Interdisciplinary Care in Opioid Treatment: The Role of Peers in Opioid Treatment - Shared Experiences, Shared Hope
A live, interactive webinar
Tuesday, September 17, 2024 @ 3:00-4:30pm ET (2CT/1MT/12PT)
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Description
Our fifth webinar in this series sheds light on the vital contributions of peer support specialists in the interdisciplinary approach to opioid use disorder treatment. These individuals who have walked a similar path offer invaluable understanding and guidance. Learn how peers play an essential role in fostering hope, building community, and achieving lasting recovery.
Learning Objectives
- Participants will be able to explain the unique role of the peer in providing treatment for opioid use disorder.
- Participants will be able to describe ways that peers collaborate with other members of the interdisciplinary team.
- Participants will be able to state four techniques essential to success as a peer supporting someone with an opioid use disorder.
Presenters
Andre Johnson, PsyD
Andre L. Johnson, PsyD, a native Detroiter, is currently the Founder/President/CEO of the Detroit Recovery Project Incorporated, a trailblazing multi-service non-profit agency that provides a wide spectrum of prevention, treatment, and recovery support services to the city’s recovery community. Johnson has consulted on behalf of the United States President Emergency Plan Against AIDS Abroad to the Department of Ministry of Health in Dar Es Salaam, Zanzibar, Tanzania. He was appointed by Kathleen Sebelius, former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, to serve a three-year term (2015-2018) as a National Advisory Council member for the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment/Substance Abuse Mental Health Service Administration. He has also taught addiction studies and mental health classes at Wayne County Community College. The United States President, Barack Obama recognized Johnson as the “2016 Champion of Change for Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery” at the White House. In 2023, Johnson was appointed by U.S. Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, Miriam E Delphin-Rittmon to serve as a member of the SAMHSA National Advisory Council. Johnson holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Morehouse College, a Master of Arts degree in Organizational Management from the University of Phoenix, and a Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology from Michigan School of Psychology.
Andre L. Johnson, PsyD, a native Detroiter, is currently the Founder/President/CEO of the Detroit Recovery Project Incorporated, a trailblazing multi-service non-profit agency that provides a wide spectrum of prevention, treatment, and recovery support services to the city’s recovery community. Johnson has consulted on behalf of the United States President Emergency Plan Against AIDS Abroad to the Department of Ministry of Health in Dar Es Salaam, Zanzibar, Tanzania. He was appointed by Kathleen Sebelius, former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, to serve a three-year term (2015-2018) as a National Advisory Council member for the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment/Substance Abuse Mental Health Service Administration. He has also taught addiction studies and mental health classes at Wayne County Community College. The United States President, Barack Obama recognized Johnson as the “2016 Champion of Change for Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery” at the White House. In 2023, Johnson was appointed by U.S. Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, Miriam E Delphin-Rittmon to serve as a member of the SAMHSA National Advisory Council. Johnson holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Morehouse College, a Master of Arts degree in Organizational Management from the University of Phoenix, and a Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology from Michigan School of Psychology.
Content Level
Beginning and Intermediate
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Beginning level courses introduce learners to a content area; include information about a condition, treatment method, or issue; and involve learning and comprehending content. Intermediate level courses provide information that builds on knowledge practitioners with some experience already have. These courses focus on skill-building or adding knowledge, possibly following a brief overview of basic information, and involve using information in concrete situations and understanding the underlying structure of the material.
Interactivity
Polls and Q&A.
Price
Education is FREE to all professionals.
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Addiction professionals, employee assistance professionals, social workers, mental health counselors, professional counselors, psychologists, and other helping professionals that are interested in learning about addiction-related matters.
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