How Peer Specialist Can Support Medication Assisted Recoveries

Content
6 modules
Difficulty
Basic
Course Length
3 hours
Instructor
Steve Gumbley
Price
$20.00

Description

This self-paced training was supported by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services with assistance from The Substance Use and Mental Health Leadership Council of RI, the Executive Office of Health and Human Services and the Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals. 

 

This course is for peer support specialists who have already taken the basic training.  It is intended to build your knowledge and promote positive attitudes in working with recoverees with a history of opioid use disorder.

The course is presented in three modules:

•The basics
•Establishing a recovery identity, focusing on the recoveree
•Supporting sustained recovery, focusing on the relationship of the PRS and the recoveree
 

Continuing Education Credits:

Peer Recovery Specialist CEUs: This training has been approved by the RI Certification Board for 3.0 continuing education credits (The RICB is an IC&RC affiliate).

Chemical Dependency Professional CEUs: This training has been approved by the RI Certification Board for 3.0 continuing education credits (The RICB is an IC & RC affiliate.

 

 

 

Objectives

•Explain the relationship between addiction and medications
•Describe the medications that support substance use disorder recovery
•Explain the types of medications and how they work
•Establish the use of medications as one of many authentic pathways for recovery
•Identify personal biases
•Strengthen connections between the recoveree and providers, family, and community
•Establish medications as an authentic pathway for recovery
•Explain and develop elements of health promotion strategies
•Assist the recoveree in developing a sense of personal wellness and belonging
•Explain and support the role of the recovery community in sustaining individual recovery

Certificate

By completing/passing this course, you will attain the certificate Peer Specialist MAT training

Learning Credits

CEU
3.0
1.
MAT pre-test
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2.
Supporting Medication Assisted Recoveries Module 1a
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3.
Supporting Medication Assisted Recoveries Module 2 a
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4.
Supporting Medication Assisted Recoveries Module 3a
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5.
MAT post-test
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6.
Training Evaluation
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