Training Event Details
Course Name:
MGT 330 Support that Saves: A Guide to Building and Sustaining Peer Support
Course Description:
This 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: 1) Provide training to identify risk factors for behavioral and mental health problems, 2) Reduce stigma by encouraging conversations surrounding mental health and normalizing difficult experiences, 3) Create an environment where people feel comfortable approaching one another, 4) 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.
Course Prerequisites:
None
Course Target Audience:
Law enforcement, Fire, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), 911 Dispatch, Emergency Management, Hospital Emergency staff, other personnel exposed to trauma
Additional Information:
1) Parking is available around the building.
2) Enter through the West entrance to the Dubuque County Firefighters Association Emergency Responder Training Facility and the classrooms are off the lobby.
3) All travel and meals are on your own, adequate time will be provided.
Registration is required, follow the link below.
Event Dates:
12/15/2026 through 12/17/2026
Event Time:
8:00 AM to 4:30 PM each day
Event Location/Address:
Dubuque County Emergency Management
14928 Public Safety Way
County and District:
DUBUQUE - District: 6
Is HSEM Hosting Registration?
No
Registration Information:
Register through the TEEX website.
https://my.teex.org/TeexPortal/?MO=mExtLogin
Phone Number:
(563) 589-4170
