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Parent Peer Support is a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) program requirement as part of their required scope of services (peer supports). Parent Peer Support is a specialized service that provides support to parents with children who are struggling with Serious Emotional Disturbance, Substance Use, or co-occurring conditions. This service is provided to support the child's stabilization and enhance the family’s quality of life.
Parent Peer Support providers must self-identify as a person with lived experience in raising a child with a Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED), Substance Use Disorder (SUD), or co-occurring mental health diagnosis.
The training is provided free and occurs in two parts:
- Part One
- The Level 1 training toward becoming a Kansas Certified Parent Peer Support Specialist in Training (KCPPSST) is online and self-paced.
- The Individualized Education Plan (IEP) training through Families Together is online. Families Together will send you the link after completing the Level 1 training.
- Part Two
- The Level 2 training occurs after KCPPSST certification and a 90-day supervision period.
- Parent Peers in Training are eligible for the 2-day training, held at least quarterly in varying locations around the state, alternating between in-person and virtual offerings.
To be fully certified, both levels must be completed, and certification applied for and accepted through KDADS. Please see the FAQs below for more details.
Service Definition
Parent/Family Peer Support Services (PFPSS) are defined as client-centered services with a rehabilitation and recovery focus designed to promote skills for coping with and managing behavioral health symptoms while facilitating the utilization of natural resources and the enhancement of community living skills for the parent/legal guardian raising an individual with behavioral health needs.
Parent/Family Peer Support service that involves the participation of a non-Medicaid eligible is for the direct benefit of the beneficiary. The service must actively involve the beneficiary in the sense of being tailored to the beneficiary’s individual needs. There may be times when, based on clinical judgment, the beneficiary is not present during the delivery of the service, but remains the focus of the service.
Rehabilitative services include any medical or remedial services recommended by a physician or other licensed practitioner of the healing arts, within the scope of his practice under State law as defined at section 1905(a)(13) of the Social Security Act and in the Code of Federal Regulations at 42 CFR 440.130(d).
Level 1 Online Training Link
The link below will access the LearnWorlds training platform. Individuals must create a username and password to create their training account. This site also contains other KDADS Advanced training that LearnWorlds users have access to.
https://kansascpstraining.getlearnworlds.com
Click the “Sign Up Now” button to create an account and start.
After completing the Level 1 training, Families Together will email you a link to the required Individualized Education Plan training within one week.
For questions please email kdads.parentpeer@ks.gov.
Peer Support Supervisor Training and Information
The two-part supervisor training is a requirement for supervising Parent Peer Support Supervisors. Additionally, Peer Supervisors must complete the PS Observation Form throughout the Parent Peer Specialist’s in-Training certification period, which will be submitted as a component of the Parent Peer Specialist’s Level 2 Registration. Please refer to the following:
Peer Support Supervisor Training
KCPPSS Certification Supervisor Overview
PS Supervisor Observation Form - Fillable
PS Supervisor Observation Form - Instructions
Supervisor Level 2 Training Approval Form
Level 2 Training Schedule*
| Date/Time |
Location |
| August 27-28, 2026 - 9 a.m. to 5 pm. each day | Virtual |
| November 12-13, 2026 - 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day | WSU CEI | 245 N. Waco, suite 300 | Wichita, KS 67202 |
| February 18-19, 2027 - 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day | Virtual |
| May 20-21, 2027 - 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day | Bert Nash | 200 Main Street, Suite A | Lawrence, KS 66044 |
*Training registration ends two weeks before the training start date. If fewer than six participants register for a training session, the session may be canceled.
Requirements to Attend Level 2 Training
- Must have completed and passed KCPPSS Level 1 Training online.
- Must have completed and passed the Individual Education Plan training through Families Together.
- Applied to KDADS for approval as a Kansas Certified Parent Peer Support Specialist in Training (KCPPSST).
- Received KCPPSST approval certificate from KDADS.
- Submitted Level 2 Training Application Packet (consisting of the registration and supervisor approval forms) to KDADS.
- Individuals must be supervised for at least 90 days before applying for Level 2 training.
**PARTICIPANTS IN THE VIRTUAL ZOOM TRAININGS WILL NEED TO HAVE INTERNET ACCESS AND USE OF A COMPUTER WITH VIDEO**
Parent Peer Support Specialist Applications
