Recovery to Practice:
Achieving the Vision
ALTERNATIVES
Honoring our History, Building our Future
October 11, 2012
Workshop Goals
By the end of the workshop you should be able to:
 Describe the Recovery to Practice project.
 Identify the participating mental health
disciplines and topics covered in their curricula.
 Recognize barriers to learning about recovery in
various disciplines and how these barriers are
being addressed by each discipline.
 Contribute new ideas to help promote recovery
that can be used by the different disciplines.
http://www.samhsa.gov/recoverytopractice/
Imagine…
A place where social workers, psychiatrists,
psychologists, peer specialists, psychiatric nurses and
addiction counselors are taught how to practice
recovery principles for all they serve.
http://www.samhsa.gov/recoverytopractice/
Recovery to Practice is…
A place where social workers, psychiatrists,
psychologists, peer specialists, psychiatric nurses and
addiction counselors are taught how to practice
recovery principles for all they serve.
http://www.samhsa.gov/recoverytopractice/
Participating Associations
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American Psychiatric Association (APA) and American
Association of Community Psychiatrists (AACP)
American Psychological Association (APA)
American Psychiatric Nursing Association (APNA)
Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)
National Association of Peer Specialists (NAPS)
National Association for Addiction Professionals
(NAADAC)
http://www.samhsa.gov/recoverytopractice/
Joint Working Statement…
We are committed to shifting the paradigm of our
professions to ensure the realization of a recovery-oriented
system of care that will stand as a new beacon of hope for
persons experiencing or at risk for behavioral health
conditions, and their families.
A transformed system of care will be based on the core
beliefs that prevention works, that services and supports can
be effective, that people can and do recover, and that
communities benefit from including and valuing the
contributions of all members.
(For more, see RTP Weekly Highlight dated: June 14, 2012)
http://www.samhsa.gov/recoverytopractice/
Psychiatry
American Psychiatric Association (APA) and the
American Association of Community
Psychiatrists (AACP)
Target audience: Practitioners
http://vimeo.com/50633737
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Psychiatry (cont.)
Ten online modules
 Introduction to Recovery
 Engagement and Welcoming
 Person-Centered Planning and Shared Decision
Making
 Role of Medications in Recovery
 Health and Wellness Focused Care
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Psychiatry (cont.)
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Curriculum modules (continued)
Building Living Skills
Culturally Appropriate Care
Trauma Informed Care
Peer Supports and Working with Peer Specialists
Natural Supports and Facilitating Community
Integration
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Psychiatric Nurses
American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA)
Target audience: Inpatient Unit Psychiatric Nurses
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Psychiatric Nurses (cont.)
Live and web-based training manuals
Six Modules
 History of Recovery
 Creating a Recovery Culture
 Peer Support and Trauma
 Attitudes: Key to Effective Recovery-Oriented Practice
 Connecting Attitudes with Skills
 Making it Work in Your Own Practice Setting: Where
Do We Go From Here?
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Psychology
APA Curriculum Modules – “Reframing Psychology
for the Emerging Health Care Environment”
Target audience: Doctoral psychology students
(Provided to Training Directors of Doctoral Programs)
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Psychology (cont.)
Fifteen modules
 Introduction to Recovery Based Psychological Practice
 The Recovery Movement: Role of Psychologists and
Health Care Reform
 Community Inclusion
 Scientific Foundations of Recovery
 Assessment
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Psychology (cont.)
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Curriculum modules (continued)
Person-Centered Planning
Partnership and Engagement
Interventions I: Guiding Principles and Integrated
Framework
Interventions II: Evidence Based Practices
Interventions III: Promising or Emerging Practices
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Psychology (cont.)
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Curriculum modules (continued)
Health Disparities
System Transformation
Peer Delivered Services
Forensic and Related Issues
Emerging Trends in Recovery-Oriented Practice
For more information, visit:
http://www.apa.org/pi/mfp/psychology/recovery-topractice/curriculum.aspx
http://www.samhsa.gov/recoverytopractice/
Social Workers
Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)
Target audience: Field instructors
Webinar series with CEU credit
And training manual
For more information, visit:
www.cswe.org/Recovery
http://www.samhsa.gov/recoverytopractice/
Addiction Counselors
Formerly the National Association for Alcoholism and
Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC)
The Association for Addiction Professionals
Target audience: Addiction Counselors
Joined in April 2012
Situational Analysis in Process
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Peer Specialists
National Association of Peer Specialists (NAPS)
Target audience: Working Peer Specialists
http://www.samhsa.gov/recoverytopractice/
Peer Specialist (cont.)
Eight modules
 Principles of Recovery and Self-Care
 Complex Simplicity of Wellness
 Effects of Trauma on Recovery
 Influences of Culture on Recovery
 From Dual Recovery to Recovery of the Whole Person
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Peer Specialist (cont.)
Curriculum modules (continued)
 Recovery Roles and Values
 Strengthening Workplace Relationships
 Recovery Relationships Part 1
 Recovery Relationships Part 2
SAMPLE Video
http://vimeo.com/49596537
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National Practice Standards
“A Call for Collaboration”
www.naops.org | www.facebook.com/NA4PS
Peer Specialists must come together
to define the profession and establish ethical standards
before others do it for us. Get involved!
Workgroups are forming now!
http://www.samhsa.gov/recoverytopractice/
Facilitated Discussion
What are your ideas or questions?
What is the best way to promote recovery?
What else would you like to see?
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Recovery to Practice Links
Website:
http://www.samhsa.gov/
recoverytopractice
Resource Library:
http://www.dsgonline.com/
rtp/resources.html
Listserv:
http://www.samhsa.gov/
recoverytopractice/JoinListserv.aspx
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Presenters
Steve Harrington, Executive Director
National Association of Peer Specialists (NAPS)
E-mail: Steveh@naops.org
Rita Cronise, Instructional Design Consultant
National Association of Peer Specialists (NAPS)
E-mail: Rita@naops.org
Susan Rogers, Director
National Mental Health Consumers’ Self-Help Clearinghouse
and Director of Special Projects, Mental Health Association of
Southeastern Pennsylvania
E-mail: SRogers@mhasp.org
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