Low to Moderate Intensity. Focus on full range of motion and restoration of balance, while connecting movement and breath.
For more information on all of the wellness options for the conference, be sure to check out our LinkTree! https://linktr.ee/WellnessActivites
Registration Room Drop in to the Registration Room for all of your conference support needs. Conference Staff will be on hand to help you register onsite, answer any conference related questions, and troubleshoot technical issues.
Conference Lounge Visit the Conference Lounge to network with colleagues, continue conversations from sessions, or just to relax and hang out. Breakout rooms are available for use!
Volunteer Check-In Room All volunteers should check in with conference staff at their allotted times.
Mountain Meditation- Sponsored by the Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School of Addiction Studies Reducing stress, managing anxiety, lengthening your attention span...these are just a few of the benefits of meditation. Start your day with us and join in a 10 minute guided meditation. The purpose of the mountain meditation is to become grounded and access our inner strength and stability when faced with stressful and challenging circumstances. Since this will be an active meditation, we will close the virtual doors at 10:05am EST so as not to disrupt those who are meditating.
For more information on all of the wellness options for the conference, be sure to check out our LinkTree! https://linktr.ee/WellnessActivites
Sponsored by the Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School of Addiction Studies
Prevention efforts, alternative peer groups (APGs), recovery high schools (RHS), and collegiate recovery programs (CRPs) play a critical role in the continuum of care for young people in or seeking recovery from substance use disorders. The purpose of this session is to engage and educate the audience about the role of each of these resources. Audience members will hear directly from leaders in each field, and develop a greater understanding for youth recovery support services.
Susan Packard
As a woman and entrepreneur who is in long-term recovery, Susan Packard has experienced fully formed leadership as the former Chief Operating Officer of HGTV and in a variety of other senior roles.
Fully Formed Leaders are those who lead with both left and right-brained aptitudes. They have the technical skills, and the heart skills needed to work with others and to help them grow. I call these transactional, and transformative, skills. Both sets of skills are critical, and the discipline is to keep them in balance.
One of the key practices of fully formed leadership is staying "emotionally fit", (EF) which is a place of steadiness, peace of mind and joy in your life and work. Emotional fitness has at its core emotional intelligence, referred to as EQ. EQ is knowing and managing your emotions, and also reading other's emotions and responding well to them. Emotional fitness takes EQ and builds on it. In fact, It's the highest form of EQ. You'll be surprised to learn who emotionally fit leaders are today.
Kirk Luder, MD, Washington and Lee University
Graham Pergande, Washington and Lee University
Addressing the special challenges of building and sustaining a CRC on a small college campus.
Live CEs: 1, Enduring CEs: 1
Use of Cultural Auditing, Case Studies, and Competency Ratings to improve Multicultural Counselor Competence in AOD Program Interviewer Trainees Christopher Cubero, PhD, LPC, CAADC, NCC, Slippery Rock University
Masters-level students recruited as interviewers to a university Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) education program require training in working with students who violate AOD-related code of conduct. In addition to interviewing skills and training in the use of standardized screening/assessment tools, students benefit from training in multicultural counseling. This presentation proposes the use of cultural auditing, case studies and standardized competency ratings to masters-level counselors-in-training. Examples of cultural auditing are provided with case examples that assist educating recruits in multicultural competence and as a complement to diversity coursework. Utilizing standardized multicultural competency measures for program evaluation and implications are discussed.
Access additional materials for this session here: https://tinyurl.com/ebdmp6cv
Live CEs: 1, Enduring CEs: 0
Navigating Multiple Pathways of Recovery for Youth in Alternative Peer Groups
This presentation will discuss how a state-funded Alternative Peer Group and Youth Recovery Community opens the door for adolescents in all pathways of recovery, from abstinence-based 12-step models to a harm reduction model. We will explore the challenges associated with implementing a recovery support model that encompasses all stages of change, as well as the many benefits to supporting numerous recovery modalities. We will include current research on substance use recovery in adolescence and how the evidence directly guides our work with the teens we get the honor of supporting.
Affinity Group Meet-up: BIPOC ARHE/ARS/AAPG Affinity Groups are designed to support members of specific identities and networks solely for and by those who identify as a part of these identity groups or networks. These are networking opportunities, not recovery meetings.
The BIPOC Affinity Group is an inclusive and intersectional group dedicated to supporting the recovery, success, and wellbeing of Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color students, faculty, and staff in our community.
Black All-Recovery Black All-Recovery Meeting
Yoga with Sophie Hosted by The Phoenix
Low to Moderate Intensity. Focus on full range of motion and restoration of balance, while connecting movement and breath.
For more information on all of the wellness options for the conference, be sure to check out our LinkTree! https://linktr.ee/WellnessActivites
The ARHE Annual Meeting is open to current ARHE members only. Not sure if you are an active member? Email [email protected]! Agenda items include annual elections, financial updates, remarks from the Executive Director and members of the Board of Directors, and what's up next for the Association.
Please note that this session is different from the Town Hall meeting which will be more discussion based and led by collegiate recovery staff.
Building Communities of Hope for Reimagining Recovery
Lauren Deperine, The Phoenix
Gavin Young, The Phoenix
Social connection and supportive communities are essential to helping people find long term recovery. By leveraging the transformational power of movement, connection and community, The Phoenix is revolutionizing personal growth for its participants, creating a movement that shatters stigma and changes hearts and minds about what is possible for those in recovery. In this workshop, you will learn why recovery-oriented communities are critical, how the Phoenix model drives personal transformation, and what impact this has on the recovery movement.
NOT FOR CE CREDIT
Enough is Enough! Why we’re Building a Game-Changing Platform in Collaboration with Microsoft to Help Students Suffering from Addiction, Their Families, and FriendEnough is Enough! Why we’re building a game-changing platform in collaboration with Microsoft to help students suffering from addiction, their families, and friends
Flora Nicholas, Founder and CEO, All Sober
Paul Gayter, Founder and Chief Visionary, All Sober
Donald McDonald, Chief Recovery Officer, All Sober
Rory Pullens, Chief Education & Inspiration Officer, All Sober
There are 192 million Americans who are impacted by addiction daily — and there are millions of college students and their families and friends among them. However, as people try to get sober, and loved ones attempt to help, they face problems at every stage of the recovery process and beyond. Solutions are currently siloed, fragmented, highly specialized, not available on the scale that the problem demands, or simply non-existent.
Flora and Paul will share their experience of trying to help a loved one, talk about the barriers that they faced along the way and tell you why they came to say “Enough is enough!”, and created All Sober as a result.
They will also tell you how they involved one of the biggest companies in the world, Microsoft, to help them bring All Sober to life and make a difference in the lives of all those who need help.
During the session, Flora and Paul will give a live platform demo and show how All Sober will provide everything people need for recovery and sober life all in one place. Donald, who is a person in recovery himself, will talk about how the platform will help all those who are walking in his footsteps. And because collegiate recovery programs are more important than ever, Rory will discuss how All Sober can become an integral and hugely beneficial part of your college recovery programs.
And of course, the team will also answer all your questions.
Heidi Cloutier, University of New Hampshire Institute on Disability Creating Connections NH
Creating Connections NH has developed a robust model for organizations interested in providing APGs in their community. We provide training for APG facilitators, coaches, and supervisors; technical assistance; and progress monitoring tools for organizations providing APGs. In this session we will share supporting documents, procedures and resources in getting started and growing your APG including resources for the overall organization, APG facilitators and coaches or supervisors. We will share documents Our team has created including Open House checklists, Referral logs a& tracking systems, program planning tools, ethical case studies, and more!
NOT FOR CE CREDIT
The Addicted Lawyer: Addressing Mental Health and Substance Use Among Law Students
In this session, Brian Cuban, author of the renowned book "The Addicted Lawyer" will share with attendees personal anecdotes on how addiction and depression impacted his life as a law student practicing attorney and why law students and legal professionals are so vulnerable. Brian will also address the ABA Betty Ford Hazelden Study on Problem Drinking the Legal Profession and how mental health impacts law firm/lawyer productivity. Finally, Brian will address what we can do to solve the problem along with mental health resources for law students and lawyers.
Live CEs: 1, Enduring CEs: 1
A Family Problem Requires a Family Solution: How Families are Affected by Addiction, and What to do About It
Sherry Gaugler-Stewart, Director of Family and Spiritual Recovery, The Retreat
When a loved one struggles with addiction families tend to focus their energy and attention on getting that person well. Most believe that if their loved one finds help, then everyone else will be okay. Many family members can see the negative impact and consequences of addiction on their loved ones, but find it difficult to see the depth of how they've been affected. If families aren't getting support for themselves, the fear that they've had about their loved one finding recovery often becomes fear about whether or not their loved one will maintain it. Without an understanding of the disease, families often end up reacting as they did when their loved one was still in active addiction.
Live CEs: 1, Enduring CEs: 1
Navigating Virtual Spaces: A Comprehensive Approach for Delivering AOD Prevention and Recovery Support Initiatives
Laura M Longo, Ph.D., University at Albany - SUNY
Natalie Sumski, University at Albany - SUNY
Evan Ozmat, University at Albany - SUNY
This presentation will focus on strategies that alcohol and other drug prevention and collegiate recovery professionals can utilize to transition their work into the virtual space. We will discuss strategies to support the design, implementation, accessibility, and evaluation of online AOD prevention and collegiate recovery programming. Additionally, we will share findings from two focus groups that informed virtual prevention programming efforts at one large northeastern university. We will also discuss specific ways the shift to a virtual environment impacts student in recovery, strategies for hosting and engaging students in virtual recovery spaces, and ways to continue building capacity in Collegiate Recovery Programs in the virtual environment. Attendees will have opportunities to participate, ask questions, and consider application to their own campuses.
George Youngblood, LCDC, ADCIII, CCS, Teen & Family Services
This session will look at how recovery support disparity was created in diverse populations, how to assess the needs of a community, and how to design a curriculum that works for the community.
Live CEs: 1, Enduring CEs: 1
Integrating Multiple Pathways to Recovery in a Collegiate Recovery Community; Lived Experiences of Students
Ryan J. Minieri, Graduate Student at Montclair State University
Caleb Knight, Undergraduate Student at Montclair State University
Conor Hogan, Graduate Student at Montclair State University
Jean-Marie Beeks, Undergraduate Student at Montclair State University
Alison "Al" Fryer, Undergraduate Student at Montclair State University
Melaney Moffitt, Graduate Student at Montclair State University
This program will allow panelists and the moderator to discuss each of their pathways to recovery and how they pursue recovery today. They will share about their introduction to recovery and what types of programs have worked best for them and why. As the panelists approach recovery differently, the audience will be able to examine recovery from multiple lenses. The panelists are all members of the Red Hawk Recovery program at Montclair State University in New Jersey. They will discuss how they respect, appreciate, and interface while engaging in multiple pathways to recovery, what they have learned from different perspectives of recovery, and how they support one another's individualized approaches to recovery. Attendees will learn the benefits of welcoming multiple pathways to recovery in their respective recovery communities and will learn how to integrate inclusivity into their recovery programming.
Live CEs: 1, Enduring CEs: 1
Collegiate Recovery Programs: Helping College Students in Recovery Succeed
Bruce J. Reed, PhD, CRC, LCDC, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Saara Grizzell, PhD, CRC, LCDC, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Kristine Gonzalez, MA, LPC-Associate, LCDC-Intern
College recovery services are designed to provide necessary supports for college students with issues related to substance use disorders to be successful in post-secondary education. However, as a still emerging form of student supports, major issues remain such as funding, the utilization of evidence-based interventions, effective program evaluations, and the need for more empirical research. This presentation provides a historical overview of Collegiate Recovery Programs (CRPs) and an examination of current issues facing the field; it concludes with recommendations for program administrators, researchers, and rehabilitation counselors.
Live CEs: 1, Enduring CEs: 1
Opioid Use Disorder: Overview and Pharmacological Treatment
Kelsey Schmuhl, PharmD, The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy
This session will provide an overview of opioid use disorder (OUD) including relevant terminology, epidemiology, and pathophysiology. Participants will also learn about the medications used to treat opioid use disorder as well as medications used to treat opioid withdrawal and overdose. Participants can expect to learn about how the medications work in the body as well as expected side effects, risks, and contraindications. Participants will apply their knowledge through case studies that will be incorporated throughout the presentation.
J. Michael Wilkerson, PhD, MPH, UTHealth School of Public Heath , Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences
The recent proliferation of Alternative Peer Groups is exciting, but raises questions about measurement and fidelity. During this session, participants will engage in a facilitated discussion to agree upon common metrics for measuring successful outcomes of youth and members of their family. In addition, participants will seek agreement about which components of the alternative peer group model must be implemented with fidelity to ensure successful outcomes are achieved.
Live CEs: 1, Enduring CEs: 1
Pan-Asian All Recovery Pan-Asian All Recovery Meeting
Fitness with Dakota Hosted by The Phoenix
High Intensity Total Body Workout. Focus on improving overall strength and conditioning, utilizing a variety of fitness techniques. All levels welcome, go at your own pace!
For more information on all of the wellness options for the conference, be sure to check out our LinkTree! https://linktr.ee/WellnessActivites
Harm Reduction Survey Results Join this session to learn about the results from the recent Harm Reduction survey!
End of the Day Conference Feedback Space
This space is designed so that so that conference attendees, staff/volunteers, presenters, and anyone else involved at our conference can discuss issues/opportunities that come up, and to ensure that our conference is safe, equitable, and inclusive for everyone involved!
This space is co-facilitated by the ARHE Equity & Justice Fellow and select volunteers from ARHE/ARS/AAPG.
Information will be collected and shared with relevant conference organizers from ARHE/ARS/AAPG.
Issues may include, but are not limited to:
-Technical Issues
-Accessibility Issues/Concerns
-Interpersonal Issues/Concerns
-Discrimination/Harassment
Privacy Notice:
The session will not be recorded for the privacy of participants.
Individuals who want to give feedback outside of this space and/or submit anonymous feedback can use our Conference Issues Reporting Form
If the issue is urgent, please contact one of the following:
Association of Recovery In Higher Education (ARHE):
Kristina Canfield: [email protected] or (740) 274-9100
Association of Alternative Peer Groups (AAPG):
Anette Edens: [email protected]
Association of Recovery Schools (ARS):
Mike Durchslag: [email protected]
Breathe Recovery Breathe Recovery Meeting
Tuesday, 6/22/2021
All Recovery Open all-recovery meeting
Fitness with Caleb Hosted by The Phoenix
High Intensity Total Body Workout. Focus on improving overall strength and conditioning, utilizing a variety of fitness techniques. All levels welcome, go at your own pace!
For more information on all of the wellness options for the conference, be sure to check out our LinkTree! https://linktr.ee/WellnessActivites
ARS Coffee Room ARS networking session to help kick off the ARS conference!
Registration Room Drop in to the Registration Room for all of your conference support needs. Conference Staff will be on hand to help you register onsite, answer any conference related questions, and troubleshoot technical issues.
Conference Lounge Visit the Conference Lounge to network with colleagues, continue conversations from sessions, or just to relax and hang out. Breakout rooms are available for use!
Volunteer Check-In Room All volunteers should check in with conference staff at their allotted times.
Eating Meditation- Sponsored by the Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School of Addiction Studies
Improving sleep, decreasing your blood pressure, promoting well balanced mental health...all benefits of meditation. Please join us for a 10 minute guided meditation centered around food. Mindful eating is the opposite of mindless eating — it's a way to practice complete mindfulness, focus, awareness of thoughts and emotions, gratitude for the food that we consume. Since this will be an active meditation, we will close the virtual doors at 10:05am ET so as not to disrupt those who are meditating.
For more information on all of the wellness options for the conference, be sure to check out our LinkTree! https://linktr.ee/WellnessActivites
Psychiatric Co-Morbidity and Mental Health Resource Utilization in Southern Collegiate Recovery Communities
Marisa Giggie, MD, Masters in Public Affairs, The University of Alabama School of Medicine, Tuscaloosa Campus
Nathan Culmer, The University of Alabama School of Medicine, Tuscaloosa Campus
Objectives: This pilot study explores self-reported psychiatric problems and mental health resource utilization by college students with substance use problems participating in peer-driven self-help collegiate recovery communities (CRCs) across the southern United States.
Live CEs: 1, Enduring CEs: 1
The Self-Expression Experience Dylan Lundgren, Addiction Recovery Advocate + Speaker, Transforming Despair into Hope
Addiction is a chronic state of isolation, disconnection, and suppression. We can liken it to living in the dark. When we are living in the dark, we are living in an absence of light; of information. Expression is the road on which we reconnect to ourselves and the world. It's the way in which we turn the lights back on. By creating a safe culture for authentic expression, we make it possible for therapeutic experiences to occur. These experiences, grounded in self-expression, and contained in a safe way, drastically improve metrics associated with recovery: connection, vitality, wellbeing. In this presentation, we will explore self-expression, some different methods, and the principles that make it possible to integrate this into the treatment culture in a powerful way. Link to workbook: https://www.dropbox.com/s/7b9xiiuy86torom/The%20Self%20Expression%20Experience%20Workbook%20%28ARHE%29.pdf?dl=0
Live CEs: 1, Enduring CEs: 1
Engaging Community Colleges in Prevention Tammy Horton, B.A., MLA, Texans for Safe and Drug-Free Youth
Although Community Colleges do not receive the media attention that the traditional four-year IHE's in regard to alcohol misuse on campus, but that does not mean that the same troubles don't exist for non-resident campuses. Our goal has been to identify those community college campuses that need help in making their policies more effective and to assist them in building strong substance prevention strategies customized to their campuses. TST has been able to partner with Tarrant County Community College District to implement just that, an SBI event on campus to focus on those first-year students and practice prevention strategies on campus and in the community.
Libbey Sanford, LCDCi, Austin Recovery Network - University High School
Kristin Sharp, LMSW, Austin Recovery Network - University High School
This presentation will discuss the challenges and successes of running a Recovery High School in a virtual setting. We will explain our processes for implementing drug test collection, daily process groups, recovery activities, and 1:1 support in a 100% virtual setting. We will discuss research for best practices in a virtual world and tips and tricks to increase engagement among students. In addition, we will discuss how our academic partners transitioned to a fully remote learning environment.
The Neuroscience of High-Risk Behavior Crystal Collier, PhD, Choices Prevention Program & Prevention Research for The Council on Recovery
The Neuroscience of High-Risk Behavior: Developmental Effects on Executive Functioning elucidates how substances and other risky behavior affect healthy neurodevelopment, the role of genetics in addiction, the effect of environment, and implications for prevention and treatment for children, teens, and adults. Dr. Crystal Collier, author of The NeuroWhereAbouts Guide, teaches clinicians how to teach the neuroscience of addiction to kids and adults that encourages them to protect their executive functioning skills, empowers parents to explore genetic testing for addiction, and enables teachers and school administrators to develop consistent, brain-based prevention programming and sound policy.
Live CEs: 1, Enduring CEs: 1
Collegiate Recovery Q&A Session There are over 150 Collegiate Recovery Programs across the country and that number seems to be growing by the day. It’s often said, “If you’ve seen 1 CRP, you’ve in fact seen 1 CRP”. Join us for a brief Q&A hosted by some of our ARHE Regional Representatives and Student Volunteers for a short Q&A to answer some of your most pressing questions about Collegiate Recovery Tuesday at 10:30a (Eastern)
Moderator:
William Moyers, Hazelden Betty Ford
Opening Remarks:
Regina LaBelle, Acting Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
Karen Scott, President of the Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE)
Panel:
Tom Coderre, Acting Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use at SAMHSA
Tom Hill, Senior Advisor at the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
Jan Brown, Executive Director of the SpiritWorks Foundation
Lorina Marshall-Blake, President of the Independence Blue Cross Foundation
Low to Moderate Intensity. Focus on full range of motion and restoration of balance, while connecting movement and breath.
For more information on all of the wellness options for the conference, be sure to check out our LinkTree! https://linktr.ee/WellnessActivites
Collegiate Recovery Town Hall
Join ARHE for our annual collegiate recovery town hall! This session is open to all and serves as a forum to discuss relevant topics in the collegiate recovery field. Have an idea? A question? A best practice? This space provides all collegiate recovery stakeholders with the opportunity to share what's working and what's next for the collegiate recovery field.
Please note that this session is separate from the ARHE Annual Meeting which is more focused on the business of the Association and reporting to members. This session will be topic-focused discussion and a chance to share with collegiate recovery colleagues.
Alexandra (Ali) Clements CPRS-R, PeaceLove/JusticePoint
PeaceLove workshops are expressive arts workshops that help participants express their emotions through art and creating. It is not art therapy, nor arts and crafts, but more a space that is cultivated to help others create and tell the story behind their creation. This particular session will explore the history of PeaceLove and how the program itself can be used in CRPs (with information on how to become a Creator!) and then the session will take on a workshop of its own. During Dual Emotions, participants will explore how it feels to feel two differing (or similar) emotions at once and what that looks like. *Note: participants are encouraged to use supplies they may have handy. There will be a link for the template that may help.
Additional materials for this session may be found here: https://tinyurl.com/njzc9efv
Live CEs: 1.5, Enduring CEs: 1.5
Recovery, Make It a Family Affair. An Orientation & Map for Healing & Change For Families Impacted by Substance Use
Shelly Young, CAI, FPSS, 200RYT, The Chris Atwood Foundation
Families are the natural support system but when substance use disorder has impacted the ecosystem, families become fractured, dysregulated and the natural bonds and secure attachments break down or become severely damaged. By orienting families in recovery and teaching the ideal conditions for recovery to flourish the family ecosystem can be restored to wellness. Families are led to identify systemic influence, causes of harm, emotional dysregulation, and recognize trauma and then are provided with a map for unhooking from systems and patterns that perpetuate illness, tools for nervous system support, healing and repair. Helping families understand their role in recovery, providing them with proper care and support and helping them integrate recovery rituals, rhythms and routines into the ecosystem is integral to collective wellbeing. In this session family members and family support providers will create a family genogram, identify and discuss systemic issues impacting families, orient to recovery, learn how to sustain the ideal environment for recovery and the 3R's for a healthy and regulated family ecosystem.
Live CEs: 1.5, Enduring CEs: 1.5
Are They Just Experimenting? Understanding the Phases of Use
David Rosengren, Ph.D., MINT Member, IPPA Member, Prevention Research Institute
Often with emerging adults we hear, "They're just experimenting." But we're given precious little information to evaluate where risk lies, how trouble can occur, and when transitions happen. Based on the evidence-based program Prime For Life, this presentation will introduce participants to the Phases of Use, provide markers for understanding where people are in the Phases, and describe factors that can influence progression, as well as important transition points. Participants will learn about experiences that mark progress through these Phases.
Live CEs: 1.5, Enduring CEs: 1.5
Universal Data Collection for Recovery High Schools
Andy Finch, PhD, NCE, Vanderbilt University
Anna Reed, Freedom Springs High School
Sharon Dursi Martin, MAT, Harmony Academy Recovery High School
Dan Renaud, CAP, ICADC, Florida Recovery Schools Jacksonville Florida
Jordan Jurinsky, MEd,
Peabody College of Education and Human Development, Vanderbilt University
Presenters will elaborate on the vision for universal data collection for recovery high schools and explain how the call for an assessment system grew from the ARS Directors' Meetings. The presentation will explore the adoption of instruments, including types of assessments, domains measured, norms, validation, cost of implementation, and time constraints. Data collected from pilot sites will be presented, and panelists will discuss the difference between universal data collection used at this stage for program evaluation, the creation of a web-based data portal, and potential future research studies. Attendees will receive information on how individual recovery high schools can participate, and the presenters will seek feedback on how the system can best accommodate the needs of recovery high school administrators as well as researchers.
Live CEs: 1.5, Enduring CEs: 1.5
Developing & Sustaining High Quality APGs Using Implementation Science
Heidi Cloutier, MSW, University of New Hampshire Institute on Disability Creating Connections NH
Ginger Ross, Choice Peer Recovery Coach Trainings & NH Recovery Coach Academy
Bob Faghan, MA, Live Free Recovery Consultants
APGS encourage healthy lifestyle changes in a safe, socially reinforcing environment that is recovery & wellness-focused. One challenge in implementing & sustaining APGs is providing ongoing support to ensure high quality peer support.
Fidelity Assessments are designed to help APG's review the progress and quality of programing and provide an opportunity to reflect on strengths, struggles and create plans for continuous quality improvement & professional development opportunities.
NH has convened a stakeholder group to create an infrastructure for implementing high quality APGs in a way that can be replicable across the state & scaled up across the country by outlining critical elements of alternative peer groups, and then creating training, coaching and fidelity tools driven by these critical elements to ensure high quality programming and supports. This session will introduce fidelity tools that can be used at the organizational, facilitator and coach levels to ensure and promote high quality implementation.
Join this virtual cooking demo to cook alongside or watch and learn to make several simple dishes you can easily prepare at home. We’ll feature a versatile “build your own bowl” packed with nutrition tailored for recovery – protein for rebuilding, antioxidant-rich veggies for repair, and whole grains for balanced blood sugar and mood stability. Plus, it’s tasty, time-efficient, and budget-friendly. Bring your appetite!
For more information on all of the wellness options for the conference, be sure to check out our LinkTree! https://linktr.ee/WellnessActivites
Personal Recovery Journeys and the College Experience: Results from a Large Qualitative Study
Tiffany Brown, PhD, LMFT, University of Oregon
Lindsey Nichols, MS, University of Oregon
This session will focus primarily on reporting qualitative research findings, via phenomenology methodology, about a prominent collegiate recovery program. Over ninety participants were asked to share about their recovery journey, including challenges, personal journeys, and how to be successful in college. Session attendees will learn about the methodology employed, the data analysis process utilized, and the key results that can be helpful for other recovery programs.
Live CEs: 1, Enduring CEs: 1
Connecting Families and Students through Recovery Programming
Leah Pylate, PhD, CHES, Mississippi State University
Blake Schneider, MA, Mississippi State University
Alisha M. Hardman, Ph.D., CFLE, Mississippi State University
This session offers evidence from a recent qualitative study regarding how a collegiate recovery program can support college students and their families in recovery. Presenters will discuss activities utilized to bring families and students together, support mechanisms discovered in providing a program for the campus community, and information regarding the importance of a supportive environment on the college campus.
Live CEs: 1, Enduring CEs: 1
Recovery Isn't Just Sobriety: Perspectives from a Health Educator Christine Glissmann, MS, University of California, San Diego
Practitioners working in recovery often exclude lifestyle behavior changes (i.e., smoking cessation, nutrition, and exercise implementation, etc.) from the early stages of recovery because of the belief that incorporating too many changes could impact sobriety outcomes. Emerging research indicates the opposite. Including lifestyle behavior changes not only improves sobriety outcomes, but it also reduces increased risk of diseases due to morbidities that co-occur or are due to the substance use (e.g., sedentary behavior, malnourishment, sleep issues). Join Christine Glissmann as she reviews the research and proposes how Collegiate Recovery Programs can implement lifestyle changes into every stage of recovery.
Live CEs: 1, Enduring CEs: 1
From Pre-Contemplation to Action: Developing a Pre-Enrollment Program for a Recovery High School
Candice Greenwade M.Ed, Heartland High School
Laine Kolesar, MSW, LSW, Heartland High School
A lack of appropriate referrals threaten the sustainability of recovery high schools. Despite an increase in behavioral health providers, finding potential students that have 30 days of sobriety was harder than anticipated. Learn how Heartland High School created a pre-enrollment program to meet the needs of the referrals that weren't quite ready for a recovery high school, but would greatly benefit from one. Join us as we discuss our staffing model for the program and our six-week curriculum to get our students from pre-contemplation to action!
Live CEs: 1, Enduring CEs: 1
APG Parent and Family Programming for APG Professionals
Jeremy Pulido, LCDC, CCTP, ICADC, Teen and Family Services
The goal of this discussion is to learn from various APG Family Program about the different components that make up a healthy family support program.
Live CEs: 1, Enduring CEs: 1
Formerly Incarcerated/Systems Impacted All Recovery Formerly Incarcerated/Systems Impacted All Recovery Meeting
Meditation with Jess Hosted by The Phoenix
Low Intensity. Using a variety of meditation styles, focus inward with a trauma-informed approach. Actual meditation time is about 15 minutes, with community time offered after the practice.
For more information on all of the wellness options for the conference, be sure to check out our LinkTree! https://linktr.ee/WellnessActivites
Strategy in Action: Student Outcomes in Implementing Collegiate Recovery Catherine Pope, Student Voice Liaison, Safe Project
Jennifer Ting Wang, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Rebecca Gardner, Aggies for Recovery
Isabel Fisher, SAFE Project US
A presentation for students by students, to see what program changes and initiatives look like in the real world. Collegiate recovery exists on a wide spectrum, what may help on one campus may fail abysmally on another. Students who have completed SAFE Project's Collegiate Recovery Leadership Academy program will discuss what recovery looks like on their campus, and share strategies they have implemented on campus. Triumphs and challenges will be shared to inspire students. This informative session will be led by two students who completed the academy last year, and who have been working closely with SAFE campuses on their other initiatives. Two students from this year's Leadership Academy will share their student projects and outcomes. Attendees will walk away inspired through seeing multiple ways to enrich the CRC, as well as how this implementation actually worked out. While we can talk about our programs all day, seeing these changes in action will help attendees to know what is realistic. Attendees will walk away feeling less alone in the struggle of starting or maintaining a CRC and gain hope from the triumphs of recovery in action.
Live CEs: 1, Enduring CEs: 0
Braiding the Individual and the Group: the Concept of Connection in the Recovery Community
Alejandro Betancur, UT Houston School of Public Health
Sheryl McCurdy, University of Texas Houston School of Public Health
Sierra Castedo de Martell, University of Texas, School of Public Health
Johnny Wilkerson, UT Houston School of Public Health
A ritual in the recovery community is the use of knots and cords, a complex symbol to celebrate intervals of sobriety, but in a broader sense denoting the moments when the individual's recovery/addiction journey connects with the recovery community's programming. Similarly, the individual and the recovery community are braided together, with the understanding that these interconnections are created by tension. A thematic narrative analysis of 4 virtual focus groups and the corresponding chat demonstrates the tug-of-war that exists between the individual and the community at recovery programs. The relevant themes that emerged are "Community", "Peer Mentors", and "Safe/Clean/Sober". The resulting dynamic configures programs and actions that impact the residents and the policies that orient the programs, from the philosophy that guides the institution, to the established relapse protocol and even the weekly. This shares back the results of last year's Mapping the Field exercises, wherein conference attendees shared experiences for this qualitative research project.
Live CEs: 1, Enduring CEs: 1
Increasing Recovery Capital for Faith-Based Students in Recovery: Identifying Assets Among Congregations and their Relationship with the Recovery Population Lacey Fitch-Ondracek, Baylor University, Center for Church and Community Impact
Skylar White, Baylor University
Stanton Corley, Baylor University
Gaynor Yancey, The Center for Church and Community Impact (C3I); Baylor University
Lilly Ettinger, Baylor University
To increase recovery capital, collegiate recovery programs -as much as their respective institutions permit -should be able to refer faith-based students to local, recovery-friendly congregations. However, depending on the size of the surrounding community, discerning which local congregations are recovery-friendly can be a difficult task. The BARC, in partnership with Baylor University's School of Social Work and Center for Church and Community Impact (C3I), surveyed 221 local congregations via qualtrics in the Waco community who could potentially benefit faith-based students who are seeking recovery. The BARC and C3I have analyzed the responses which are the basis of shared opportunities to train local congregations to become recovery ready.
Live CEs: 1, Enduring CEs: 1
Family Composition of Youth Attending Recovery High Schools
Jordan Jurinsky, MEd, Vanderbilt University
Andy Finch, PhD, Vanderbilt University
Emily A. Hennessy, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School & Recovery Research Institute
Family relationships and the home environment are an established context of study in substance use etiology. The family has been well-documented as an important contributor to the onset, rate, course, and consequences of substance use. Less known, however, is the role that family plays in the recovery process of adolescents. This presentation will begin to characterize families of youth who enroll in recovery high schools (RHSs). This secondary data analysis will explore family sociodemographic information collected as part of a multisite observational study of adolescents in recovery (n = 171). Family characteristics will include age, race/ethnicity, employment, relationship to adolescent, income, substance use history, mental health history, and treatment and/or 12-step participation. As RHSs often target family members in some of their programming, contextualizing family characteristics may help inform RHS practices and improve adolescent recovery outcomes.
We all sometimes experience guilt. Healthy feelings of guilt inspire us to do good, work on our relationships, and have compassion for others. Research has shown that excessive guilt may trigger unhappy emotions, impact our work, tire us. On the other hand feeling good contributes to significant antidepressant responses. Our group will delve into the various aspects of guilt, how to deal with guilty emotions, see our personal guilt feelings for what they really are. The group will be given questionnaires whose answers will lead them down new paths. Members will go home with exercises that will expand their emotions to resourceful levels.
Live CEs: 1, Enduring CEs: 1
Affinity Group Meet-up: 2SLGBTQIA+
ARHE/ARS/AAPG Affinity Groups are designed to support members of specific identities and networks solely for and by those who identify as a part of these identity groups or networks. These are networking opportunities, not recovery meetings.
The 2SLGBTQIA+ Affinity Group is an inclusive and intersectional group dedicated to supporting the recovery, success, and wellbeing of 2SLGBTQIA+ students, faculty, and staff in our community.
Art Break with Ali
Take a break from conference sessions to participate in a fun art activity with Ali! Materials suggested: disposable face mask or mask that can be decorated, markers, paint, pens, or other drawing materials. For this space, Ali will be leading participants through decorating a mask - both the inside and outside - and how that felt this past year.
For more information on all of the wellness options for the conference, be sure to check out our LinkTree! https://linktr.ee/WellnessActivites
End of the Day Conference Feedback Space
This space is designed so that so that conference attendees, staff/volunteers, presenters, and anyone else involved at our conference can discuss issues/opportunities that come up, and to ensure that our conference is safe, equitable, and inclusive for everyone involved!
This space is co-facilitated by the ARHE Equity & Justice Fellow and select volunteers from ARHE/ARS/AAPG.
Information will be collected and shared with relevant conference organizers from ARHE/ARS/AAPG.
Issues may include, but are not limited to:
-Technical Issues
-Accessibility Issues/Concerns
-Interpersonal Issues/Concerns
-Discrimination/Harassment
Privacy Notice:
The session will not be recorded for the privacy of participants.
Individuals who want to give feedback outside of this space and/or submit anonymous feedback can use our Conference Issues Reporting Form
If the issue is urgent, please contact one of the following:
Association of Recovery In Higher Education (ARHE):
Kristina Canfield: [email protected] or (740) 274-9100
Association of Alternative Peer Groups (AAPG):
Anette Edens: [email protected]
Association of Recovery Schools (ARS):
Mike Durchslag: [email protected]
The best part of the Annual Conference is networking! The great part about having ARHE, ARS, and AAPG all come together are the endless possibilities for collaborations in the year ahead. Want to get your CRC more involved in supporting a local Recovery High School in your area? Connect with a representative from your region or state at our Regional Meet Up event during the 12th Annual National Conference, all regions will be meeting in their perspective Breakout Rooms on Tuesday, June 22nd at 6:30pm (Eastern). – NO CEUs
Did you know that members of ARHE gather for a monthly or quarterly Regional Call? Are you working at a Recovery High School or within an Alternative Peer Group and want to strengthen your relationships with the two and four-year institutions in your state or region? Find your ARHE Regional Representative below and inquire about their next Regional Call.
Mid-Atlantic Region: North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington D.C., Maryland, and Delaware
Dr. Dominiquie Clemmons-James [email protected]
Midwest Region: Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Nebraska
Dr. Jonathon Lofgren [email protected]
Southwest: Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and New Mexico
John Shiftlet [email protected]
Southeast: Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Kentucky
Hillary Groover [email protected]
Northeast: New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maine, and Massachusetts
Keith Murphy [email protected]
Pacific: California, Oregon, and Washington
Angie Bryan [email protected]
Mountain: Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, and Idaho
Jordan Baez [email protected]
Crystal Meth Anonymous Meeting Open Crystal Meth Anonymous Meeting
Trivia Night with Kristina! Unwind from your day, hang out with other conference attendees, and challenge yourself to a game of trivia! You will be split into teams and engage in 6 lightning rounds of trivia. Categories will be announced closer to the conference!
Wednesday, 6/23/2021
All Recovery Open All Recovery Meeting
Yoga with Liz Hosted by The Phoenix
Low to Moderate Intensity. Focus on full range of motion and restoration of balance, while connecting movement and breath.
For more information on all of the wellness options for the conference, be sure to check out our LinkTree! https://linktr.ee/WellnessActivites
Registration Room Drop in to the Registration Room for all of your conference support needs. Conference Staff will be on hand to help you register onsite, answer any conference related questions, and troubleshoot technical issues.
Conference Lounge Visit the Conference Lounge to network with colleagues, continue conversations from sessions, or just to relax and hang out. Breakout rooms are available for use!
Volunteer Check-In Room All volunteers should check in with conference staff at their allotted times.
Loving Kindness Meditation- Sponsored by the Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School of Addiction Studies
Enhance your self-awareness, improve your concentration, manage depression...join us for a 10 minute loving kindness meditation. In loving-kindness meditation, you walk your mind through a series of positive thoughts and positive visualizations. You send well wishes to yourself and your loved ones, your friends and acquaintances, people you dislike, and finally the whole world. The thoughts you repeat to yourself express the hope that people will be happy, healthy, successful, and at peace. Since this will be an active meditation, we will close the virtual doors at 10:05am EST so as not to disrupt those who are meditating.
For more information on all of the wellness options for the conference, be sure to check out our LinkTree! https://linktr.ee/WellnessActivites
Jessica McDaniel, B.S., Center for Young Adult Addiction and Recovery at Kennesaw State University
As the field of collegiate recovery continues to grow, research becomes exceedingly vital; however, this can be an intimidating and seemingly insurmountable task for some. Furthermore, studies indicate that it can take up to 17 years to translate research into practice. Yet, studies also indicate that collaborative partnerships can reduce this gap by engaging practitioners in the research process. Additionally, collaborative partnerships expand individual capacities, making research more accessible and manageable for collegiate recovery professionals. This presentation will explore the opportunities, methods, and benefits of collaborative research partnerships for collegiate recovery programs, while also addressing key considerations for the process.
M. Dolores Cimini, PhD, University at Albany, SUNY
Research indicates that peer educators, when well-trained and supervised, can deliver evidence-based brief motivational interventions just as well, if not better, than trained professionals. This workshop will explore several innovative peer education training models derived from evidence-based brief motivational interventions, including peer coaching and peer educator-delivered Screening and Brief Intervention (SBI) addressing a variety of concerns. The strengths of training models that involve classroom instruction and computer simulations will be discussed. Challenges and potential risks associated with engaging peers in delivering evidence-based brief interventions will be identified and explored. Benefits of engaging in evidence-based peer education best practices, both to students receiving collegiate recovery services and to peer educators themselves, will be identified.
Live CEs: 1, Enduring CEs: 1
Service Learning in the Sober-Active Community: Mechanisms for Change in Attitudes of College Students toward Sobriety
The use of sport in the recovery process has gained popular traction in recent years (Page & Townsend, 2018) yet research on how sport acts as a preventative measure remains scarce, especially from a social constructivist perspective. This is an unfortunate gap in the literature, for there is extensive research on drug and alcohol abuse by athletes or in athletics (Ahrens & Butch, 2019; Jones, 2016; Lombardi & Dupain, 2018). There is ample research suggesting exercise-based interventions reduce anxiety and depression (Ströhle, 2009) and specifically how group exercise facilitates improved communication skills (Read & Brown, 2003) and social support (Hillios, 2013). The current study brings together these disparate research areas toward conceptualizing how community-based sport programs can impact college students understanding of substance use, recovery, sobriety and their futures. It was hypothesized that engaging with a sober-active community in the form of a high impact practice, such as service-learning, would "promote capacity building through collective action, develop value systems that support democracy and inclusion, and encourage critical reflection" (Edwards, 2015) in choices made during their college experience.
One of the most important functions of a school administrator is to craft a school's identity and develop a healthy school culture. In all schools, but particularly in recovery high schools, this includes collaboration, relationship building, support, and trust among and between various school constituents. When serving a student population that includes Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC), it is imperative that educators and school leadership change the lens through which school culture is viewed. They must be intentional and consistent in creating safe spaces to acknowledge and address explicit and implicit biases, generational trauma, and systematic racism. Equally, school faculty and staff must be dedicated to removing barriers to social justice and achieving equity.
Change is elusive on behavioral, neurological, and emotional levels. We adopt new goals with earnest intent and yet fail to make progress toward their achievement. This presentation outlines the challenges to change and what it takes to overcome them.
Listen as students in recovery share their experience, joys, lows, and what makes them, well, them! A collection of 6 minute stories designed to keep you on your toes and keep you energized. These students will have the chance to have their voices and stories heard in a platform they may have never experienced before.
Live CEs: 1.5, Enduring CEs: 1.5
Stay Woke Give Back Virtual Tour: A Unique Opportunity for Recovery High Schools
On the STAY WOKE, GIVE BACK TOUR, Justin empowers students to take charge of their lives, and their physical and mental wellbeing with mass meditation at high schools and colleges, especially for students dealing with societal, personal, or family challenges. From growing up with gunshot holes outside his bedroom windows to sharing a stage with Deepak Chopra, Justin Michael Williams knows the power of healing to overcome. He grew up in a family riddled with Substance Use Disorder and has created a life of passion and purpose. He wants to share his gifts with as many recovery high schools as he can. Come and learn about his programming for the students at your school. His mission is to ensure all students, especially those dealing with systemic injustice, get the opportunity to thrive without cost or access posing a barrier.
NOT FOR CE CREDIT
Refuge Recovery Refuge Recovery Meeting
Meditation with Chris Hosted by The Phoenix
Low Intensity. Using a variety of meditation styles, focus inward with a trauma-informed approach. Actual meditation time is about 15 minutes, with community time offered after the practice.
For more information on all of the wellness options for the conference, be sure to check out our LinkTree! https://linktr.ee/WellnessActivites
Centering Equity and Justice in the Development of Collegiate Recovery Communities: Centering the Most Marginalized People and Communities in Program Development
Kristine De Jesus, Psy.D., Montclair State University
Sara Fudjack, RCSW, University of British Colombia
This session will focus on building capacity related to equity, justice, and inclusion when developing collegiate recovery communities. The session will be centered in recognizing the role of systemic oppression and how it has limited access to particular groups in higher education, and how to create a program that creates access for students who have been systematically disenfranchised from the collegiate recovery and in society.
Tessa Miracle, PhD, The Ohio State University
Ahmed Hosni, MSW, The Ohio State University
This session will provide examples and techniques for prevention and recovery to work together to support campus wellness. Participants will learn about tools and strategies to strengthen our efforts across the continuum. Participants will learn about recovery oriented systems, and the Strategic Prevention Framework, and how these two forces can unite to facilitate a culture of wellness in a culturally competent manner. Participants will learn effective engagement strategies for professionals based in different portions of the continuum of care. We will discuss collaboration, and engagement strategies to support professionals, as they unite against stigma. In addition to day to day engagement, we will discuss unified and comprehensive data collection efforts and will identify opportunities to harness the passion of recovery in evidence-based prevention efforts. Evidence-based prevention efforts will be discussed while showcasing unintentional consequences of well-intended efforts. Additionally, this session will discuss the credentialing process for each profession and how to obtain necessary credentials to practice.
Live CEs: 1.5, Enduring CEs: 1.5
Expanding Collegiate Recovery in Pennsylvania: Updates on the Independence Blue Cross Project Kristina Canfield, Project Lead
Join this session to learn about the partnership between ARHE and Independence Blue Cross to help expand collegiate recovery in Southeastern Pennsylvania. The presenters will give updates on how the project has been going and the plans for the next two years.
NOT FOR CE CREDIT
Project Based Learning: A Pedagogy Aligned to Recovery
Melissa Mouton, MD, MPH, 5280 High School
Keith Hayes, 5280 High School
An overview of project based learning (PBL), and how we implement it at 5280. The pedagogy of PBL aligns well to the principles of recovery, and has the power to prepare graduates for all post-secondary options. It also infuses equity into the curriculum and has been demonstrated to be highly effective across all demographics. Participants would engage in a mini- project during the workshop, and reflect on their experience.
Live CEs: 1.5, Enduring CEs: 1.5
Whole Family Approach to Alternative Peer Groups for Teens and Young Adults
Eric G. Daxon, Ph.D., CPRSS, Rise Recovery
Bea Blackmon, Rise Recovery
Roy Reina, Rise Recovery
Dawnya Janousek, Rise Recovery
Travis Donaldson, Rise Recovery
Rise Recovery (formerly the San Antonio Palmer Drug Abuse Program) uses a whole-family approach to providing recovery services to teens with substance use disorder (SUD), young adults with SUD and their families. The panel will discuss the successes and pitfalls of our pilot recovery high school program, our in-school program, Youth Empowered by Sobriety (YES) and our four alternative peer groups - teens with SUD (12 years old to 17); young adults with SUD (18 years old to 35); adult family members (18 years old and over) and family members 9 years old to 17 years old. Our approach can be described as providing coordinated, individualized services for each of our members. Our discussion will also include the overall organization of the program; the structure and processes used in each of the groups; Rise's outreach efforts to schools and the community; and, Rise's current efforts to develop a recovery high school in San Antonio. The impact of COVID-19 and the use of remote technologies will also be discussed.
Live CEs: 1.5, Enduring CEs: 1.5
Recovery as an Identity: Implications for Collegiate Recovery Professionals and SUD Clinicians Dr. Gerard A Love, EdD, University of Alabama
Brent Alcaraz, MFT, University of Alabama
Recovery as a construct is presented as an identity status that is developmental in nature. This session focuses on recovery as a complex and rich process of identity formation. The development of an identity as a person in recovery is one that is grounded in a unique and clear understanding of self as different from one's past or using self. This presentation will focus on a description of the model, results of a CRC identity exploration exercise and case studies designed to highlight understanding of the process of transformation. Implications for practice as a collegiate recovery professional will be explored.
The WVU Collegiate Recovery Program has begun to utilize a collaborative partnership with the Adventure WV program at the university to develop a variety of recovery-oriented Outdoor Adventure Programming for their CRP students. The WVU CRP believes that this Outdoor Programming can serve to: establish connections among CRP members, build a sense of community within the WVU CRP and the university at large, encourage a healthy and active lifestyle among students, contribute to recruitment and retention, and serve to build partnerships and stakeholders at the University and greater community.
Dan Renaud, BS, CAP, ICADC, Florida Recovery School
The challenge with recovery schools and programs like this in general, are the varying degree of recovery capital available to the program and the program participants. When setting out to create the recovery school here in northeast Florida, the first and most obvious challenge was the fact that not only were there no mutual support groups for adolescents, there was only one treatment center and it served a very small group of adolescents. So in order to have the program we wanted we would have to create it. That's what this talk will focus on.
NOT FOR CE CREDIT
Growing Recovery Capital for APGs to Ensure Health & Sustainability for the Organization Bob Faghan MA, MLADC, Live Free Recovery Consultants
Heidi Cloutier, University of New Hampshire Institute on Disability Creating Connections NH
Research has demonstrated that higher levels of recovery capital predict sustained recovery, higher quality of life and lower stress with participants in recovery (Laudet, 2008). This holds true for overall organizational health & sustainability as well. This session will explore how organizations can strategically build their own human, financial, social and community capital to ensure the overall health and sustainability of the APG. Live Free Recovery Consults will share strategies to partner with schools, state organizations and the larger community to develop sustainable relationships, support, and career pathway for Peer leaders.
NOT FOR CE CREDIT
Latinx All Recovery Latinx All Recovery Meeting
Fitness with Dakota Hosted by The Phoenix
High Intensity Total Body Workout. Focus on improving overall strength and conditioning, utilizing a variety of fitness techniques. All levels welcome, go at your own pace!
For more information on all of the wellness options for the conference, be sure to check out our LinkTree! https://linktr.ee/WellnessActivites
Harnessing Strengths and Success as a Roadmap for Realizing Your Vision: Using Appreciative Inquiry for Strategic Planning
Angela Stowe, PhD, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Benton Crane, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Additional materials for this session may be found at:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1akEN25DPei6ucZ6g2KGjmEHlCQL1b8vw?usp=sharing
Participants will learn how one institution applied the process of Appreciative Inquiry, strengths-based strategic planning approach that moves organizations toward developing a compelling vision and direction for their future. It involves a 5-step process that is systematic and comprehensive and includes key stakeholders in all steps of the process. Presenters will share the processes and resources used for each phase of the process and how their vision, mission, and strategic plan was developed through this process that encouraged innovation, imagination, and inquiry, ultimately leading the team to develop an exciting plan and vision for the next steps of their Collegiate Recovery Community. Success, challenges, and lessons learned will also be presented and a template for how other organizations can apply the process will be shared.
Live CEs: 1, Enduring CEs: 1
Spirituality and Addiction: Understanding and Applying Forgiveness in the Process of Recovery
The role of forgiveness in recovery from addictive behavior - including in the context of substances, compulsive behavioral sets, and suicidal behavior - has been recognized, albeit in an anecdotal fashion, for many years; beginning in the 1930s with the Twelve-Step Model of addiction and recovery. Empirical support is beginning to support the relevance of forgiveness to recovery as over 80 research articles explicitly focused on forgiveness and addiction suggest a robust and largely beneficial association. In this presentation the evidence-base supporting the role of forgiveness in recovery will be reviewed and guidance will be provided regarding the application and implementation of forgiveness in supporting the process of recovery from addictive behavior.
Live CEs: 1, Enduring CEs: 1
Making Space for Foster Youth and their Challenges Towards Recovery Rachel Sage Brand, MA UCSD, MSW candidate UCLA
Mental health and substance use disorders are the leading causes of global disability in children and youth (Marquez and Saxena 2016). Mental health services in public schools in the U.S. have systemically shown deficits and barriers, specifically in addiction, for students to access. Peer and community programs collectively show positive quantitative data about the success rates of teens and young adults in education. Evidence shows there is a lack of treatment options after short-term biomedical care for young adults in recovery. Psychological services offered by schools have statistically demonstrated little to no involvement, in building and supporting peer-run groups. The barriers to treatment are present because of stigma and how it affects young adolescents and adults in addiction from receiving treatment. This thesis engages in a targeted review that shows positive impacts of recovery access for individual's education outcomes. These barriers are even more insurmountable for foster youth.
Live CEs: 1, Enduring CEs: 0
Responsive Recovery Interventions: We Recover in Community
Sharon Dursi Martin, MAT, Harmony Academy Recovery High School
Ian Nisley, Recovery Coach, Harmony Academy Recovery High School
Launching a recovery school is no small feat. Once we've taken flight, how do we course correct and travel with intention? How do we hold our ideals as a guide through the daily turbulence and hold our kids, especially the most "difficult" ones, through their own storms? How are we making sure that we don't replicate larger systems that have ejected our kids in the past? Questions like these challenge us. They are deeply philosophical and life-or-death by nature. And they come at us quickly. This session will invite participants to explore their own beliefs and practices while hearing the story of one recovery school's intentional changes as it moved out of the start-up phase and into its second year with intention, brave conversations, and hope. We'll share our tiered intervention system and other resources and set aside time for guided breakouts!
Jeremy Pulido, LCDC, CCTP, ICADC, Teen and Family Services
The goal of this discussion is to hear from various APG Family Alumni about their experiences and to give participants a chance to learn more about family recovery.
Live CEs: 1, Enduring CEs: 1
Affinity Group Meet-up: ARS/AAPG
ARHE/ARS/AAPG Affinity Groups are designed to support members of specific identities and networks solely for and by those who identify as a part of these identity groups or networks. These are networking opportunities, not recovery meetings.
The ARS & AAPG Affinity Group is an inclusive and intersectional group dedicated to supporting the recovery, success, and wellbeing of Recovery High School and Alternative Peer Group students, faculty, and staff in our community.
Art Break with Ali
Take a break from conference sessions to participate in a fun art activity with Ali! Suggested materials: paint, canvas or paper, or really any creating materials. Ali will be painting but participants can feel free to do whatever their heart desires.
For more information on all of the wellness options for the conference, be sure to check out our LinkTree! https://linktr.ee/WellnessActivites
End of the Day Conference Feedback Space
This space is designed so that so that conference attendees, staff/volunteers, presenters, and anyone else involved at our conference can discuss issues/opportunities that come up, and to ensure that our conference is safe, equitable, and inclusive for everyone involved!
This space is co-facilitated by the ARHE Equity & Justice Fellow and select volunteers from ARHE/ARS/AAPG.
Information will be collected and shared with relevant conference organizers from ARHE/ARS/AAPG.
Issues may include, but are not limited to:
-Technical Issues
-Accessibility Issues/Concerns
-Interpersonal Issues/Concerns
-Discrimination/Harassment
Privacy Notice:
The session will not be recorded for the privacy of participants.
Individuals who want to give feedback outside of this space and/or submit anonymous feedback can use our Conference Issues Reporting Form
If the issue is urgent, please contact one of the following:
Association of Recovery In Higher Education (ARHE):
Kristina Canfield: [email protected] or (740) 274-9100
Association of Alternative Peer Groups (AAPG):
Anette Edens: [email protected]
Association of Recovery Schools (ARS):
Mike Durchslag: [email protected]
SMART Recovery SMART Recovery Meeting
Talent Show Come check out the Talent Show and support your students, colleagues, and peers as their talents are featured in this pre-recorded video!
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Thursday, 6/24/2021
All Recovery Open All Recovery Meeting
Fitness with Caleb Hosted by The Phoenix
High Intensity Total Body Workout. Focus on improving overall strength and conditioning, utilizing a variety of fitness techniques. All levels welcome, go at your own pace!
For more information on all of the wellness options for the conference, be sure to check out our LinkTree! https://linktr.ee/WellnessActivites
Registration Room Drop in to the Registration Room for all of your conference support needs. Conference Staff will be on hand to help you register onsite, answer any conference related questions, and troubleshoot technical issues.
Conference Lounge Visit the Conference Lounge to network with colleagues, continue conversations from sessions, or just to relax and hang out. Breakout rooms are available for use!
Volunteer Check-In Room All volunteers should check in with conference staff at their allotted times.
Body Scan Meditation- Sponsored by the Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School of Addiction Studies
*This meditation may be triggering for people whose bodies have been violated or those who may struggle with being more present in and more aware of one’s body.*
Meditation is helpful when you are feeling overwhelmed, stressed, frustrated, anxious, etc… Body scan meditation is a great way to release tension you might not even realize you're experiencing. Body scanning involves paying attention to parts of the body and bodily sensations in a gradual sequence from feet to head. Join us in a 10 minute guided body scan. Since this will be an active meditation, we will close the virtual doors at 10:05am EST so as not to disrupt those who are meditating.
For more information on all of the wellness options for the conference, be sure to check out our LinkTree! https://linktr.ee/WellnessActivites
The 'Accepted' Marginalization: Bringing Attention to Weight Stigma and Fatphobia
Emmy Lu Henley, PhD, RDN, LD, CEDRD, Metanoia Nutrition
Weight stigma is one of the few preventable contributing factors to the development of disordered eating and eating disorders; yet, this is experienced daily, by many, through such spaces as the doctor's office, an airplane, or the chair in our therapist's office. Weight stigma is "acceptable" in our culture due to its disguise of "health/wellness", even within realms of activism towards other levels of marginalization, including the recovery space. The overall purpose of this presentation is to provide space for marginalized bodies by bringing light to weight stigma and fatphobia, primarily the detrimental physical and mental health consequences that arise from this social injustice. Attendees will be introduced to historical and racial origins of weight stigma and fatphobia, its evolution through the decades, and it's significance, not only in the journey to recovery, but prevention of disordered eating in recovery. Each attendee will also have the opportunity to reflect on their own internalized fatphobia to explore their role in this social injustice. Open dialogue will conclude the presentation to facilitate, offer solution, and encourage change within one's own actions, as well as those of their collegiate recovery communities.
Lori Ziolkowski, MBA, Delta College and Families Against Narcotics (FAN)
Family members often don't recognize the signs of addiction and are overcome with grief, guilt, anger, and frustration when a loved one is in active addiction. It is important we recognize these signs, identify support resources for the family, and if they don't exist, create them.
Join Professor Lori Ziolkowski to learn how her daughter’s overdose, battle with heroin addiction and recovery affected the whole family. Explore innovative programs like Hope Not Handcuffs, the ComeBack Quick Response Teams, and Family Recovery Coaches that can be implemented on your campus and in your community.
Live CEs: 1, Enduring CEs: 1
Romantic Relationships in Alcohol Use Disorder Recovery: A Qualitative Content Analysis
Thomas Kimball, PhD, LMFT, Texas Tech University, Center for Collegiate Recovery Communities
Nikki Hune, LMSW, Texas Tech University, Center for Collegiate Recovery Communities
William Gerber, MPA, Texas Tech University, Center for Collegiate Recovery Communities
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) thrives in isolation, but recovery requires healthy and supportive relationships in order to heal and grow. Many individuals in alcohol recovery find it challenging to establish and maintain meaningful romantic relationships, yet little research has examined this notion. With a particular focus on relationship insecurity and relationship safety, we explored persons' experiences of romantic relationships in AUD recovery (N=23; Mean Age=27.87). In this presentation, we will discuss the foundations of identifying relationship safety and addressing relationship security in order to better navigate towards healthy, supportive romantic relationships in recovery.
Roger Oser, MAT, William J. Ostiguy Recovery High School
Recovery High Schools are built on a foundation of a unified education model of academics and recovery. During this session participants will learn about the framework used to successfully develop, implement, and improve upon this model through the lens of the accreditation process which consists of four major components: 1. School Organization 2. School Community 3. Recovery Practices 4. Education Practices. Participants in this interactive session will be provided with best practices, strategies, and specific guidance on how to use the Accreditation process to frame your school's continuous improvement process. This session will be equally useful for groups looking to start schools, newly established schools, or longstanding recovery high schools.
NOT FOR CE CREDIT
Affinity Group Meet-up: Community Colleges
ARHE/ARS/AAPG Affinity Groups are designed to support members of specific identities and networks solely for and by those who identify as a part of these identity groups or networks. These are networking opportunities, not recovery meetings.
The Community Colleges Affinity Group is an inclusive and intersectional group dedicated to supporting the recovery, success, and wellbeing of Community College students, faculty, and staff in our community.
ARS & AAPG Q&A Session
The ideal continuum of care for an adolescent once completing treatment would be for that person to enroll in a Recovery High School as well as be a part of an Alternative Peer Group (APG). By surrounding our young people in communities of recovery we can help each person stay engaged with their recovery. Come and ask a small panel of experts from both Alternative Peer Groups and Recovery High Schools all the questions you may have and make life long connections.
Why Don't We Know More? A Comprehensive Review of the Current Evidence Regarding Collegiate Recovery Programming
Purpose: Substance use disorder is a critical public health problem among postsecondary education students in the United States where roughly 600,000 US college students report being in recovery from a substance use disorder (SUD). We conducted a scoping review to identify research gaps and inform policy.
Methods: A systematic search was conducted to identify research studies related to college programming for students in recovery from SUD published before August 2020. Fifteen study characteristics such as primary outcome, research design, sample size, and funding source were extracted and summarized to provide a comprehensive overview of the existing literature.
Results: We identified 357 abstracts for review and excluded 244. A full-text review of 113 articles was conducted and resulted in 59 exclusions. The studies were logically divided into four domains; 1) the qualitative lived experiences of students in recovery, 2) clinical outcomes, 3) program characteristics, and 4) non-clinical outcomes. We provide a summary of the remaining study characteristics and examine gaps in the research literature.
Conclusions: The domains identified offer a framework for healthcare providers, college administrators, and researchers; and will help to inform policy and practice to improve outcomes for this underserved student group.
Mary Fererri, Certified K-12 Physical Education/Health Educator, Emerald School of Excellence
Many people are intrigued, and a spark is started once they hear about what a Recovery High School is and can be. Often, it seems like an impossible task but I am here to tell you that where there is a will, there is a way. I was a coach and teacher in a traditional public school and left after 11 years to start a Recovery HS. I am here to share that you can make anything happen with perseverance, a willingness to learn, humility, and a focus on relationships. I will share some hard lessons along my journey, my 3 year journey to open, the first 2 years of operation, and what I wish I knew back then that I know now.
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Dharma Recovery Dharma Recovery Meeting
Meditation with Jess Hosted by The Phoenix
Low Intensity. Using a variety of meditation styles, focus inward with a trauma-informed approach. Actual meditation time is about 15 minutes, with community time offered after the practice.
For more information on all of the wellness options for the conference, be sure to check out our LinkTree! https://linktr.ee/WellnessActivites
Meeting at the Intersection: Mentoring and Motivation
Jarmichael R. Harris, MS, LCAS, East Carolina University
Kristine De Jesus, PsyD, Montclair St. University
Mentorship is an important aspect of professional development, particularly for those who are new to the field and/or are members of underrepresented groups in collegiate recovery. This program will explore the value of developing a network of professional supports who come from different perspectives, backgrounds, types of institutions, and worldviews to challenge one another in promoting equity, justice, and personal growth.
Live CEs: 1, Enduring CEs: 1
Virtual Roundtable: The Increasingly Global Footprint of Collegiate Recovery
Join in for an open discussion about the growth of collegiate recovery outside of the US. What was only a dozen programs just 10 years ago has turned into over 150 programs. Multiple schools in Canada and the UK as well as interest from parts of Australia, Africa, and Asia have us thinking: what's next and how do we get there?
Kevin Doyle, EdD, LPC, LSATP, Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School of Addiction Studies
LeAnn Brown, MS, Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School of Addiction Studies
People in recovery make up a significant portion of the addiction treatment workforce, and members of collegiate recovery programs are uniquely positioned to pursue careers as members of this workforce. This presentation is designed for students in collegiate recovery programs who are considering additional academic training designed to lead to an advanced degree (master's/doctorate) in professions such as counseling, social work, and psychology. Topics such as how to identify possible programs, differences between disciplines, online vs. in-person programs, field placements, admission requirements, and the applicant process will be covered, with a question/answer period provided at the end of the presentation.
Ashley Dickson, BS-HS, Tompkins Cortland Community College
Ashton Daley, Friends of Recovery-NY
Exploring the foundational aspects of a statewide coalition supporting youth and young adult recovery, this presentation will cover everything from connecting with other programs to creating individual supports. Youth Voices Matter - NY, (YVM, a 501(c)3), has created a statewide initiative to better support and create infrastructure for youth recovery. In partnership with collegiate recovery communities, starting with Tompkins Cortland Community College, this new program has already seen successful forward movement. YVM is the youth and young adult arm of Friends of Recovery New York. Tompkins Cortland Community College is a 2-year institute member of the SUNY school system.
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Incorporation of Occupational Therapy in a Recovery High School: A Novel Program, Lessons Learned and Future Aspirations
Victoria Garcia Wilburn, DHSc, OTR, Indiana University Indianapolis
Justin Phillips, Overdose Lifeline
Rachelle Gardner, Hope Academy Recovery High School
The purpose of this session is to provide a program description and supporting data to demonstrate that occupation-based interventions can be implemented in a recovery high school with a convenience sample of student participants. An occupational therapist, community health educator, and teacher co-facilitated a 30-minute twice weekly group over 11-weeks with a convenience sample of 12th grade students in an urban recovery high school. This session will detail the evidence-based interventions utilized by the collaborative team during each phase of the group program including narrative interviewing, reflective listening, goal setting, identity exploration, and occupational engagement. Participant attendance and satisfaction are reported, and methods of program assessment are described. This program description can be used to inform future research evaluating program efficacy.
Live CEs: 1, Enduring CEs: 1
Meet Them Where They Are: Improving Access and Outcomes for Students Post-COVID Robin McIntosh, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Workit Health
The social isolation and stress of the pandemic caused record-breaking overdose numbers in many states, while limiting in-person treatment options. Workit Health saw tremendous growth of its telemedicine program to provide FDA-approved medication for opioid and alcohol use disorder during COVID-19. But post-pandemic, the convenience, affordability, and proven outcomes of virtual care ensure it's here to stay as a treatment offering.
Live CEs: 1, Enduring CEs: 1
Art Break with Ali
Take a break from conference sessions to participate in a fun art activity with Ali! Suggested materials: magazine or book cutouts, glue, scissors, drawing materials. In this one, Ali will be walking participants through making a vision or goal board.
For more information on all of the wellness options for the conference, be sure to check out our LinkTree! https://linktr.ee/WellnessActivites
Jarmichael Harris, East Carolina University
Keith Murphy, Rutgers University
Dr. Allison Smith, Louisiana Board of Regents
Joshua Redding, Virginia Tech
Dharma Mirza, Oregon State University
This year's closing keynote will address the role collegiate recovery has played in addressing the systemic barriers which have made collegiate recovery necessary while also discussing the impact collegiate recovery has played in upholding systemic barriers. Attendees will learn about the intersection between accessibility and policy in order to create more inclusive collegiate recovery communities.
ARS Closing Session
Closing session of the ARS Conference.
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Eating Disorder All Recovery Eating Disorder All Recovery Meeting
End of the Day Conference Feedback Space
This space is designed so that so that conference attendees, staff/volunteers, presenters, and anyone else involved at our conference can discuss issues/opportunities that come up, and to ensure that our conference is safe, equitable, and inclusive for everyone involved!
This space is co-facilitated by the ARHE Equity & Justice Fellow and select volunteers from ARHE/ARS/AAPG.
Information will be collected and shared with relevant conference organizers from ARHE/ARS/AAPG.
Issues may include, but are not limited to:
-Technical Issues
-Accessibility Issues/Concerns
-Interpersonal Issues/Concerns
-Discrimination/Harassment
Privacy Notice:
The session will not be recorded for the privacy of participants.
Individuals who want to give feedback outside of this space and/or submit anonymous feedback can use our Conference Issues Reporting Form
If the issue is urgent, please contact one of the following:
Association of Recovery In Higher Education (ARHE):
Kristina Canfield: [email protected] or (740) 274-9100
Association of Alternative Peer Groups (AAPG):
Anette Edens: [email protected]
Association of Recovery Schools (ARS):
Mike Durchslag: [email protected]
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