What Are Parent Peer Specialists?
Our Expertise
Our Expertise
Our Expertise
The Certified Parent Peer Specialists (CPPS) at Rocky Hill are all Certified by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. If they are not certified when they start they have one year to obtain the certification.
By being certified all CPPS show that they are competent in the Core Competencies for CPPS. All CPPS practice within the
The Certified Parent Peer Specialists (CPPS) at Rocky Hill are all Certified by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. If they are not certified when they start they have one year to obtain the certification.
By being certified all CPPS show that they are competent in the Core Competencies for CPPS. All CPPS practice within the Wisconsin CPPS Scope of Practice and follow the CPPS Code of Ethics.
Our Reason
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Our Expertise
SAMHSA identified Family Peer Support as a critical service that can be provided within any child-serving system and not just an enhancement to other service models.
CPPS focus on maximizing parent support and growth by understanding and responding to individual family cultures, strengths, and needs.
CPPS support families to become conf
SAMHSA identified Family Peer Support as a critical service that can be provided within any child-serving system and not just an enhancement to other service models.
CPPS focus on maximizing parent support and growth by understanding and responding to individual family cultures, strengths, and needs.
CPPS support families to become confident advocates, assist families in accessing support, and offer families strategies that can reduce their need for additional services.
Our Approach
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Our Approach
At Rocky Hill Parent & Peer Specialists, we walk beside parents and caregivers who are navigating their journey of mental health and/or substance use challenges. Having been through our own experiences we use what we have learned to support other parents and caregivers. We understand the shame, blame, guilt, and isolation that comes wit
At Rocky Hill Parent & Peer Specialists, we walk beside parents and caregivers who are navigating their journey of mental health and/or substance use challenges. Having been through our own experiences we use what we have learned to support other parents and caregivers. We understand the shame, blame, guilt, and isolation that comes with mental health and substance use challenges. Our goal is that no family has to go on this journey alone. Using a strengths based, person-centered, culturally competent, ethical approach we support parents by "doing with, not for."
“Having [my CPPS] to call when I’m at my breaking point with my son has been nothing short of amazing. She makes me feel more confident in my parenting and guides me through so many situations.”
Chippewa County Participant
Parent Peer Vs Peer Support
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Certified Parent Peer Specialists
Providing hope, support, education, and advocacy to parents of children with mental health and substance use issues.
It’s a rocky, uphill path for children and families dealing with mental illness and chemical dependency. Children receive services for their recovery, but the parents/caregivers often do not receive help or support from a parent who has traveled the same rocky, uphill path. In order for parents to be the best natural support for the child(ren), they need help and support, by a peer who fully understands the isolation, trauma, judgment, fear, confusion, questions, and utter exhaustion of raising a child with a mental illness and/or chemical dependency.
The purpose of Certified Parent Peer Specialist services is to empower parents by increasing their knowledge and skills, model behavior for others, provide hope for change and growth, assist in advocacy and teamwork, navigate service and support systems, encourage and understand the youth’s voice, and provide peer support through the shared parenting experience. In addition to face-to-face parent peer specialist services, I would like to offer phone services as well. Often, a parent needs to talk to someone in the moment. When a parent’s child is hospitalized, the parent is scared, isolated, and not sure what to do. Being able to call a CPPS would be invaluable at that moment. There are several other times when a phone call, in the moment, is necessary for parents.
Parent Peer Specialists meet with parents face-to-face at a mutually agreeable site including, but not limited to: the parent's home, a public library, a public coffee shop, or a county office.
