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News Date: Thursday, March 23, 2023 - 09:45
See below for a talk, hosted by the Recovery Research Institute (RRI) and sponsored by SAMHSA’s Opioid Response Network (ORN), that may be of interest.
Title: Building Adolescent and Family Recovery Capital Through Community Supports
Presenter: Dr. Emily Hennessy of the Recovery Research Institute
Description: The Recovery Capital for Adolescents Model (RCAM) is a framework for identifying assets and barriers in supporting youth treatment and recovery from alcohol and other drug use. The RCAM identifies internal resources (coping, motivation, and resilience), financial resources (transportation, access to treatment), social resources (peers, family), and community resources (recovery-oriented programming) that youth can use in their recovery journey. In this webinar, Dr. Emily Hennessy of the Recovery Research Institute will review RCAM theory that details how adolescent recovery-related change should occur including barriers to building recovery capital. Using recent research findings, the webinar will detail some specific strategies community support models - such the sober youth community model, the Alternative Peer Group (APG) - have used to (1) enhance recovery assets for youth (2) reduce barriers to youth recovery processes and help them learn through personal experiences, and (3) empower families of youth to support their loved one's recovery.
Registration link: https://partners.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckduqsrjkiHdcsZftUxQ8L8r8q4sDGwMhk
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