Peer Support Specialist Microcredential

Peer Support Specialist
Microcredential

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This Peer Support Specialist microcredential is intended for individuals with lived experience in mental health and/or addiction recovery who want to help others. You will gain foundational knowledge of individual behavior and emotions through study of psychology and abnormal psychology. You will explore the human services field and understand required professional ethics and standards. You will learn strategies for education through shared experience and gain essential skills in education and support group facilitation, advocacy, self-empowerment, and case management. Grant funding is available for eligible students. This microcredential is part of a pathway to earning the NYS Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA) credential, issued by the New York Certification Board (NYCB) and recognized by the NYS Office of Addiction Services and Supports (NYS OASAS). This microcredential is ideal for those already volunteering or working in the field now seeking certification, as well as for those interested in beginning the process and seeking to apply to positions where they can earn required experience. Note that the CRPA requires volunteer and work hours, as well as passing the peer support International Certification & Reciprocity Consortium (IC&RC) exam. See Complete CRPA requirements. Peer Support Specialist

NYS Part Time Tuition Assistance

Students taking this microcredential may be eligible for NYS Part Time Tuition Assistance for Non-Degree Credentials. Learn more about NYS Part Time Tuition Assistance

Stackable

Human Services AAS

Gain these in-demand skills

Education through Shared Experience
Group Facilitation
Case Management
Advocacy
Self-Empowerment
Treatment Planning
Non-Clinical Support
Resource Identification
Professional Standards and Ethical Behavior

Course List (4)

Introduction to Human Services HS101 3 cr.

This course provides an exploration of the broad field of human services, introduces theoretical systems for understanding human behavior, and examines professional ethics and standards. Communication techniques and procedures are stressed. A continual theme throughout is the need for self-awareness. Students complete NY State certification as a mandated reporter.

Ethics Policy and Law HS231 3 cr.

This course introduces the field of social services with emphasis on ethical and policy considerations faced by human service practitioners, chemical dependency counselors, and educators. Ethical decision making, professional competence, self-disclosure, confidentiality, and related topics are covered as they apply to working in counseling and educational settings. It examines legislation affecting the role of the practitioner and the economic security of the client.

Introduction to General Psychology PY101 3 cr.

This course introduces the many and varied facets of psychology. Emphasis is on interactions of individuals in their cultural, social, and economic environments as determined by their cognitive, behavioral, and emotional experiences and training.

Abnormal Psychology PY203 3 cr.

This course covers the historical views of abnormality as well as current classification of abnormal behavior. It emphasizes the comparison of perspectives on causes and treatments of abnormal behavior.