Join us as community members, providers, and DBHIDS staff come together to create paper rings that reflect their recovery journeys. As part of 'Changing the Narrative', this activity uplifts voices and helps reduce stigma around behavioral health. These rings will be featured in an interactive Parking Day 2026 installation, inviting neighbors to add affirmations and connect through shared resilience.
September is National Recovery Month, which offers an opportunity to raise public awareness of the power of recovery. We celebrate victory over addiction, promote evidence-based treatment and recovery practices, and honor the strong, proud recovery community and the service providers and communities who work with us towards our vision of “Transforming Lives Through Sustained Recovery!” Join us for RECOVERY WALKS! 2026 Join us for a month-long celebration, Recovery is for Everyone: Every Individual, Every Family, Every Community. Recovery Walks! showcases the power of recovery, with people who join their story [...]
The CPS Certification Training is a 75-hour program, delivered live and in person or over 10 training days, or hybrid with one week in person, and one week online. It provides foundational knowledge, skills, and values that prepare individuals to work as Peer Supporters in Pennsylvania. Training topics include: The History of Recovery and Peer Support Recovery Values WRAP Seminar I CPS Core Competencies Outreach and Engagement Stages of Change Introduction to Motivational Interviewing Ethics and Boundaries Documentation Mental Models / Ladder of Inference Diversity and Worldview Support for Transitions [...]
This 8-hour course provides the participants with the necessary knowledge and skills to conduct CPS work with young adults. Its design incorporates young adult learning strategies and principles, promotes critical thinking, and self-directed and experiential learning to replicate the practice of recovery and peer support. The course centers on the recovery model of behavioral health and on the core values and practices guiding peer-to-peer emotional and psychological wellness. Providing peer support for young adults requires an additional generational lens as well as an understanding of the intersections that define systems [...]
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