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Continuing Education Units

Our continuing education courses are designed to deepen professional skills, strengthen recovery-oriented practice, and maintain certification requirements. Each course is interactive, relevant, and tailored for professionals in behavioral health, recovery, and community support roles.

Being Comfortable in Uncomfortable Situations

Hours: 3

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Gain confidence in managing challenging moments, from supporting individuals in emotional distress to responding during crisis situations. This training introduces practical tools for active listening, de-escalation, and self-regulation, helping professionals remain grounded and effective under pressure.

Domains: Crisis, Trauma-Informed Care

Beyond the Behavior: It’s a Trauma Response, Not a Flaw

Hours: 1.5 – 2

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Learn to see beyond surface behaviors—like defiance, withdrawal, or avoidance—and recognize them as potential survival strategies rooted in trauma. This course equips participants with skills to respond with empathy, reduce stigma, and foster safety and trust in recovery relationships.

Domains: Trauma-Informed Care

Boundaries in the Peer Relationship

Hours: 3

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Explore the unique dynamics of boundaries in peer support roles. This training examines common challenges—such as over-identification, dual relationships, and role confusion—and provides practical strategies for maintaining professionalism while preserving authentic connection. Participants will leave with tools to navigate complex situations while upholding ethical standards.

Domains: Ethical Responsibility

Bridging Treatment and Recovery Language

Hours: 3

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Understand the clinical language used by treatment providers and learn how to translate it into recovery-oriented terms that resonate with peers. This training strengthens communication and builds confidence for working within multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring peers can advocate effectively while staying true to recovery values.

Domains: Advocacy, Mentoring and Education

Collaborating in a Multi-Disciplinary Team

Hours: 1.5 – 2

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Explore the roles, responsibilities, and perspectives of professionals across behavioral health and social service systems. Participants will develop strategies to strengthen communication, resolve conflicts, and promote effective collaboration between peers and other service providers.

Domains: Advocacy, Mentoring and Education

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Creating Affirming Spaces: Working with the LGBTQIA+ Community

A Cultural Competency Training

Hours: 1.5 – 3

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This training equips behavioral health professionals with practical, trauma-informed strategies for supporting LGBTQIA+ individuals. Participants build cultural competency, understand identity and minority stress, and strengthen affirming communication skills to reduce unintentional harm and create safer, recovery-oriented care environments.

Domains: Advocacy, Ethical Responsibility, General, Trauma-Informed Care

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Evoking Change Talk and Softening Sustain Talk

Motivational Interviewing Skills Workshop

Hours: 3

1 upcoming session

Learn how to recognize, evoke, and strengthen change talk while responding skillfully to sustain talk without creating resistance. Participants will practice strategies that help guide conversations toward motivation and movement while honoring autonomy.

Domains: General, Mentoring and Education, Recovery - Wellness Support

Exploring Ambivalence with Strategic Reflections

Hours: 3

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Ambivalence is a natural part of change. This workshop focuses on using strategic reflections to explore mixed feelings, deepen self-awareness, and help people hear their own motivations for change in a supportive, person-centered way.

Holding the Room: Creating Spaces Where People Can Be Real

Hours: 1.5 – 2

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Providing support is more than what we say—it’s how we show up. This workshop focuses on creating environments where people feel safe, respected, and free to be vulnerable. Participants will explore presence, boundaries, and relational skills that help build trust and open the door to deeper, more meaningful recovery conversations.

Introduction to CALM: Collaborating to Create Time and Space

Hours: 1.5 – 3

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Learn collaborative, compassionate approaches to reducing access to lethal means during times of crisis. Participants will practice engaging in safety planning conversations designed to protect life while respecting autonomy.

Domains: Crisis

Introduction to Moral Injury: The Unseen Turmoil Within

Hours: 1.5 – 3

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Explore the concept of moral injury—emotional, psychological, and spiritual distress resulting from actions that violate personal values. Learn how moral injury affects military personnel, healthcare providers, and first responders, and identify strategies for healing and resilience.

Domains: Recovery - Wellness Support, Trauma-Informed Care

Managing Discord and Deepening Engagement

Motivational Interviewing Skills Workshop Series

Hours: 3

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Build confidence navigating challenging conversations while preserving trust and connection. Participants will learn how to recognize discord, respond in MI-consistent ways, and strengthen engagement without escalating resistance or sacrificing autonomy.

Domains: General, Mentoring and Education, Recovery - Wellness Support

Motivational Interviewing for Peer Recovery Specialists

Hours: 6

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This highly interactive training provides Peer Recovery Specialists with the tools to evoke motivation, resolve ambivalence, and strengthen commitment to change. Participants will learn and practice the core MI skills—Open questions, Affirmations, Reflections, and Summaries (OARS)—to support lasting recovery.

Domains: Mentoring and Education, Recovery - Wellness Support

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OARS Deep Dive: Strengthening Core Communication Skills

Motivational Interviewing Skills Workshop Series

Hours: 3

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Strengthen the foundational communication skills at the heart of Motivational Interviewing. This interactive workshop helps participants sharpen their use of open questions, affirmations, reflections, and summaries to build connection, deepen conversations, and support meaningful change.

Domains: General, Mentoring and Education, Recovery - Wellness Support

Planning and Commitment: Transitioning from Evoking to Change

Hours: 3

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Build skills to recognize readiness and move from evoking motivation into collaborative planning. Learn how to strengthen commitment language, support next steps, and guide change conversations while maintaining a person-centered approach.

Readiness and Confidence Scales: Using Tools to Support Motivation

Hours: 3

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Learn how to use readiness, importance, and confidence scaling tools to guide meaningful conversations about change. Participants will practice using scales to explore motivation, strengthen self-efficacy, and support collaborative next steps.

Serving Those Who Served: Working with Service Members, Veterans, and their Families (SMVF)

A Cultural Competency Training

Hours: 3

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Learn how to engage and support Service Members, Veterans, and their Families through culturally responsive, trauma-informed care. This training equips providers with practical tools to navigate military culture, power dynamics, invisible wounds, and build trust with SMVF populations in behavioral health settings.

Domains: Advocacy, Trauma-Informed Care

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Trauma, Activation, and Peer Presence

Creating Healing Conditions Through Trauma-Informed, Non-Clinical Support. 

Hours: 3 – 6

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This interactive training explores trauma through a person-centered, trauma-informed lens, examining how the nervous system influences behavior, coping strategies, and crisis cycles. Participants will strengthen their understanding of peer activation, vicarious trauma, and ethical practices while developing practical skills to remain present, regulated, and boundaried. The focus is on understanding behavior through the lens of survival — approached with curiosity and compassion rather than judgment.

Domains: Ethical Responsibility, General, Recovery - Wellness Support, Trauma-Informed Care

Series

Motivational Interviewing Skills Workshop Series

  • OARS Deep Dive: Strengthening Core Communication Skills
  • Evoking Change Talk and Softening Sustain Talk
  • Managing Discord and Deepening Engagement
  • Exploring Ambivalence with Strategic Reflections
  • Planning and Commitment: Transitioning from Evoking to Change
  • Readiness and Confidence Scales: Using Tools to Support Motivation

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