Bringing a recovery-oriented approach to group facilitation fosters a group culture where the guiding principles of recovery actively support participants in developing key recovery skills.
This eight-hour, two-day training is designed for both new and experienced group leaders, providing an opportunity to explore the connection between recovery principles and group facilitation. Attendees will gain new skills to enhance clientgrowth and strengthen recovery-focused learning within a group setting. Using SAMHSA’s Ten Guiding Principles of Recovery, this session introduces a framework that aligns recovery values with core group facilitation concepts.
Recovery principles—such as honoring culture, autonomy, and choice; being person-driven and strength-based; and encouraging leadership and responsibility—will be paired with facilitation concepts like active listening, teamwork, agreements, risk-taking, and mistake-making. The session will explore strategies such as working from invitations rather than demands, allowing multiple pathways for learning and growth, and empowering participants as their own best resource. Theconnection will be made in how these approaches directly support the development of personal wellness and recovery skills in clients participating in groups and how equity is supported by these principles and techniques.
Training attendees will engage in large and small group discussions and participate in group exercises to see these concepts in action. By the end of the session, attendees will have a deeper understanding of the Ten Guiding Principles of Recovery and enhanced facilitation skills to foster effective participant growth in diverse group settings for participants of all ages.
Following the in-person training all attendees will be invited to participate in a series of Community of Practice virtual sessions to explore topics and tools more deeply and support implementation and integration into lifelong practice.
