Supporting Adolescents in Recovery High School

Supporting adolescents in a Recovery High School setting involves addressing their unique needs related to substance use recovery while also providing a supportive educational environment. In this presentation, we discuss the creation and evolution of recovery support services for adolescents within an academic setting, most notably the importance of a strong culture of peer-to-peer supports. We will explore the evidence-based research behind the peer-to-peer support model in adolescent recovery settings. Through shared experiences from the field providing peer recovery support services, presenters will share their experience building strong peer-to-peer recovery support within a school and the formulation of a “true” peer to peer recovery support that provides training to current students and gives them the opportunity to serve their high school peers while also helping to build a future workforce in the field of peer recovery.

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