The Mountainside Learning Institute’s Recovery Coach Training program aims to provide 50 hours of foundational training required for both the CARC and CRPA:
Based on the CCAR Recovery Coach Academy© this is a 5-day intensive training focused on providing individuals with the skills needed to guide, mentor and support anyone who would like to enter into or sustain long-term recovery from an addiction to alcohol or other drugs. After completing this program participants will be able to:
- Describe Recovery Coach role and functions
- List the components, core values and guiding principles of recovery
- Build skills to enhance relationships
- Explore many dimensions of recovery and recovery coaching
- Discover attitudes about self-disclosure and sharing stories
- Understand the stages of recovery
- Describe the stages of change and their applications
- Increase awareness of culture, power and privilege
- Address ethical issues with regard to boundaries
- Experience wellness planning in recovery
- Practice newly acquired skills
CCAR Recovery Coach Training Course Dates:
- June 12, 2023, Monday, 9:30am – 4:30pm ET
- June 13, 2023, Tuesday, 9:30am – 4:30pm ET
- June 14, 2023, Wednesday, 9:30am – 4:30pm ET
- June 19, 2023, Monday, 9:30am – 4:30pm
- June 20, 2023, Tuesday, 9:30am – 4:30pm
There are 3 breaks during each training day: morning break, lunch break and afternoon break.
CCAR Ethical Considerations for Recovery Coaches | 16 hours over the course of 2 days | $350
Recovery coaching as a peer-to-peer recovery support services has grown exponentially over the past few years. The issue of ethical considerations has been discussed in many circles yet formal training has been lacking for recovery coaches. This 16 hour training addresses this critical need. Based on the widely used Ethical Guidelines for the Delivery of Peer-based Recovery Support Services by William White and PRO-ACT (2007), we designed this training to help coaches, and anyone else working in the peer role, to understand how critical it is to be ethically responsible. Using presentations, small group work, and role play to address many areas including: defining the coaching service role and functions, coaching standards, issues of vulnerability, ethical decision making, performance enhancement and legal issues. This year we have added an additional half day of training, to allow for more opportunities to practice using relevant scenarios coaches may face on a daily basis.
CCAR Ethical Considerations for Recovery Coaches Course Dates:
- July 20, 2023, Thursday, 9:30am – 4:30pm ET, with two breaks
- July 21, 2023, Friday, 9:30am – 4:30pm ET, with two breaks
There are 3 breaks during each training day: morning break, lunch break and afternoon break.
Registration Coming Soon!
Medication Supported Recovery | 4 hours over the course of 1 day | $100
Medication Supported Recovery (MSR, formerly MAT) is now part of the landscape of addiction treatment modalities and recovery pathways. This 4 hour workshop presents peer recovery professionals with a modern approach to supporting people prescribed medications that aid in the recovery journey. We will begin by recognizing our own personal biases that may act as barriers to demonstrating the values and principles that guide the profession to the people we serve as coaches. Along with traditional therapies and recovery pathways, we will also explore the field of harm reduction and alternative therapies. Grasping these concepts will empower peer recovery professionals to help overcome stigma, advocate for their clients, and move forward the field of addiction treatment and recovery.
Medication Supported Recovery Course Date:
August 11, 2023, Friday, 9:30am – 1:30pm ET
Registration Coming Soon!
Our certified trainers, Zachary Cohn, CARC, CRPA and Alex Lahr, CARC, CRPA are active Mountainside Recovery Coaches and they’ll guide you through the entire credentialing process to obtain CARC and/or CRPA certifications.
