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Watch a Keynote by Trauma Advocate Tonier “Neen” Cain
Trauma survivor and fearless advocate Tonier “Neen” Cain, subject of the award winning film “Healing Neen,” delivered a keynote address at The 16th Annual Family Cafe on June 6th, 2014. Ms. Cain began her journey to become a survivor, and to live with more hope than fear, when someone finally asked her, “What happened to you?” instead of “What’s wrong with you?” That’s when she came to understand the central role that trauma plays in shaping the way people relate to the world around them. The impact of trauma is realized by every age group, race, ethnicity, socio-economic group, gender, …
Peers as Professionals: Workplace Success
The CAFE TA Center is pleased to present its newest online training, Peers as Professionals: Workplace Success. There are many challenges for people with lived experience when it comes to engaging with the behavioral health workforce. Peer professionals want to remain true to the principles of recovery, help those they work with build on their strengths and drive their own care, and be treated as valued, competent team members by their colleagues. CAFE TAC’s latest training, Peers as Professionals: Workplace Success, offers advice for peers in every role, including paid peer support specialists, peer volunteers, committee or council members and supervisors. …
About The CAFE TA Center
The CAFÉ TA Center is a program of The Family Café, a cross-disability organization that has been connecting individuals with information, training and resources since 1998. The Center is supported by SAMHSA to operate one of its five national technical assistance centers; providing technical assistance, training, and resources that facilitate the restructuring of the mental health system through effective consumer directed approaches for adults with serious mental illnesses across the country.
We Exist to Help You
The CAFÉ TA Center is committed to providing quality training to consumers and advocates throughout the country. Consumers in the community need the right knowledge and tools to effectively organize, speak for themselves, and thrive in their daily lives. Thanks to the technology available, it has become relatively easy to connect with consumers and advocates and share resources without having to ask people to interrupt their daily routines by traveling to attend training.
Check Our Resource Bank
The CAFÉ TA Center is committed to connecting consumers, advocates and organizations with information and resources that can make a real difference for them, regardless of where they come from. That’s why we have created this section, to house those resources that partners, experts, peers and advocates and developed and chosen to share with others. We truly believe that our advocacy and capacity can be greatly enhanced by working together, not only across states and SAMHSA programs, but also across the entire spectrum of healthcare and human services advocacy.