Education is FREE to all professionals. If you would like to claim a CE Certificate, please note: You will be prompted to pay $25 and will have access to the CE quiz. A score of 80% or higher is required to pass the CE quiz and access your CE certificate. You have ten opportunities to pass the quiz.

Note: Once the live event has passed, please allow two weeks for the recording and slide presentations to be posted.

Target Audience: This activity is designed for counselors, interprofessional teams, psychologists, social workers, students and educators. This activity is accredited for social workers.

Webinar Description:

This 6-episode webinar series will explore comprehensive approaches to opioid treatment, covering public health strategies, the roles of medical professionals, addiction psychiatrists, counselors, peer support, and ethical considerations for justice-involved individuals.

Our fifth webinar in this series sheds light on the vital contributions of peer support specialists in the interdisciplinary approach to opioid use disorder treatment. These individuals who have walked a similar path offer invaluable understanding and guidance. Learn how peers play an essential role in fostering hope, building community, and achieving lasting recovery.

Educational Objectives:

• Participants will be able to explain the unique role of the peer in providing treatment for opioid use disorder.
• Participants will be able to describe ways that peers collaborate with other members of the interdisciplinary team.
• Participants will be able to state four techniques essential to success as a peer supporting someone with an opioid use disorder.

Continuing Education information:

This educational program is approved by NAADAC (Approval #189), NBCC ACEP No. 5703, ADACBGA (Approval #2021-06-0006), CCB-approved, CADTP (Approval #174), CCAPP #OS-07-100-0824, CACCF # S220501, CAMFT Provider # 1000103, NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0720, accredited by the American Probation & Parole Association and accepted by OASAS. NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals, #1754, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 01/12/2022 – 01/12/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 1.5 continuing education credits. IBC approved for 1.5 hours in Alcohol & Drug Specific. ICB (Program #20134: Counselor I or II, Preventionist I or II, CARS I or II, CODP I or II, PCGC II, CCJP II, CAAP I, CRSS I or II, CPRS I or II, MAATP I or II, CFPP I or II, CVSS II).