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Collegiate Recovery Supports for Underrepresented Student Populations: A Two-Part Roundtable Discussion with Federal Partners
Session 2: Expanding Access and Advancing Engagement in Comprehensive Treatment and Recovery Support Services Moderated by Valerie Gold, BRSS TACS Kristen Harper, Recovery Cube, LLC and Devin Reaves, Pennsylvania Harm Reduction Coalition
June 14, 2018 | 11:00 a.m. ET
How Do We Already Support Underrepresented Student Populations with Serious Mental Illness, Substance Use Disorders, or Both?
Presented by: Kristen Harper, Transforming Youth Recovery; Jim Probert, University of Florida Counseling and Wellness Center; and Celeste Donovan, TRIO Student Support Services Program, Westfield State University
June 14, 2018
Collegiate Recovery Supports for Underrepresented Student Populations
Day 2: How Do We Already Support Underrepresented Student Populations with Serious Mental Illness, Substance Use Disorders, or Both? Building bridges: Introducing recovery supports and peer values on a university campus
Jim Probert Licensed Psychologist/Clinical Associate Professor Co-coordinator, Peer Support at UF
University of Florida Counseling and Wellness Center
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Participation in graduate education, delivery of campus mental health services, and broader campus involvement—as an individual with lived experience of a serious mental illness diagnosis. Resources available at www.researchgate.net/profile/Jim_Probert/publications New material (c) Jim Probert, 2018, from unpublished manuscript "Building Bridges…"
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“in the early 1980s . . . . I heard commanding voices, became Superman and Jesus, experienced a terrifying demon seizing control of my face and mind, and had many other experiences a good southern Presbyterian choir boy and National Merit Scholar was not generally expected to have.” Jim Probert (2014). Part 1. Toward a more trauma- and recovery-informed practice of lethality assessment and suicide prevention. SAMHSA Recovery to Practice Highlights.
Building Bridges
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I recovered my life through reclaiming authorship of my own experience, from many perspectives— including varied understandings of trauma; spirituality; and emotion, experienced in human connection.
Jim Probert (2014.) Part 1. Toward a more trauma- and recovery-informed practice of lethality assessment and suicide prevention. SAMHSA Recovery to Practice Highlights.
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Examination of the gaps–including the ‘unknowns.’
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A 2017 press release from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights directs nations and professionals to “act with courage”. . . to “enable a long overdue shift to a rights-based approach.”
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. (June 6, 2017). Press release for Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.
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The British Psychological Society’s Division of Clinical Psychology (2015) identified the “lack of validity of current systems (DSM and ICD), as acknowledged by both critics and those who support the idea of diagnosis in principle.”
British Psychological Society, Division of Clinical Psychology. (2015). Guidelines on Language in Relation to Functional Psychiatric Diagnosis.
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This BPS division also acknowledged a “large and growing body of evidence suggesting that the experiences described in functional diagnostic terms may be better understood as a response to psychosocial factors such as loss, trauma, poverty, inequality, unemployment, discrimination, and other social, relational and societal factors.” British Psychological Society, Division of Clinical Psychology. (2015). Guidelines on Language in Relation to Functional Psychiatric Diagnosis.
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Implications – what does this mean for individuals, including those who experience an intersection of underrepresented social identities?
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Where might we go from here?
One example of moving forward
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The University of Florida Counseling and Wellness Center: “A Human Rights Approach to Mental Health.” https://counseling.ufl.edu/rights-based-approach/ Incorporating Jim Probert & Sara Nash. (2018). Challenges and opportunities awaiting the field in 2018. Mental Health Weekly, 28 (1): 4.
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"Peer support, when not compromised, is an integral part of recovery-based services. . .. The increasing availability of alternatives and education and training on the use of non-consensual measures are critical indicators for measuring overall progress towards compliance with the right to health.” Dainius Pūras, D. (March 28, 2017). Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. UN Human Rights Council.
Building bridges with the University of Florida Counseling and Wellness Center since 2010
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Professional training in rights-based, trauma-informed suicide prevention and mental health recovery.,
Establishing one possible approach
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Building bridges with the multi-disciplinary CWC Intensive Coordinated Support Task Force
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Sara Nash, Meggen Sixbey, & Jim Probert. (2015). Peer support and mental health recovery on college campuses. Workshop presented at American College Personnel Association Conference.*
*Resources not posted on ResearchGate for these presentations.
Peer Support at UF
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Building bridges with Dr. Sara Nash, pioneering UF student peers, CWC administrators and staff, Dr. Sunni Lutton, and trainers and other participants from the international peer movement(s).
Jim Probert & Sara Nash. (2015). Mental Health Recovery and Peer Support at UF: A Social Justice Perspective. Invited poster presentation at the UF Social Justice Summit.
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Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP)®
Jim Probert & Sara Nash. (2018). WRAP: Transforming patterns of distress into recovery and wellness. CWC Website. https://counseling.ufl.edu/wrap/
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Intentional Peer Support --Groups and Core Training
The four tasks of IPS: Connection > Worldview > Mutuality > Moving Towards.
http://www.intentionalpeersupport.org/what-is-ips/
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Experiential Peer Support --incorporating Hearing Voices Network training and values. “. . . for exploring voices, visions, plurality, presences, premonitions, and other extreme, ‘unusual,’ poetic, spiritual or otherwise alternative beliefs, perspectives, or experiences.” https://counseling.ufl.edu/services/gw/groups/experiental/
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All of this is gradually transforming CWC clinical services . . . and the UF campus beyond.
One map of a healing process: Jim Probert. (2017). An Approach to Mental Health Recovery and Cultivating “Emotional Fitness”– for Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) Users . . . and Anyone Else! Alternatives Conference.
Building Bridges
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Building bridges: Moving toward shared languages for peer rights
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Disability, Adversity, and Diversity Collaboration with the UF Dean of Students Office, the Disability Resource Center, and membership on the Student Affairs Inclusive Excellence Sub-Council.
SAMHSA’s mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America’s communities. 1-877-SAMHSA-7 (1-877-726-4727) • 1-800-487-4889 (TDD) http://www.samhsa.gov
Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy
This presentation was supported by contract number HHAA2832012000351/HHSS28342002T from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The views, opinions, and content of this presentation are those of the presenters and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, or policies of SAMHSA or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
