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Parent Support Partners

Michigan’s Parent to Parent Support Model: Parent Support Partners

The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH), in partnership with the Association for Children’s Mental Health (ACMH), the statewide family organization in Michigan, have developed a curriculum, informed by family members and professionals, for training parents to become Parent Support Partner’s.

Parent Support Partner’s, serving as an equal member of the treatment team, will assist in identifying goals within the Person Centered/Family Centered Plan that will support the parent to develop skills, knowledge, resources, and confidence in parenting a child with serious emotional disturbance (SED). The Parent Support Partner service, provided by another parent who has first-hand experience navigating the public child serving agencies and raising a child with mental health challenges, will focus on increasing confidence and competence in parenting skills, increasing the parent’s knowledge to better navigate systems and partner with service providers, and empower the parent to develop sustainable, natural support networks after formal service delivery has ended.

The Parent Support Partner service is a Medicaid billable, B3 service identified to address specific goal areas within the Person Centered/Family Centered Plan. Parent Support Partners are typically utilized to enhance the therapeutic process of the clinician by working directly with caregivers to expand, enhance and increase the skills, knowledge and abilities needed to meet the numerous challenges facing families of youth with mental health needs.

2011/2012 PSP Cohort Calendars - Certification Requirements

Cohort 2	Calendar
Cohort 3	Calendar
Cohort 4	Calendar
Cohort 5	Calendar

Georgetown University and Family Journey Assessment Tool resources including training videos. You can watch training videos, see suggested ratings, and download FJA materials. We hope to add more videos soon.

Parent Support Partner Training Calendar 2011-2012 *

January 2012	February 2012	March 2012	April 2012
• 17th - 19th NEW ROUND Cohort Five – Part One of Parent Support Partner Training • 30th Quarterly Professional Development/ Technical Assistance Meeting (Cohort 4 only)	• CANCELED 6th Quarterly Professional Development/Technical Assistance Meeting (Cohorts 1-3 only)	• 6th-- 7th Cohort Five – Part Two of Parent Support Partner Training	• 17th - 19th - New Round Cohort Six – Part One of Parent Support Partner Training • 30th - Quarterly Professional Development/ Technical Assistance Meeting (Cohort 4 & 5 only)
May 2012	June 2012	July 2012	August 2012
• 7th - Quarterly Professional Development/Technical Assistance Meeting (Cohorts 1-3 only)	• 19th-- 20th Cohort Six – Part Two of Parent Support Partner Training	• 17th - 19th - New Round Cohort Seven – Part One of Parent Support Partner Training • 31st - Quarterly Professional Development/ Technical Assistance Meeting (Cohort 4-5 only)	• 20th Quarterly Professional Development/Technical Assistance Meeting (Cohorts 1-3 only)
September 2012	October 2012	November 2012	December 2012
• 18th-19th Cohort Seven – Part Two of Parent Support Partner Training	• 29th Quarterly Professional Development/ Technical Assistance Meeting (Cohort 4-6 only)
* Subject to change