This 75-hour course includes showing/internship experience. The training explores active listening, cultural competency, appropriate self-disclosure, ethics, certification testing, and other important skills essential to achieving the Peer Recovery Support Specialist Certification through the West Virginia Certification Board for Addiction and Prevention Professionals (WVCBAPP). The services a Peer Recovery Support Specialist offers can effectively extend the reach of treatment beyond the clinical setting into the everyday environment of those seeking a successful, sustained recovery process. Participants must be in recovery at least 12 months per the WVCBAPP.

Peer Recovery Support Specialist Course Topics

• Advocate for people in recovery
• Share resources & build skills
• Build a community & relationships
• Lead recovery groups
• Mentor and set goals
• Provide services and/or training
• Supervise peer workers
• Develop resources
• Administer programs or agencies
• Educate the public and policymakers

Course Student Learning Outcomes:

• Achieve the Peer Recovery Support Specialist Certification

Make-up, Missed or Late Work: Must work with Coordinator and Instructor.

Attendance: Each face-to-face class period is required.

Call 304.424.8258 or email Abby.Campbell@wvup.edu to register today!