A 6-hour training with John Burns, MBA, CRSW & Eileen Lawton

November 30, 2023

8:30am-4:00pm

PRESENTATION: Revisiting Ethical Considerations in Peer-Assisted Recovery was developed by SOS Recovery Community Organization using our lived experience to design an interactive training that will provide a refresher on ethical considerations as it relates to recovery support services.  This training is designed for participants who have a basic foundational knowledge of ethical considerations and completed a previous ethical considerations training (although not required).  We will revisit the definition of ethics and the importance of ethics and boundaries for recovery support workers and helpers in peer-based roles and settings.  Participants will be invited to explore ethical considerations as it relates to working digitally and remotely.  We will also invite participants to work collectively in this training to gain a better understanding of using William White’s ethical decision-making model through small and large group practice exercises. 

As a result of the training, participants will be able to:

• Define ethics ;
• Summarize why ethics are important for peer-assisted recovery;
• List multiple ethical challenges we face as peer specialists;
• Describe ethical considerations for digital support;
• Explain how to use William White’s ethical decision-making tool; and
• Demonstrate using William White’s ethical decision-making tool.

ABOUT THE PRESENTERS: 

John Burns, MBA, CRSW, is a person with lived experience in recovery, a family member of a loved one in recovery and a guardian caregiver for one of his grandsons.  He is the director of SOS Recovery Community Organization. John has been engaged in training delivery and development over the last 5 years at SOS. He supervises a staff of over 20 at SOS Recovery Community Organization and assists in training and supervision of three Recovery Community Centers. SOS operates syringe service programs and harm reduction supplies at all of their recovery community centers as well as a comprehensive outreach program with those experiencing homelessness and a statewide “peer-strength” program for individuals involved in the criminal justice system. John and his team at SOS worked with local and national recovery leaders and subject matter experts to develop the Art & Science of Peer-Assisted Recovery® 30 hour peer-assisted recovery training curriculum, as well as trainings on ethics, HIV prevention, and suicide prevention for peer-assisted recovery supports. John is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) and completed the MINT training of new trainers in 2021. He has been trained extensively in motivational interviewing techniques through a series of trainings and train the trainers sessions and is trained in Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity (MITI) Coding and is trained and authorized to complete Motivational Interviewing Competency Assessments (MICA) for coding practitioners of MI.  John serves as Vice Chair on the board of the NH Harm Reduction Coalition and on the executive committee of the Strafford County Public Health Advisory Committee.  He is an appointee of NH Governor Sununu on the Overdose Fatality Review Commission and is a member of the budget taskforce for the NH Governor’s Commission for Alcohol and other drugs.

REGISTRATION FEE: *NHADACA Members $65; *Non-Members $75; *NBCC included. For registration information contact: 603-225-7060 or training@nhadaca.org

6 Contact Hours Available
CRSW Performance Domains: 2
LADC/MLADC Categories of Competence: 1, 6-7 & 10-12
CPS Domains: 6, Ethics (for Recertification) 
NBCC: LICSW/L-MFT/LCMHC (Category A) & Psychologist Category A
NH Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider. ACEP No 6754. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. NHADACA is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.

PLEASE NOTE: Only one registrant per form.  For multiple registrants you must register each one individually.  Registration is not complete or guaranteed until payment is received.  Payment by means other than credit card may slow down completion of registration.  Checks and cash are still accepted, however, your registration will be placed on a pending list until payment is received.  We strongly encourage payment by credit card for training of high demand topics.  Thank you.

This training is financed under a contract with the State of NH, Department of Health and Human Services, with funds provided in part by the State of NH and/or such funding sources as were available or required, e.g., the United States Department of Health and Human Services.