This interactive workshop offers participants practical strategies to help individuals combat their social isolation and enhance their recovery through deeper community connections. This program introduces a completely fresh set of practical strategies to help persons in recovery become re-established as active, participating members of their local communities. It has been demonstrated that assisting such individuals to develop and use social capital is highly correlated to successful recovery. The strategies to be presented focus broadly on the desirable outcome of community integration, combatting stigma, and gaining acceptance. In addition, our presentation is strongly person-centered in that it relies on utilizing the unique talents, gifts and preferences of each individual to select the specific opportunities in which the individual wishes to participate. And, perhaps most importantly, our presentation offers practical strategies as well as concrete examples of successes that have enhanced the recovery journeys of persons with mental health, substance use and other debilitating challenges.

Hosted by The Bridge Training Institute in Marlborough, MA for 6 CEs. For more info, visit: http://thebridgetraininginstitute.org/.