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Assertive Engagement and Harm Reduction Through Peer Coaching and Family Support

In-Person
1 CE Hour
Clinical

Presented By

  • Richard Jones, MA, MBA, LCAS, CCS, CCDP, CAI
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Description

The traditional approach to treatment waits for someone to hit rock bottom before getting help. With today’s opioid epidemic and the rise of fentanyl, waiting for “rock bottom” too often means death. Additionally, substance use disorder is a chronic, relapse-prone disease, and the most important factor for predicting improvement five years after discharge from treatment is ongoing engagement. Peer coaching programs are an early intervention strategy to reach individuals and families in need and keep them engaged in the recovery process. Peer coaches use harm reduction and motivational interviewing techniques and their own lived experience – the same as the person they are coaching – as well as integration of family and community programs to deliver effective, compassionate support. Additionally, they support family members of individuals struggling with addiction, regardless of how that family member is engaged in their own recovery, by providing a baseline education on topics like substance misuse, boundary setting, and self-care. These interactions help individuals struggling with substance misuse and their family members stay engaged in the recovery journey, maintain a positive outlook, and develop new behaviors and social support that sustain accountability. A randomized clinical trial with Clemson University and the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in 2020 established the impact peer recovery programs have: At the end of the 6-month trial, participants with peer recovery coaches were retained/engaged at an 89% success rate, whereas participants randomized to treatment as usual were retained/engaged at an 11% success rate. Additionally, two years of program evaluation data through the Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services (DAODAS) showed 98.5% of total participants successfully engaged in coaching; 60.2% of engaged participants were linked with treatment/additional recovery services during enrollment.

Target Audience
  • • Social Worker
  • • Psychologist
  • • Medical Doctor
  • • Registered Nurse
  • • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • • Counselor
  • • Substance Use Disorder Professionals
Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • List 3 reasons why "waiting for rock bottom" would not be an effective treatment paradigm for an individual with substance use disorder.

  • Describe at least 2 techniques a certified peer coach uses for effective early intervention, assertive engagement, and harm reduction.

  • Define Family System Theory.

  • Describe at least 2 ways addiction can impact a family unit and at least 2 ways education/peer coaching for family members can improve recovery. results of an independent study and program evaluation data that show the impact of peer coaching in maintaining an individual’s engagement in treatment and recovery.

  • Evaluate the results of an independent study and program evaluation data that show the impact of peer coaching in maintaining an individual’s engagement in treatment and recovery.

References

  • Byrne, K.A., Pericot-Valverde, I., Stevens, M.L., Melling, T., Jones, R., & Litwin, A. H. (2023) Evolution of the assertive community engagement model for peer recovery coaching informed by the assertive community treatment model. Addiction Research & Theory 31(5). https://doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2023.2176847

  • Byrne, K. A., Roth, P. J., Merchant, K., Baginski, B., Robinson, K., Dumas, K., Collie, J., Ramsey, B., Cull, J., Cooper, L., Churitch, M., Rennert, L., Heo, M., & Jones, R. (2020). Inpatient link to peer recovery coaching: Results from a pilot randomized control trial. Drug and alcohol dependence (215). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108234

  • Kelly, J. F., Bergman, B., Hoeppner, B. B., Vilsaint, C., & White, W. L. (2017). Prevalence and pathways of recovery from drug and alcohol problems in the United States population: Implications for practice, research, and policy. Drug and alcohol dependence (181), 162–169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.09.028

Introductory
Clinical
Social Worker

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0654.

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LCSWs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1 hours of continuing education credit for LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

TPN.health, #1766, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 03/31/2022 – 03/31/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 1 Clinical continuing education credits.

Psychologist

Trusted Provider Network is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Trusted Provider Network maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Medical Doctor

The Dade County Medical Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Registered Nurse

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and TPN.health. Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Amedco LLC designates this activity for a maximum of 1 ANCC contact hours.

Marriage & Family Therapist

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0097.

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LCSWs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1 hours of continuing education credit for LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Counselor

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0220.

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LPCCs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1 hours of continuing education credit for LPCCs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

TPN.health has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7267. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. TPN.health is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Substance Use Disorder Professionals

This course has been approved by TPN.health, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #198061, TPN.health is responsible for all aspects of the programming.This course has been approved by TPN.health, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #198061, TPN.health is responsible for all aspects of the programing. Counselor Skill Group: Legal, Ethical and Professional Development

CE Policy
This course is fiscally sponsored by Exchange Events. There may be potential biases or conflicts of interest inherent to this relationship, and it must be disclosed to participants. These conflicts of interest have no bearing on the course content and have been resolved.
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Richard Jones, MA, MBA, LCAS, CCS, CCDP, CAI

Richard Jones is an experienced therapist, clinician, and healthcare entrepreneur operating primarily in the behavioral health space. Richard has wide-ranging professional experience across nearly all behavioral health domains. This includes mental health, substance use disorders, co-occurring disorders, and intellectual disabilities. He has over 20 years of management experience and has been instrumental in the launch and rebuild of multiple programs nationwide. Richard is passionate about providing quality care and supporting people in need. He has been the founding CEO of two non-profit organizations and two for-profit businesses dedicated to disrupting the behavioral health space for the betterment of people in need.

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