Are you interested in becoming a CRPA? Apply for a free training program!

This program is provided by a Schenectady County ALL PEERS (Advocates Liaisons Leaders Partnering Experts Educators Recovery Systems and Supports) Initiative through funds provided by Alliance for Better Health Care.

NOTE: Schenectady County residents will get priority but open spots will then be offered to the Capital Region area and then additional counties. Eligibility will be determined by each of the training providers (Our Wellness Collective, Albany Behavioral Health and SUNY Schenectady Community College.

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These courses are being provided by Our Wellness Collective.

Based on the requirements for the NYS CRPA (Certified Recovery Peer Advocate) Certification, this program provides the following training:

• Recovery Coach Academy for Young Adults (30 hours)
• Ethical Considerations for Recovery Coaches (16 hours)
• MAT (Medication Assisted Treatment) Online Course (4 hours)
• Supervision (25 hours)

Additional descriptions and course objectives can be found here: https://www.ourwellnesscollective.com/category/training/

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Albany Behavioral Health is providing the following courses:

• Burnout in Human Service Workers (when helpers get exhausted from helping)
• Cultural Competency in multi-cultural/multi-ethnic settings (shifts amongst treatment organizations willingness or must)
• Harm Reduction Techniques (a national shift in approaches to substance use disorder)
• Intervention and Substance Use Disorders (when loved ones refuses to seek help)
• Substance use Disorders in families (no one left unharmed)
• Women and Substance Use Disorders (the differences)

Please visit albanybehavioralhealthllc.com for full course descriptions and contact info@albanybehavioralhealthllc.com with questions regarding the courses.

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SUNY Schenectady Community College is providing the following courses:

• Behavioral Health Technician
• Community Health Workers Course

Additional info:

• Medical Requirements
• Non-Credit Registration Form

Completed forms should be emailed to Tiziana Rota (rotat@sunysccc.edu)

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Go and love someone exactly as they are. And then watch how quickly they transform into the greatest, truest version of themselves. When one feels seen and appreciated in their own essence, one is instantly empowered.
~ Wes Angelozzi

Our Wellness Collective believes in the value of recovery coaching to help individuals, families and communities sustain recovery from addiction.

Recovery Coaching is a tool built on the lived experiences of the coach to better support recoverees (including those directly impacted by addiction and those indirectly affected). Each recovery coach has their own art to offer; Our Wellness Collective helps to draw out those natural abilities and pair them with the science to make the services as effective as possible.

Additionally, Our Wellness Collective contracts and collaborates with business and organizations across the country to advance the field of recovery coaching and foster recovery-oriented systems of care.

click here to learn more about our Recovery Coaching services