Please Note: 2025 Training Price Increase to help cover the rising cost of virtual delivery infrastructure ~10%: $110

Cost: $110

April 2025

April 25
9:00 - 1:00 (EST)

May 2025

May 23
9:00 - 1:00 (EST)

June 2025

June 23
9:00 - 1:00 (EST)

4 Hr. Medication Supported Recovery* (MSR/MAT)

I loved Erin! She was so enthusiastic about the training that it made everyone else feel the same way about it also! I’d rate her a 10 if I could! And because of her, the materials were all presented in a captivating way where I didn’t lose interest.
— Participant, RCA, June, 2023
 
 

Medication Supported Recovery (MSR) curriculum was developed by Lori Drescher, Founder, Recovery Coach University; CARC, RCP, RCPF, Member-MINT

Course Description:
Medication Supporter Recovery (MSR, formerly MAT) is an important component of addiction treatment modalities and recovery pathways. This 1/2 day workshop offers recovery coaches and peer recovery professionals the opportunity to understand and explore the realities, myths and stigmas in support of addiction treatment and sustained recovery.  In addition to commonly known and prescribed therapies we will also explore the growing field of harm reduction and alternative therapies. Importantly, this workshop provides recovery support professionals the opportunity to explore their own biases and perspectives toward this often-stigmatized recovery pathway. “You Are In Recovery When You Say You Are.” - CCAR Recovery Coach Academy

This RCU Course and its Trainers are approved for CRPA/CARC Certifications through 12/2024 by NYCB.

Learning Objectives Include:

  • Review the Peer Recovery Core Principles that support MSR

  • Learn why Stigmatizing Language contributes to Poor Treatment Access & Engagement

  • Understand the Mainstream Approved Medications used to treat Nicotine Addiction, Alcohol Use Disorder and Opioid Use Disorder 

  • Learn about various MOUD agonists, partial agonists and antagonists and how they work in the brain when treating OUD

  • Identify Alternative Medications and Holistic Therapies 

  • Understand the role of Harm Reduction in Recovery

  •  Understand why Advocacy and Suspension of Bias are our two Best Tools in Supporting a Recoveree with MSR choices

 
 

Amanda Toal, AAS, CARC , RCP, RCPF (left) and Erin Pownall Burns, MSW, CARC, RCP, RCPF

Anyone supporting individuals in recovery should take this class. You will learn the most current medications used to treat addiction and support recovery; most importantly you will learn how to suspend your natural biases and truly meet a person where they are, not where you want them to be.
— michela peters crpa,casac, delphi rise, Rochester, NY
This training will be absolutely beneficial to my growth in this field of work. The constant flow and collaborative, open conversations made it enjoyable. I appreciate the knowledge, passion, and understanding of the instructor
— S Birmelin, Peer Advocate, First Steps To Recovery, Cornwall, NY, Oct. 2023