Upcoming events.
Question, Persuade, Refer Training
QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer)
This is a suicide prevention training where the participant learns to recognize warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to Question, Persuade, and Refer someone to help appropriately. Youth MOVE PA and PMHCA provide this training to professionals and the community as an emergency mental health intervention for suicide. Certification is provided.
Learning Objectives:
Recognize the warning signs of suicide
Know how to offer hope
Know how to get help and save a life
Time: 2.5 hours
Number of People: 25
Mental Health Advanced Directives Training (MHAD)
This course is appropriate for anyone wanting an overview of MHADs including but not limited to persons in recovery, peers, MH professionals, community partners, case managers, hospital employees, provider agencies, etc.
Learning Objectives:
What is a mental health advance directive (MHAD)?
What types of directives are there?
What information goes in an MHAD?
What makes an MHAD valid?
Who should MHADs be given to?
Do health care providers have to follow all instructions
Time: 2 hours
Number of People: 50
Youth & Young Adult Peer Support Training
Grounded in the philosophy of peer support services and developmental theories, peers are in an ideal position to make a difference. This training targets unique and practical ways to engage and share empathic mental health support, reduce isolation, ease developmental angsts, help clarify confusions, build practical skills and pursue life roles that meet youth’s needs in the ways that matter. Individuals, in the metamorphic identity shift from youth to adult with mental health-social emotional disorders – Raising voices, choices, and supports for a personal youth-quake! This training curriculum was thoughtfully co-developed in collaboration with Drexel University. Certificate is provided.
Learning Objectives: Upon conclusion of this training, participants will be able to:
Discuss the peer -to-peer code of ethical conduct and boundaries to support positive youth development
Define youth/young-adult growth in the context of Aces and Assets [what impacts healthy adult development and sources of strength and wellbeing
Review guidelines, differences and strategies to offer safe and sensitive supports during crisis and emergency situations
Examine the many facets of wellness, self-care states and strategies
Introduce a template to welcome, engage and effectively support active participate in the recovery, resilience processes and strong adult passages
Develop and present an innovative 7-minute YaYA Welcoming Plan
Time: 3-Day Training (18 Hours)
Number of People: 25
Trauma 101-Healing, Understanding, Supporting
This course is appropriate for anyone wanting an overview of trauma and its impact, including but not limited to persons in recovery, peers, mental health professionals, community partners, case managers, hospital employees, provider agencies, educators, and youth-serving organizations.
Learning Objectives:
Define trauma and its diverse impact
Explore the effects of unresolved trauma
Understand the brain and trauma’s impact on development
Review the ACEs and Philadelphia Study
Identify strategies for healing and recovery
Support others through trauma
Develop coping skills and self-care practices
Time: 3 hours
Number of People: 25
This class is in-person.
Advanced Level Ethics Training
Advance Level Ethics for Peer Professionals was created to allow peer professionals to take a deep dive into ethics. Individuals will bring their own ethical dilemma to class to discuss in a solution-based format. A few of the topics that will be covered include ethical supervision, how culture and diversity play a part in making ethical decisions, peer responsibilities, client rights, and multiple relationships.
Learning Objectives:
To understand the core principles of professional ethics.
To recognize and address ethical dilemmas in the workplace. To promote a culture of integrity and accountability.
To develop skills for ethical decision-making and conflict resolution.
Time: 6.0 hours
Number of People: 25
Exploring Harm Reduction Training
Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of people who use drugs? This training, based on SAMHSA's principles of harm reduction, is designed to equip you with the knowledge and tools to support individuals in your community effectively.
Why Attend?
Save Lives: Gain the skills to prevent overdose and infectious disease transmission.
Supportive Environment: Create a supportive environment that respects the lived experiences of people who use drugs.
Broader Impact: Address broader health and social issues through improved policies, programs, and practices.
Virtual-Question, Persuade, Refer-May 6, 2026
Members Only Training: Register Here
This is a suicide prevention training where the participant learns to recognize warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to Question, Persuade, and Refer someone to help appropriately. Youth MOVE PA and PMHCA provide this training to professionals and the community as an emergency mental health intervention for suicide. Certification is provided.
Learning Objectives:
Recognize the warning signs of suicide
Know how to offer hope
Know how to get help and save a life
Date: May 6th, 2026 from 10 am to 12:30 PM
Time: 2.5 hours
Number of People: 25
Virtual-Start with Art Training
The Start with Art Training for Certified Peer-Based Professionals is a specialized program designed to equip individuals with the skills and knowledge necessary to integrate art activities into peer support services. This training is particularly beneficial for those with lived experience in mental health or substance use challenges, aiming to enhance their ability to support others through creative methods.
Learning Objectives:
Identify the Benefits of Art Activities: Understand and articulate the various advantages of engaging in art activities.
Assess Different Art Mediums: Analyze and determine the appropriate use of various art mediums.
Discover the Benefits of Art Activities: Incorporate Art into Your WRAP (Wellness Recovery Action Plan)
Design an Art Activity: Develop and plan your own unique art activities
Time: 3.0 hours
Number of People: 25
Virtual Peer Support Within the Criminal Justice System Training-Hosted by CenClear-June 9th to 11th, 2026
Peer Support within the Criminal Justice System (FPS) offers a person-centered, strength-based support system offered to individuals with mental health and/or co-occurring challenges becomes involved in the justice system. This curriculum is structured based on the Sequential Intercept Model with initial contact with law enforcement all the way through re-entry into the community after release from incarceration.
What does a Forensic Peer do?
Support people during their involvement during the criminal justice system
Promote recovery principles including self-advocacy
Advocate for recipients of behavioral health care when they are unable to advocate for themselves
Educate all stakeholders in the Criminal Justice System about Mental Health Recovery
Inspire hope through shared life experiences
Appropriate setting for Forensic Peer Support
Crisis Intervention Teams
State Hospitals
Emergency Rooms
Jails/Prisons
Courts/Specialty Courts
Halfway Houses
Mental Health Offices
Community Settings
Date: June 9 to 11, 2026 from 9 am to 4:30 pm each day
Time: 3-Day Training or (18 Hours)
Number of People: 25
*YOU MUST APPLY FOR THIS CLASS AND BE APPROVED BEFORE ENTRY *
APPLY HERE: CenClear Peer Support Within The Criminal Justice System Application – Fill out form
Thrive For Hope
As part of the ARC P.O.W.E.R. Initiative, the Pennsylvania Peer Support Coalition (PaPSC), in partnership with Youth MOVE PA, is offering a virtual peer support group for Youth and Young Adults.
Thrive for Hope is a peer led emotional support group for youth and young adults between the ages of 16 - 29. We do not have any doctors, therapists, or other medical professionals here, and are not able to give medical advice. Our purpose is simply to support one another through our lived experience, strength, and hope. There is no registration required and we do not collect any identifying information from participants. A formal diagnosis is not needed to join.
Thrive For Hope
As part of the ARC P.O.W.E.R. Initiative, the Pennsylvania Peer Support Coalition (PaPSC), in partnership with Youth MOVE PA, is offering a virtual peer support group for Youth and Young Adults.
Thrive for Hope is a peer led emotional support group for youth and young adults between the ages of 16 - 29. We do not have any doctors, therapists, or other medical professionals here, and are not able to give medical advice. Our purpose is simply to support one another through our lived experience, strength, and hope. There is no registration required and we do not collect any identifying information from participants. A formal diagnosis is not needed to join.
Start With Art Training Pilot
Start With Art Training Pilot
November 6, 2025
9 am - 12 pm
Virtually
FREE Training!
The Start with Art Training for Certified Peer-Based Professionals is a specialized program designed to equip individuals with the skills and knowledge necessary to integrate art activities into peer support services. This training is particularly beneficial for those with lived experience in mental health or substance use challenges, aiming to enhance their ability to support others through creative methods.
Learning Objectives:
Identify the Benefits of Art Activities: Understand and articulate the various advantages of engaging in art activities.
Assess Different Art Mediums: Analyze and determine the appropriate use of various art mediums.
Discover the Benefits of Art Activities: Incorporate Art into Your WRAP (Wellness Recovery Action Plan)
Design an Art Activity: Develop and plan your own unique art activities
Thrive For Hope
As part of the ARC P.O.W.E.R. Initiative, the Pennsylvania Peer Support Coalition (PaPSC), in partnership with Youth MOVE PA, is offering a virtual peer support group for Youth and Young Adults.
Thrive for Hope is a peer led emotional support group for youth and young adults between the ages of 16 - 29. We do not have any doctors, therapists, or other medical professionals here, and are not able to give medical advice. Our purpose is simply to support one another through our lived experience, strength, and hope. There is no registration required and we do not collect any identifying information from participants. A formal diagnosis is not needed to join.
Thrive For Hope
As part of the ARC P.O.W.E.R. Initiative, the Pennsylvania Peer Support Coalition (PaPSC), in partnership with Youth MOVE PA, is offering a virtual peer support group for Youth and Young Adults.
Thrive for Hope is a peer led emotional support group for youth and young adults between the ages of 16 - 29. We do not have any doctors, therapists, or other medical professionals here, and are not able to give medical advice. Our purpose is simply to support one another through our lived experience, strength, and hope. There is no registration required and we do not collect any identifying information from participants. A formal diagnosis is not needed to join.
Thrive For Hope
As part of the ARC P.O.W.E.R. Initiative, the Pennsylvania Peer Support Coalition (PaPSC), in partnership with Youth MOVE PA, is offering a virtual peer support group for Youth and Young Adults.
Thrive for Hope is a peer led emotional support group for youth and young adults between the ages of 16 - 29. We do not have any doctors, therapists, or other medical professionals here, and are not able to give medical advice. Our purpose is simply to support one another through our lived experience, strength, and hope. There is no registration required and we do not collect any identifying information from participants. A formal diagnosis is not needed to join.
Youth & Young Adult Peer-2-Peer Training
Grounded in the philosophy of peer support services and developmental theories, peers are in an ideal position to make a difference. This training targets unique and practical ways to engage and share empathic mental health support, reduce isolation, ease developmental angsts, help clarify confusions, build practical skills and pursue life roles that meet youth’s needs in the ways that matter. Individuals, in the metamorphic identity shift from youth to adult with mental health-social emotional disorders – Raising voices, choices, and supports for a personal youth-quake! Certificate is provided.
Thrive For Hope
As part of the ARC P.O.W.E.R. Initiative, the Pennsylvania Peer Support Coalition (PaPSC), in partnership with Youth MOVE PA, is offering a virtual peer support group for Youth and Young Adults.
Thrive for Hope is a peer led emotional support group for youth and young adults between the ages of 16 - 29. We do not have any doctors, therapists, or other medical professionals here, and are not able to give medical advice. Our purpose is simply to support one another through our lived experience, strength, and hope. There is no registration required and we do not collect any identifying information from participants. A formal diagnosis is not needed to join.