Title : Building recovery capital through learning optimization
Abstract:
Just like learning to swim or ride a bike, skills cannot be learned through passive absorption of information alone. Have you ever had a group where silence seemed to be the norm or where you were quite certain have of the patients weren't paying attention? Have you met patients that knew so much they could basically recite the curriculum talking points by heart, but were in treatment yet again?
Group therapy plays an influential role in behavioral health and recovery, yet current delivery methods often fail to engage patients or effectively build recovery skills necessary for success outside of the treatment space. Didactic facilitation and instruction can quickly lead to patient disinterest and disengagement.
Using the tools of adult educational pedagogy, in this participatory workshop attendees will work to design therapeutic delivery methods and then practice specific intervention techniques in a way that maximizes whole-group engagement and recovery capital skill-building.
This is an ICAADA-approved training course.
What will audience learn from your presentation?
- Maximize engagement strategies in a group setting
- Maximize recovery capital skill-building in a group therapy setting.
- Identify at least 5 focus tasks that enable high levels of engagement.
