Growing Lived Experience Leradership
Building Lived Experience Leadership focuses on the importance of having individuals with mental health and substance abuse lived experience within organizations that aid in decision making, program improvement and system enhancement. Training participants can take the principles of having lived experience individuals at all levels of the organization and bring back to their agencies in order to build a culture and system that supports this vital element.
Training Topics Include:
· How to create lived experience opportunities within organizations
· Recruitment of lived experience leaders
· Ensuring reimbursement for time of lived experience leaders
· Sustainability of lived experience
· Creating safe spaces for lived experience leaders
Message From Elizabeth: As an individual with substantial lived experience with substance abuse and mental health struggles, I cannot stress the importance enough of having people with live experience involved in leadership. I suffer from Complex PTSD, which has led to many placements within group homes and institutional settings throughout Wisconsin. Today I am a strong, healthy, truly happy individual who wants to pay it forward. I am an Advanced EMT serving rural Wisconsin. EMS is a passion of mine that can only be matched in my strong desire to serve as a mental health and substance abuse advocate. I love spreading the message that people truly can recover! Throughout my experiences in group homes and institutional settings there is a clear difference with places that value lived experience from administration and leadership which is then passed throughout the workforce of the establishment. The culture is different. Healthy atmospheres create positive environments where people can learn about themselves, how to recover, and achieve success!
Message From Jessica: As a professional in the field for over 20 years, I also carry my own lived experience with addiction recovery and am passionate to create spaces for individuals with lived experience to not only be representatives within organizations….but truly lead! I have seen organizations where lived experience individuals are included in boards and committees with good intent, however, the individuals at times feel like the “token person with lived experience”, there solely to share their story. This training will give organizations tools to move beyond this and truly create a culture that listens to and creates changes based on actual experiences within the system.
Building Lived Experience Leadership focuses on the importance of having individuals with mental health and substance abuse lived experience within organizations that aid in decision making, program improvement and system enhancement. Training participants can take the principles of having lived experience individuals at all levels of the organization and bring back to their agencies in order to build a culture and system that supports this vital element.
Training Topics Include:
· How to create lived experience opportunities within organizations
· Recruitment of lived experience leaders
· Ensuring reimbursement for time of lived experience leaders
· Sustainability of lived experience
· Creating safe spaces for lived experience leaders
Message From Elizabeth: As an individual with substantial lived experience with substance abuse and mental health struggles, I cannot stress the importance enough of having people with live experience involved in leadership. I suffer from Complex PTSD, which has led to many placements within group homes and institutional settings throughout Wisconsin. Today I am a strong, healthy, truly happy individual who wants to pay it forward. I am an Advanced EMT serving rural Wisconsin. EMS is a passion of mine that can only be matched in my strong desire to serve as a mental health and substance abuse advocate. I love spreading the message that people truly can recover! Throughout my experiences in group homes and institutional settings there is a clear difference with places that value lived experience from administration and leadership which is then passed throughout the workforce of the establishment. The culture is different. Healthy atmospheres create positive environments where people can learn about themselves, how to recover, and achieve success!
Message From Jessica: As a professional in the field for over 20 years, I also carry my own lived experience with addiction recovery and am passionate to create spaces for individuals with lived experience to not only be representatives within organizations….but truly lead! I have seen organizations where lived experience individuals are included in boards and committees with good intent, however, the individuals at times feel like the “token person with lived experience”, there solely to share their story. This training will give organizations tools to move beyond this and truly create a culture that listens to and creates changes based on actual experiences within the system.
Building Lived Experience Leadership focuses on the importance of having individuals with mental health and substance abuse lived experience within organizations that aid in decision making, program improvement and system enhancement. Training participants can take the principles of having lived experience individuals at all levels of the organization and bring back to their agencies in order to build a culture and system that supports this vital element.
Training Topics Include:
· How to create lived experience opportunities within organizations
· Recruitment of lived experience leaders
· Ensuring reimbursement for time of lived experience leaders
· Sustainability of lived experience
· Creating safe spaces for lived experience leaders
Message From Elizabeth: As an individual with substantial lived experience with substance abuse and mental health struggles, I cannot stress the importance enough of having people with live experience involved in leadership. I suffer from Complex PTSD, which has led to many placements within group homes and institutional settings throughout Wisconsin. Today I am a strong, healthy, truly happy individual who wants to pay it forward. I am an Advanced EMT serving rural Wisconsin. EMS is a passion of mine that can only be matched in my strong desire to serve as a mental health and substance abuse advocate. I love spreading the message that people truly can recover! Throughout my experiences in group homes and institutional settings there is a clear difference with places that value lived experience from administration and leadership which is then passed throughout the workforce of the establishment. The culture is different. Healthy atmospheres create positive environments where people can learn about themselves, how to recover, and achieve success!
Message From Jessica: As a professional in the field for over 20 years, I also carry my own lived experience with addiction recovery and am passionate to create spaces for individuals with lived experience to not only be representatives within organizations….but truly lead! I have seen organizations where lived experience individuals are included in boards and committees with good intent, however, the individuals at times feel like the “token person with lived experience”, there solely to share their story. This training will give organizations tools to move beyond this and truly create a culture that listens to and creates changes based on actual experiences within the system.