Hello. Im ivette torres, and welcome to another edition of the road to recovery. Today, well be talking about peertopeer support services for mental and Substance Use disorders. Joining us in our panel today are leah harris, communications and development coordinator, National Empowerment center, washington, dc; tom hill, director of programs, faces voices of recovery, washington, dc; michael d. Little, forensic advanced certified peer specialist coordinator, Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and intellectual disability services, philadelphia, pa; monica scott, outreach Substance Abuse counselor, baltimore Substance Abuse systems, inc. , baltimore, md. Tom, peertoPeer Services is an increasingly unique and an important part of a recoveryoriented system of care, of systems whether municipal or state systems, that are looking to set up a recoveryoriented system of care. What is peer Recovery Support . Peer Recovery Support is it involves people with lived experience of both ad
Faces voices of recovery, washington, dc; michael d. Little, forensic advanced certified peer specialist coordinator, Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and intellectual disability services, philadelphia, pa; monica scott, outreach Substance Abuse counselor, baltimore Substance Abuse systems, inc. , baltimore, md. Tom, peertoPeer Services is an increasingly unique and an important part of a recoveryoriented system of care, of systems whether municipal or state systems, that are looking to set up a recoveryoriented system of care. What is peer Recovery Support . Peer Recovery Support is it involves people with lived experience of both addiction and or Mental Health and in recovery, and its using that lived experience as the fulcrum, or the leverage, to do the services. Theyre nonclinical, theyre strength based, and they work on Building Trust with the person, and i would also say they are also mutually reciprocal, so the person giving help also gets help in the equation. Very
And as a matter of fact, i suspect that now both systems are dealing with the Mental Health is also has cooccurring conditions, so you deal with Substance Use disorders, as well as right. As the Substance Use disorders also has, you know, people that suffer with cooccurring, as well. But when we come back, well continue to talk about peertopeer support. Well be right back. [music] peers are a really important part of recovery, regardless of where you are. So, any time you can relate to someone in the Recovery Process who has shared the same experiences, whether thats an experience in jail or an experience in the military, these are important ways in which people can engage with each other. And the Recovery Process, we learned a long time ago, that people who experience, who share their own personal experiences are much more able to engage each other, theyre much more able to support each other in approaches to recovery. So, especially for those who have experienced jail or other kinds
Hello. Im ivette torres, and welcome to another edition of the road to recovery. Today, well be talking about peertopeer support services for mental and Substance Use disorders. Joining us in our panel today are leah harris, communications and development coordinator, National Empowerment center, washington, dc; tom hill, director of programs, faces voices of recovery, washington, dc; michael d. Little, forensic advanced certified peer specialist coordinator, Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and intellectual disability services, philadelphia, pa; monica scott, outreach Substance Abuse counselor, baltimore Substance Abuse systems, inc. , baltimore, md. Tom, peertoPeer Services is an increasingly unique and an important part of a recoveryoriented system of care, of systems whether municipal or state systems, that are looking to set up a recoveryoriented system of care. What is peer Recovery Support . Peer Recovery Support is it involves people with lived experience of both ad
Hello. Im ivette torres, and welcome to another edition of the road to recovery. Today, well be talking about peertopeer support services for mental and Substance Use disorders. Joining us in our panel today are leah harris, communications and development coordinator, National Empowerment center, washington, dc; tom hill, director of programs, faces voices of recovery, washington, dc; michael d. Little, forensic advanced certified peer specialist coordinator, Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and intellectual disability services, philadelphia, pa; monica scott, outreach Substance Abuse counselor, baltimore Substance Abuse systems, inc. , baltimore, md. Tom, peertoPeer Services is an increasingly unique and an important part of a recoveryoriented system of care, of systems whether municipal or state systems, that are looking to set up a recoveryoriented system of care. What is peer Recovery Support . Peer Recovery Support is it involves people with lived experience of both ad