The Collegiate Recovery Program at University of North
Texas provides formalized training courses for workforce development in the
peer recovery, addiction treatment, and prevention fields. As a program within
the Department of Disability and Addiction Rehabilitation, many opportunities
are available to the student staff and members of the program. We have held
trainings for Peer Recovery Coaching, SMART recovery, Mental Health First Aid,
among many others. We believe in equipping our students with a comprehensive
toolbox on which to draw for the betterment of each person in recovery and
future professionals in the field of substance misuse. We regularly partner
with other prevention efforts on campus, and off, to increase awareness and
educate people to make healthy and informed choices. Staff members of our
program have also been active in assisting professionals become more holistic
and recovery-focused by working with the department to disseminate SAMSHA’s
Recovery-to-Practice Initiative in the State of Texas. We believe in empowering
our students, and we believe in affecting change on a wider scale, through
advocacy and education.
-T.W.
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