Recovery Peers is a comprehensive training for individuals aiming to support youth in recovery. It's the perfect compliment for Youth Recovery Support Specialists who have already gone through a Youth Peer Delivered Services training and are looking to gain extra knowledge and skills when working with youth experiencing addiction, navigating substance use, and exploring recovery pathways.

Dates & Times of Training

Nov 19: 10 AM - 4 PM PST

Nov 20: 10 AM - 4 PM PST

Nov 21: 10 AM - 12 PM PST

What You'll Be Learning

⭐ The Role of a YRSS: What your role is and how the Behavioral Health Recovery Network and M110 model relates to what you do
⭐ Harm Reduction: The history, principles & practices, and myths of harm reduction
⭐ Substance Use and Safer Practices: The effects of substances and the importance of providing safer-use supplies
⭐ Barriers and Disparities: The barriers in receiving and accessing care and how it connects to Social Determinants of Health, including the role of adultism in recovery
⭐ Stigma and Language: The impact of stigma and how the words we use can either perpetuate or dismantle stigma
⭐ Trauma-Informed Care (TIC): Looking at trauma and trauma-informed care practices, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), epigenetics, and resilience, and ethical considerations and boundaries
⭐ Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Positive Youth Development (PYD): Applying MI techniques in engaging youth in recovery and how to use PYD to foster resilience and empowerment in the youth we serve
⭐ Group Facilitation: Effective group facilitation skills and supporting community connectedness and mutual aid
⭐ Crisis, Overdose, & Loss: Skills and strategies for supporting and deescalating youth in crisis, overdose signs & Narcan use, and the possibility & impact of loss
⭐ Personal Resilience & Ethical Decision Making: Supporting you as a YRSS to feel more confident in your role

A special thank you to the Oregon Health Authority for sponsoring training and coaching, which offers limited seats at no cost for the peer workforce.