Categories: Educators, Prevention, resilience, Student Mental Health, substance misuse prevention
This SAMHSA guide explains how peer specialists—individuals with lived experience in recovery—can support others in overcoming problematic substance use by offering hope, guidance, and practical help in building recovery skills and resources. It highlights the value of peer support in enhancing engagement, well-being, and long-term recovery outcomes.
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This resource, How Can a Peer Specialist Support My Recovery from Problematic Substance Use?, explains how trained peer specialists—people with lived experience in recovery—provide hope, empowerment, and practical support to individuals seeking or actively managing recovery. Peer specialists help clients explore various recovery pathways, work through treatment plans, and build both internal strengths and external resources (“recovery capital”) like housing, employment, or healthcare.
The guide outlines what peer support services look like—including values, service settings, duration, financing, and collaboration with other professionals—and underscores their positive impact, such as improving treatment engagement, quality of life, and sustained recovery
This item is based on the following source: library.samhsa.gov.
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This resource, How Can a Peer Specialist Support My Recovery from Problematic Substance Use?, explains how trained peer specialists—people with lived experience in recovery—provide hope, empowerment, and practical support to individuals seeking or actively managing recovery. Peer specialists help clients explore various recovery pathways, work through treatment plans, and build both internal strengths and external resources (“recovery capital”) like housing, employment, or healthcare.
The guide outlines what peer support services look like—including values, service settings, duration, financing, and collaboration with other professionals—and underscores their positive impact, such as improving treatment engagement, quality of life, and sustained recovery
This item is based on the following source: library.samhsa.gov.
No Wrong Door Marketplace materials or resources are reviewed and curated by the Ohio School-Based Center of Excellence for Prevention & Early Intervention. To discuss resources, add, or suggest updates to No Wrong Door Marketplace, please call 513-529-2450. Visit www.OhioSBCOE.org
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