Support that Saves: A Guide to Building and Sustaining Peer Support
MGT330 – 24.00 Hours
Schedule
| Details Buttons | Dates | Location | Class | Price | Register Buttons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/02/25 – 12/04/25 | Glen Allen, VA | NE MGT330 5 | |||
| 01/06/26 – 01/08/26 | Poway, CA | NE MGT330 3 | |||
| 01/20/26 – 01/22/26 | West Palm Beach, FL | NE MGT330 2 | |||
| 02/10/26 – 02/12/26 | New Brunswick, NJ | NE MGT330 7 | |||
| 02/24/26 – 02/26/26 | Lexington, KY | NE MGT330 4 | |||
| 03/03/26 – 03/05/26 | Pell City, AL | NE MGT330 8 | |||
| 03/17/26 – 03/19/26 | Binghamton, NY | NE MGT330 1 | |||
| 06/16/26 – 06/18/26 | Columbus, OH | NE MGT330 6 | |||
| 07/14/26 – 07/16/26 | Bath, NY | NE MGT330 9 |
This schedule is subject to change without notice. If you have not received confirmation of the class prior to the class start, please contact the division at (844) 789-5673 or [email protected] to get the latest schedule.
Course Description
Education is the first step in building an effective peer support program. Support that Saves: A Guide to Building and Sustaining Peer Support is a three-day training opportunity that covers all elements of building and maintaining an effective peer support program. Peer support programs provide many benefits to public safety professionals, including acknowledging the difficulties of response work, strengthening teams, and equipping them to cope effectively. Peer support programs:
- Provide training to identify risk factors for behavioral and mental health problems.
- Reduce stigma by encouraging conversations surrounding mental health and normalizing difficult experiences.
- Create an environment where people feel comfortable approaching one another.
- Link peers to outside professional resources for additional care when necessary.
This course enables introduces public safety professionals and other supporting personnel to culturally competent, trauma-informed, peer-supportive care principles, so they are prepared to support the mental health needs in their communities in an individual or team setting.
This course meets Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE) requirements for Peer Support course #3844.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Enrollment Requirements
Participants must be U.S. citizens. A FEMA Student ID is required to register for and participate in any training provided by FEMA agencies. All FEMA training providers, registration systems, and enrollment procedures are required to use this FEMA SID, which can be obtained at the following website: https://cdp.dhs.gov/femasid; or with TEEX assistance upon arrival for class.
Note: Prior attendance approval from host jurisdiction is required.
Course Completion Requirements
Participants must provide information for all required fields, including their U.S. citizenship/permanent resident information, in addition to meeting all other attendance and course completion requirements. If this information is not provided, the participant will be considered incomplete and will not receive a certificate of completion.
Participants are required to score a 70% or better on the Post-Test and attend 80% of the course hours in order to receive a course certificate of completion.
Participant Must Provide
- A photo identification on the first day of class. See the Participant Handbook for approved forms of identification and additional guidelines.
- Laptop or tablet
Attendance Requirements
Class attendance is an essential part of the education process and participants in TEEX courses are expected to attend all class sessions and field exercises. The course requires participants to attend a minimum of 80% of the class hours as a component of successful course completion. During the course, your instructor will review any additional attendance requirement, for example, a field exercise that cannot be missed.
Participants in a TCOLE credit course must complete the class in its entirety to receive TCOLE credit.
Upon successful completion, you will be able to:
- Define fundamental principles of public safety professional peer support.
- Identify the skills and qualities of an effective peer supporter.
- Identify peers in need of peer support.
- Implement best practices for peer support.
- Implement strategies for self-care while serving in a peer support role.
Suggested Audience
- Public safety professionals
- Other supporting personnel that may encounter anyone with workplace stresses while providing services for the community
Continuing Education And Professional Credits
Note: Live Online Instructor-Led (webinar) courses are not eligible for TCOLE credit.
- 24.00 hours – Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE)
Other Information
- For deliveries on, or after, January 3, 2022, participants enrolled in an in-person, classroom-based course delivery will need access to a laptop or mobile device/tablet during the class session to complete course testing and evaluations electronically.
- Participants enrolled in a TEEX-Instructor Led Webinar must have access to a laptop or mobile device/tablet during the class session to participate in all course sessions as well as complete course testing and evaluations electronically.
Government Programs
- For DHS/FEMA Funded Courses, please contact [email protected] or call (844) 789-5673
- This project was supported by Cooperative Agreement Number (EMW-2023-CA-05041) administered by DHS/FEMA. Points of view or opinions expressed in this document are those of the author and do not represent the official position or policies of DHS/FEMA.
FEMA’s National Training and Education Division (NTED) offers a full catalog of courses at no cost to help build critical skills that responders need to function effectively in mass consequence events. Course subjects range from CBRNE / Weapons of Mass Destruction terrorism, cybersecurity, natural disasters, and other functions of emergency preparedness, response, and recovery. NTED courses include multiple delivery methods: instructor-led (direct deliveries), train-the-trainers (indirect deliveries), customized (conferences and seminars), and web-based. Instructor-led courses are offered in residence (i.e., at a training facility), virtually, or through mobile programs, in which courses are brought to state and local jurisdictions that request the training.
NTED certified courses can be found at: www.firstrespondertraining.gov
Contact Information
Ray Browning
Public Safety Wellness Training Manager
Phone: (979) 500-6779
Email: [email protected]