Upcoming Trainings
SafeTALK
SafeTALK is an internationally recognized half-day training that prepares participants to recognize and engage with people who may be having thoughts of suicide. The course aims to help participants recognize when a person is having thoughts of suicide, and how to connect them with resources to help them choose life.
Peer Vision will be sponsoring a SafeTALK class, presented by North Dakota FirstLink, on Thursday, March 13th, 2025, from 8:00 am to 12:00 noon at the Harmony Center. Everyone is welcome, and pre-registration is required. Please sign up online (at right), or by calling the Harmony Center at 701-852-3263. Participation in the class provides 3 CEUs for peer support specialists and other health care providers.
To speak with someone about SafeTALK or other Peer Vision classes and trainings, call Tamra at 701-500-1565.
Intentional Peer Support
Intentional Peer Support is a peer support training that prepares individuals to share their lived experience in a meaningful, respectful, and transformative way, with others who are going through difficult life experiences. IPS emphasizes the peer relationship as the effective tool for transformation and growth.
Participants in IPS Core Training will experience an immersive, highly interactive peer support training that helps them build the interpersonal skills essential to providing effective peer support. This is not a passive, lecture-based training; instead, it utilizes role play, experience sharing, and interactive activities that will help participants hit the ground running as they enter peer support work. To find out more about IPS and IPS training, go to https://intentionalpeersupport.org.
It is important to note that IPS Core Training is a 40-hour training that qualifies participants for Peer Support Specialist Certification in the State of North Dakota. In order to successfully complete the course, a participant must attend 90% (36 hours) or more of the training, or work with instructors to make up missed time.
The next IPS Core Training sponsored by Peer Vision will begin on Thursday, March 20th, and will consist of one 4-hour session per week for ten weeks, ending on May 22nd. The sessions will take place on Thursday evenings from 5:00 to 9:00 pm at Minot Vets for Vets, 720 Western Avenue, Suite 101 in Minot. Veterans and individuals who provide services to veterans can attend the course free of charge. Others interested in peer support training are welcome to participate and will be asked to pay $100 for course materials. Please contact Peer Vision with any questions regarding course fees.
Please complete the form at right to express your interest in the next IPS Core Training. Peer Vision will then contact you to complete the registration process.