Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

Eligibility: Any PCC student may take this course. However in order to later apply
for a substance addiction recovery peer mentor certification, one must be in
substance recovery for a minimum of two years.

This course is a preparation course introducing students to the professional field
of substance addiction recovery mentoring. It meets the criteria for the
educational requirement for applications to become a Peer Support Specialist-AD
and / or a Certified Recovery Mentor.

The curriculum is approved by the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) and by the Mental Health and Addiction Recovery Board of Oregon (MHACBO). This course is a preparatory course, introducing students to the professional field of substance addiction recovery mentoring.

This course meets the criteria for theeducational requirement for applications to become a Peer Support Specialist-AD and / or a Certified Recovery Mentor.

NOTE: This curriculum is approved by OHA the Oregon Health Authority and by MHACBO the Mental Health and Addiction Recovery Board of Oregon.

Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:

1. Provide culturally appropriate and trauma-informed mentor services to individuals in the process of recovery from a Substance Use Disorder (SUD).
2. Use a person-centered approach to create a partner relationship with people in SUD recovery.
3. Formulate strength-based recovery plans with the identified client.
4. Meet the educational requirements as specified by the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) and the Mental Health and Addiction Certification Board of Oregon (MHACBO) that will allow the student to apply for the PSS-AD Peer Support Specialist – Adult Addictions and the CRM Certified Peer Recovery Mentor.

1. An assessment process that will extract information from lectures, readings and other multimedia presentations via a test of a basic understanding of the targeted concepts.
2. A project that requires the student to synthesize the course material into appropriate Wellness Recovery Action planning for their own professional peer self-care and with their future client peers.

1. Communication
   1. Listening Skills
   2. Problem Solving
   3. Empathy and Relationship Building
2. Documentation regulations for peer delivered services.
3. Education specific to peer populations
4. Introduction to substance addiction basics
5. Introduction to substance addiction recovery modalities
6. Introduction to Harm Reduction, MAT medication assisted medications, and MAR medication assisted recovery
7. Introduction to other addictions and co-occurring disorders
8. Laws appropriate to Peer Delivered Services
   1. Civil Rights, ADA, Fair Housing
   2. Confidentiality including 42 CFR Part 2 and HIPAA federal Laws
   3. Duty to Warn and Mandatory Reporting
9. Resources and systems navigation
10. Wellness including tobacco cessation
11. Trauma Informed Services
    1. Definition of trauma
    2. Manifestations of untreated trauma
    3. Trauma Resiliency
    4. Peer Scope of practice for trauma
12. Ethics
    1. Boundaries
    2. Personal Support Systems
    3. Role of Peer Delivered Services
    4. Advocacy for individuals and for systems improvement
    5. Importance of Culture
    6. Scope of Peer Practice during crises
    7. Peer Competencies