When a person enters substance use recovery, their chances of success are significantly improved when they are supported by family members and others who care about them. Families throughout the Commonwealth are involved in substance use treatment across a range of levels of care. This training will explore the complexities of family involvement in the treatment process and expand providers’ toolkits for fostering meaningful, sustained engagement.

Strategies will focus on strengthening family engagement throughout the delivery of services, building connections that support long-term recovery, and developing trusting, collaborative relationships with partner providers. We will explore how these relationships help clients feel safe, supported, and connected as they transition between services.

This day-long training will incorporate didactic learning, interactive activities, and a panel of individuals with valuable lived experience who will share their perspectives on the value of family engagement in the healing process.

 

Join us as we move away from family isolation and toward restorative collaboration and connection in recovery.

 

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this session, attendees will be able to...

  • Identify three benefits of engaging a consumer’s family members and social supports in his/her/their substance use treatment. 
  • Develop 3-5 creative methods/skills to enhance meaningful ‘family’ connection to build recovery capital. 
  • Apply these engagement skills, at any level of care, to support individual and family recovery.
  • Incorporate into their practice 2-4 strategies to sustain family engagement throughout the full course of services, from initial contact through program completion.   
  • Implement 2-4 warm handoff strategies to support transition to other provider care.

 

Target Audience

The target audience for this training includes those providing non-clinical services across the BSAS continuum of care including substance use harm reduction, recovery, housing/homelessness, and treatment staff (non-clinicians), recovery coaches, recovery specialists, and other non-clinical professionals.   

Coffee & lunch will be provided.

Sponsored by:  MA Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services, Women and Family Services, & Adept Educational Institute, Inc.