LET YOURSELF BLOSSOM.
Parent’s, Caregivers and Family Members who have traveled the “Journey” of raising a child, youth or young adult with mental health issues, have learned from others with “Lived Experience” how to be more Resilient. They have come together across the nation to create a sense of urgency about the need for others to have access to Family Peer Support services.
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Principles of
FAMILY SUPPORT.
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Strength Based
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Family Driven
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Acceptance & Belonging
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Empowerment & Hopefulness
The vital role of the
FAMILY SUPPORT.
The role of the FSP is not new to the behavioral health field, but the functions and skills needed have evolved in recent years. In early versions of the job, the only real qualifications were life experience with children with complex needs. However, as the job emerges nationally, it is clear that the job, when done competently, is a very complex job with a complex set of skills.
This curriculum offers a basic look at these skills. It provides information on how the FSP Provider works within the mental health system and is part of the child/family team. The Community Support Worker (CSS) and the Family Support Provider (FSP) work together to support the family to reach “their” identified goals. The CSS provides clinical services and the FSP provides “peer support” that is based on a “common lived experience” and is a non-clinical service.
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CREATING
Wellness.
Wellness involves being aware of ourselves as whole people including a sense of balance, comfort with our bodies, our lives, or jobs, and more. It is a sense that things are going well for us today, and can continue to go well for us tomorrow. It is a sense that we have meaningful relationships, love, and a sense of meaning and purpose. Although we may have setbacks, we experience stress and trauma, and more, we are resilient, have emotional strength, material resources, and the support of others to survive and thrive.
BECOMING
RESILIENT.
Resilience is the ability to withstand stress and catastrophe. We all experience a wide range of emotions, grief, and sadness after adversity, or loss. Becoming resilient is what occurs when you work through the emotions of those painful events. We develop this skill. Youth & family resiliency are increased through education of resource availability, skill building, advocacy, and assistance in navigating and communicating with multiple child serving systems.
Family Support Providers Stories
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Tanya is a Family Support Provider, she gives support to all her clients and they see that she doesn’t talk down or judge them like often times they feel they are with other professionals. According to families I have spoken with about Tanya's services all stated positive things. One family in particular stood out above the rest. This family has two younger children and both parents struggle at times to function and meet the needs of their family. While speaking with the mother of the family she stated she feels like Tanya has been a savor in her life, she didn’t have other support systems in her life and Tanya has been helping her and her family get services for the whole family, such as therapy, case management and getting an open children's division case closed due to Tanya's constant support and availability to them.
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Tonya Fongemie
Parent Peer Advocate
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