This 30-hour, evidence-informed, highly interactive training for persons interested in providing recovery coaching services in a variety of service settings, is authored by several NH-based and national thought leaders in the field of peer-based recovery support services. Concepts and competencies addressed include: recovery-oriented systems of care; multiple pathways of recovery; harm reduction; and peer recovery supports ethics.  The content also includes boundary management; Motivational Interviewing; social justice issues in recovery coaching; self-care; role specific research and data collection and reporting.  stigma, discrimination, and appropriate language to use in service delivery and advocacy as demonstrated by scientific study are also examined.

Participants will be able to:

Describe the peer recovery specialist role and sub-roles

Examine empowerment as a process and a tool to guide their activities with recovering populations

Examine ethical issues and practices for peer recovery specialists

Examine how paradigms about recovery can support or limit the process of coaching recovery

Identify effective means of managing personal biases about recovery

List the components of both the art and the science of supporting recovery

Practice core Motivational Interviewing skills

Compare the peer recovery specialist role with other recovery-supportive roles and professions

Define and locate opportunities to improve a Recovery-Oriented System of Care

Discuss social justice issues surrounding the role and services of recovery coaches

Discuss the importance and roles of data in the peer recovery specialist role

Discuss trauma-informed care in relation to the peer recovery specialist role

Practice newly acquired knowledge and skills

Identify opportunities to improve present skills relative to coaching recovery

TIME: 8:30 - 4:00pm
COST: $ 100
Call 603.225.7060 or REGISTER