013 )〕 The VA uses peer support specialists much like local, state, and private agencies. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「peer support specialist」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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