Using Recovery Oriented Principles in Your Role

With a clear working definition of recovery, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), along with people in recovery, developed ten guiding principles of recovery. These principles were designed to help advance recovery opportunities and clarify concepts. This training will provide peer and certified recovery support specialist with an in-depth look at each guiding principle, SAMHSA’s four dimensions that support life in recovery, as well as, how to apply the guiding principles while serving in their role

Upon completion of this training, peer and certified recovery support specialist will be able to:

• Identify, define and develop a working knowledge of SAMHSA’s ten (10) guiding principles of recovery
• Identify, define and develop a working knowledge of SAMHSA’s four (4) dimensions that support a life in recovery
• Apply guiding principles while serving as peer and certified recovery support specialists