Contact Jode Freyhotlz-London if you are interested in participating in our 1-day Harm Reduction Training class (group rates also available).

√ earn 8 Continued Education Unit credits

Jode Freyhotlz-London
Founder & Executive Director
jode@mnwitw.org

 

Enrichment Training for Recovery Coaches & Peer Recovery Support Specialists

(1-day class / earn 8 CEU credits)

Tens of thousands of people are trained as peer recovery coaches. Principles of recovery coaching include: 'Meet people where they are at'; 'You are in recovery when you say you are;' and 'There are many pathways to recovery.' Yet, harm reduction as a pathway to and of recovery remains widely misunderstood.

Learning Objectives

Abstinence-based pathways dominate, and recovery coaches may struggle with coaching a harm reduction pathway due to a lack of understanding about harm reduction, personal, institution, and cultural biases, and a lack of exposure to people achieving recovery outcomes through harm-reduction-based means.

  • Define harm reduction as a practice and as a social movement

  • Examine one's beliefs and values around a harm reduction pathway of recovery

  • Compare and contrast principles of harm reduction and recovery coaching

  • Define and locate opportunities for improving a Recovery-Oriented System of Care that serves People Who Use Drugs

  • Discuss advocacy and practices around social justice issues as part of harm reduction

  • Practice newly acquired knowledge and skills supporting a harm reduction pathway of recovery

  • Develop a personal action plan for further development of harm reduction recovery coaching