Training Description: As Recovery Coaches, we are often faced with clients that come to us presenting with both substance use and mental health challenges. In these instances, we can be unsure how best to support others and provide appropriate resources. How does a Recovery Coach assist their clients while remaining within their scope of practice? In addition, Recovery Coaches are often asked to tap into their resilience to deal with the challenges and stressors of their role. Self care and wellness practices are vital to keeping a Recovery Coach from burning out. How can we ensure our resilience is built to last?

In this comprehensive one-day training, Dr. Aron Steward will teach about the necessity of a wellness practice and provide tools for resiliency, outline the fundamentals of co-occurring disorders, what resources are (or are not) available, and what you as a Recovery Coach can do to help others. This training is free and open to Recovery Coaches who have graduated from the Vermont Recovery Coach Academy.

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss the prevalence of co-occurring disorders in substance use treatment programs;
• Learn the fundamentals of co-occurring disorders;
• Learn about a Recovery Coach’s role in helping individuals with co-occurring challenges;
• Discover skills on building a wellness practice to improve one’s resiliency; and
• Explore current resources available in Vermont for those experiencing co-occurring challenges.