CPA (Alberta) Peer Program

Overall Goal   

Provide support, information, or guidance from someone “who’s been there” to help people with SCI and their families succeed in their  communities.

 

Short-Term:

·         Newly-injured clients and their families have a greater appreciation of issues, challenges, potentials and possibilities through peer mentoring

·         Clients have increased awareness of community resources

·         Clients have improved social support networks

Intermediate/Long-Term:

·         Clients and their families better able to cope with emotional and physical impact of their injury/illness

·         Clients better able to achieve rehabilitation, community participation and vocational goals

·         Clients achieve greater independence, self-reliance and community participation

·         Peer volunteers grow and meet their own goals through the experience of peer mentoring

·         Clients and families identify with and utilize Peer Program webpage

·         Peer conference to promote and increase awareness, education, and peer connections between clients and their families

·         Increased aboriginal client participation and satisfaction in peer activities