PEER Center

Login | Register

Skip to Main Content

Home
News
About Us
Partner Sites
How Peers Help
Models for Peer Programs
Resources for Peer Programs
- Building Blocks to Peer Program Success
- Building Blocks to Peer Success
Build a Peer Program
Newsletter
Upcoming Events
Contact Us

Health and Disability Working Group

Boston University School of Public Health

Target Center

Home :: Building Blocks for Peer Success:Training Peer Trainers Program

Building Blocks for Peer Success:Training Peer Trainers Program

The Building Blocks for Peer Success Training Peer Trainers Program (TOT) is a training for experienced trainers, peer leaders and peer program directors offered free of charge under a grant funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration’s HIV/AIDS Bureau through the Division of Training and Technical Assistance. The training is being held in conjunction with the release of the Building Blocks for Peer Success Training of Trainers Toolkit, which contains specific curricula, best practices and individual lesson modules compiled from four organizations experienced in the training of HIV-positive peers to engage people living with HIV/AIDS in care.

The purpose of the TOT is to build capacity nationally to train HIV-positive peer educators/advocates/counselors to work as part of inter-disciplinary teams to support people living with HIV to engage and remain in health care. Individuals who participate in this training will:

Learn to use the TOT toolkit to plan and design a training curriculum that meets the needs of the peers in their community/region;
Participate in training and teach-back sessions designed to enhance facilitation and training skills.

A maximum of 20 people will participate in each TOT program, preferably in teams of two people who will co-facilitate subsequent peer trainings in their city or region; however, applications are reviewed on an individual basis. The first TOT (now closed to new applicants) will be held in Nashville, TN from May 18, 2009 through May 21. Priority will be given to individuals with previous experience as trainers and work in peer programs. We highly recommend that all participants receive some training in facilitation skills prior to attending the TOT. It is expected that all TOT participants will return to their communities, plan and implement peer training programs, and participate in an evaluation of the training experience.

The following documents provide an overview of the May workshop (now closed to new applicants):

Program Overview
Course Outline
Homework

This TOT Program is hosted by the PEER Center, at the Boston University School of Public Health in collaboration with four Peer Education Training Sites. For more information, please contact Sheila Phicil at 617-426-4447, ext. 18, or email sphicil@bu.edu.

Application Process

The application has three parts. Please complete this application.

1. Please read the Application Process form in its entirety. This describes the time commitment and criteria for acceptance.

2. Fill in the main application form below. (One application per person)

3. Complete the Organizational Commitment and Learning Contract and fax to: Sheila Phicil, 617-426-4547, or scan and email to sphicil@bu.edu or mail to Health and Disability Working Group, 374 Congress Street, Suite 502, Boston MA 02210 attn: Sheila Phicil. The application IS NOT COMPLETE until this form is sent in.

Background Info

Name: *

Job Title: *

Organization: *

Training Partner Name: *

Training Partner Organization: *

What type of Ryan White Funding does your agency receive (check all that apply):

Part A

Part B

Part C

Part D

AETC

SPNS

None

Mailing Address

Street: *

PO Box:

City: *

State: *

Zip Code: *

Other Contact Infomation

Work Phone:

Work Fax:

Alternative Phone:

Email Address: *

Retype Email Address: *

Job History and Responsibilities

Length of time in current position: *

Years of experience in HIV work: *

Please describe your current job responsibilites: *

Please describe your experience working in peer/community health worker/outreach program (include number of years, work responsibility, and peer community): *

Have you ever trained peers or community health workers before?: *

Yes

No

If yes, please describe (who was trained, what was covered):

Have you received any training in facilitation skills?: *

Yes

No

If yes, please describe (duration of training, content):

What type of internet access do you have?: *

Dial up

Broadband/high speed

None

Do you have access to a laptop that you could bring to the TOT workshop?: *

Yes

No

Not sure

Training Plans

Please describe your plan to conduct a peer training (e.g. where, when, how many people, peer recruitment process, partner organization): *

How will this training be funded?: *

Agency budget

Will seek grant funds

Registration fees

Do not know yet

Other

Please describe other:

Please describe the interest and commitment in your community to hire or utilize peers who are trained: *

Please tells us about the HIV positive peers in your commuity who might attend your training (gender, age, race/ethnicity, risk: *

Are you willing to participate in an evaluation of the workshop program and any trainings you provide in the 12 months following the workshop?:

Yes

No

Needs and Expectations for Course

What specific knowledge and skills do you hope to learn at this training? How will this training help you do your job?: *

What special skills/assets will you bring to this training?: *

Please specify and special accommodations you may require to attend this course (diet, disability, language):

PEER Center • Health & Disability Working Group • BU School of Public Health • 374 Congress Street • Suite 502 • Boston, MA 02210 • (617) 426-4447
© 2009 Health & Disability Working Group