Trauma-Informed Care Approach

This training will give Peer Specialists the skills to engage with the individuals they serve within their organization that has suffered from some trauma, along with knowing their role. Awareness of secondary trauma and compassionate fatigue will allow the Peer Specialist information that supports self-care and prevents burn-out.

CCAR Recovery Coach Academy

This is a 4-day training designed for individuals interested in becoming Peer Support Specialists. The training will provide individuals with the skills needed to guide, mentor, and support anyone who would like to enter into sustaining long-term recovery. 30 CEUs are available for this training.

Peer Workforce Development and Skill

This training aims to introduce peers to the hard and soft skills that hiring managers look for when hiring peers and to equip peers with the ability to write a peer resume. Peers will also gain the confidence they need during the interview process.

Participants will receive 4 CEUs in Mentor & Education. 

Advocacy Domain for Recovery Coaches

The training objective is to inform Recovery Coaches about how they can access recovery and the systems that facilitate it by advocating for both the recoveree and themselves. This would allow them to help remove barriers and obstacles to recovery. Participants that attend will receive 5 CEUs in the Advocacy Domain.

The Drugs are Gone, But the Conflict Remains…Now What?

This training will enable Peer Recovery Specialists and other substance use disorder and behavioral health staff to identify conflict & unmet human needs which create conflicts, identify forms of communication & techniques to transform conflicts, and use skills to conduct quality checks of a transformed conflict. MABPCB CEU’S provided by trainer.

CCAR Recovery Coach Academy

This is a 4-day training designed for individuals interested in becoming Peer Support Specialists. The training will provide individuals with the skills needed to guide, mentor, and support anyone who would like to enter into sustaining long-term recovery. 30 CEUs are available for this training.

Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP)

The Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP®) is a personalized wellness and recovery system born out of and rooted in the principle of self-determination. WRAP® is a wellness and recovery approach that helps people to: 1) decrease and prevent intrusive or troubling feelings and behaviors; 2) increase personal empowerment; 3) improve quality of life; and 4) achieve their own life goals and dreams. Working with a WRAP® can help individuals to monitor uncomfortable and distressing feelings and behaviors and, through planned responses, reduce, modify, or eliminate those feelings. A WRAP® also includes plans for responses from others when an individual cannot make decisions, take care of him/herself, and/or keep him/herself safe.

Participants that attend this training will receive 10 CEUs.

Recovery/Wellness Domain

This training is a Peer Recovery Specialist domain training. This training includes understanding effective communication, understand basic Motivational Interviewing Techniques, 8 Dimensions of Wellness and understanding the impact of trauma and the use of Trauma Informed Care. Re- Certification or Initial Certification. 3 CEUs.

Trauma-Informed Care and Antiracism Learning Community

BHSB is seeking up to five organizations to participate in a Trauma-Informed Care and Antiracism Learning Community that will engage from July 2023 to June 2024. Eligible applicants are behavioral health service providers, faith-based organizations, and other community-based organizations that provide behavioral health related support services.

Applicants will be selected on a rolling basis, with the first 5 fully responsive and eligible applications being selected – applications are due by June 25, 2023.

The Drugs are Gone, but the Conflict Remains…Now What?

This training will enable Peer Recovery Specialists and other substance use disorder and behavioral health staff to identify conflict & unmet human needs which create conflicts, identify forms of communication & techniques to transform conflicts, and use skills to conduct quality checks of a transformed conflict. 3 CEUs. Mentoring Education.