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PARfessionals is a professional organization that provides global workforce development certification in the emerging field of peer recovery. == Background == In 2011, PARfessionals was established by 32-year-old Jorea M. Kelley-Hardison, a consumer peer with lived and professional experience while she completed an internship at MHMR of Tarrant County in Fort Worth, TX. After experiencing discriminatory and biased treatment, both personally and professionally, the founder felt that a sincere effort needed to be made to reduce stigma and discrimination faced by peers and their families in the community and workplace. Kelley-Hardison was born and raised in Shreveport, LA, until she moved to Irving, TX, which is a suburb of the Dallas/Fort Worth, TX metro area. She then attended MacArthur High School in Irving. She is in dual recovery from mental illness and behavioral addiction. She is a former ex-offender from the Federal Bureau of Prisons where she was incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) located in Tallahassee, Florida. After spending 10 months in solitary confinement, she was later transferred to FCI Danbury. While on federal supervised release with the U.S. Probation Office, Kelley-Hardisonbecame a client of the The Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services, or DARS. Kelley-Hardison credits the state agency for assisting her with the job training, travel and other needed supplies after she was released from federal prison. Upon her release from federal prison she self-published the book “Getting Ahead: An Ex-Offenders Guide to Getting Ahead in Today’s Society”, where she encourages ex-offenders to participate in clinical research trials. She is also mentioned in Dr. Jon Marc Taylor’s book “Prisoners' Guerrilla Handbook to Correspondence Programs in the United States and Canada,” published by Prison Legal News in 2008. Jorea Kelley-Hardison was taking classes to become a Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC) before she decided to transition into the addiction industry to become an Addictions Counselor in 2009. Around that time, she received her (CCJP ) – a status from the Texas Certification Board of Addiction Professionals (TCBAP) and has been granted numerous credentials from the board, including the (Peer Recovery Specialist ) (PRS), (Peer Mentor/Peer Recovery Coach ) (PM-PRC) and the (Associate Prevention Specialist ) (APS) credentials, but has since retired those credentials. Jorea Kelley-Hardison earned a B.S. degree in Management in 2009 and has completed degree requirements in order to graduate with a M.A. in Criminal Justice from the American (Military) Public University System. She has also earned a graduate certificate in Applied Forensic Psychology Services from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. In addition, she has obtained certificates in mental health, nonprofit management, applied forensic psychology services, family and business mediation, substance abuse, as well as emergency management. In addition, she has received training throughout the years in various important topics such as rape/domestic violence crisis intervention, hospice, and health unit coordination from various organizations and colleges including Parkland Health & Hospital System, Brookhaven College and Richland College. She is currently a member of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, NAADAC- The Association of Addiction Professionals, National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals, National Association of Health Unit Coordinators, Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association and the International Association for Correctional and Forensic Psychology. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「PARfessionals」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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