Workshop Leadership Training Registration
The “Ideal”
Self-Management Program Leader
The role of the CDSMP Workshop Leader is to facilitate the six (6)week, 2.5 hour per week, Chronic Disease Self-Management Program to groups of 12-20 people who have one or more chronic conditions.
Leaders will always co-facilitate with another leader. No previous knowledge about chronic illness is necessary because all teaching is done from a detailed manual.
The Ideal Leader should:
- Have taken the CDSMP workshop as a participant, if possible
- Have a chronic condition, if possible
- Or have life experience of living with a family member with chronic illness
- Not be fearful of public speaking
- Be comfortable with presenting the program strictly as written in the Leader’s Manual
- Be committed to helping others with chronic conditions as a volunteer
How to become a Leader:
- Attend four days (approximately six (6) hours per day) of training
- Co-facilitate one CDSMP workshop as a trainee, preferably within 2 months of being trained
Leaders are expected to:
- Co-facilitate one or two, six (6) week workshops every year
- Attend a yearly update
- Leaders who have not taught a CDSMP workshop for more than 18 months must retake the training
For more information on becoming a Self-Management Workshop Leader please contact Leah Kelly Schrock, Director of Health Education, at 574-284-7132 or 800-552-7928 (in Indiana only), ext. 7132 or at lschrock@realservices.org.
To volunteer to become a leader please complete a volunteer application.