Recovery Management & Recovery Workshop Series

Please register for Day 1, Day 2 or Both Days

DAY 1 - TUESDAY, MAY 2, 2017

Recovery Management, Harm Reduction and ROSC: What Substance Use Disorder Professionals Need to Know

Morning Check-in: 8:30 AM | Training Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM 

Presented by: Cherie Hunter, Executive Director of Hunter Communications Group. (Short bio)

The substance use treatment field is reaching a tipping point that is revolutionizing the ways in which behavioral health leaders think about people with alcohol and other drug problems, and consequently how services and systems are developed. At its core, this movement represents a shift away from a crisis-oriented, professionally directed, acute-care approach with its emphasis on isolated treatment episodes, to a recovery management/Harm reduction approach and recovery oriented system of care that provides long-term supports and recognizes the many pathways to healing.

This workshop will describe the emerging shift from acute care (AC) models of intervention for severe and persistent alcohol and other drug (AOD) problems to models of sustained recovery management (RM/HR) and the call to create recovery-oriented systems of care (ROSC).  It will include the research supporting the shift to RM/HR, and the changes in clinical practices within the RM/HR model.  It will also describe and compare the characteristics of a RM/HR with recovery-oriented system of care and their implications for all stakeholders. 

Objectives: 

• Be able to define and understand the meaning of RM/HR and ROSC  
• Recognize various models of RM and ROSC  
• Understand the characteristics of RM/HR, ROSC and the need to envelope it into the current system   
• Compare and contrast the strategies and principles of RM/HR and ROSC  
• Look at their organization for consideration of system change.

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DAY 2 - WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 2017

Peer/Recovery Coaching within a ROSC: Whay Are They Needed?

Morning Check-in: 8:30 AM  | Morning Session:  9:00 AM - 12:00 PM 

Presented by: Cherie Hunter, Executive Director of Hunter Communications Group. (Short bio)

We have witnessed the extraordinary power of peer/recovery support services to improve the experience and outcomes of people seeking and using behavioral health services. The ways in which certified peer and recovery specialists have been utilized vary widely. Many of them work to promote wellness, reduce stigma, increase access to care, enhance life skills, provide education, and walk side-by-side with individuals as they build or rebuild meaningful lives in their communities.

Regardless of their specific role, we have found that peer/recovery support staff can also vastly enhance organizational culture, adding a crucial element that complements but in no circumstance replace clinical. Importantly, peer/recovery support staff also address two key issues that have long-hounded the behavioral health community: (1) the need to attract individuals to treatment and services well before their behavioral health conditions exact painful tolls on individuals, families, and communities, and (2) the need to move beyond treatment settings and support individuals in the communities in which they live, work and play.

Objectives:

• Understand how to begin preparing the organizational culture 
• Know how to view service delivery  
• Understand the importance of effective recruiting and hiring 
• Know the effective way to supervise and retain peer/recovery coaches

Women In Recovery: What We Should Know

Afternoon Session:  12:00 PM - 4:00 PM 

Generally speaking, women progress faster in addiction than men, face different barriers to getting help, and recover differently. Women in recovery can get a lot of grief, mainly from people who don’t understand addiction and all the things that go hand in hand with it. The truth is that women in recovery are not one-size-fits-all, as a matter of fact they come from all different walks of life – rich, poor, south, north, white, black, mothers, daughters – addiction excludes no one.

Recovery from addiction is an individualized process and necessitates understanding the phenomenon from the perspective of the women being served. In this interactive workshop, participants will:

 Objective

• Examine (5) of the myths surrounding women in recovery      
• Review the data surrounding Women in Recovery   
• Recognize that there are special issues that women face in addiction treatment and recovery

BOTH DAYS

DAY ONE (MAY 2) Only

DAY TWO (MAY 3) Only