INTRO 3 Q s of CULTURE COMMUNITY APPLICATION

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1 INTRO 3 Q s of CULTURE COMMUNITY APPLICATION Jesse Heffernan Professional Recovery Coach & Consultant jheffernan@heliosrecovery.com

2 1 st Q: Emotional Intelligence: The ability to handle one s personal emotions and to recognize the emotions of others is an intelligence that many believe extends and outweighs the abilities of the IQ (Goleman, Boyatzis and McKee, 2002). However It is very important to understand that emotional intelligence is not the opposite of intelligence, it is not the triumph of heart over head it is the unique intersection of both (Caruso, 2005, n.p.) 1. How did you learn to recognize or manage your emotions? 2. What about learning to recognize what other people are feeling and going through? 3. In your job, how are emotions dealt with? 4. What will make practicing EQ skills most challenging for you? 5. What kind of a relationship do you have with your emotions? 2 nd Q: Leadership Intelligence: Use of Servant Leadership Model. The servant-leader is servant first It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. That person is sharply different from one who is leader first. Name 3 strengths you have as a leader 1 2 3

However It is very important to understand that emotional intelligence is not the opposite of intelligence, it is not the triumph of heart over head it is the unique intersection of both (Caruso,

3 Where can you improve? How do you serve first? Questions about your agency, org or group: Do those served grow as persons? Do they, while being served, become healthier, wiser, freer, more autonomous, more likely themselves to become servants? What is the effect on the least privileged in society? Will they benefit or at least not be further deprived? 3rd Q: Cultural Intelligence: As it relates to the Recovery Community. Your capabilities to navigate multi-cultural situations, engage in cross-cultural interactions appropriately, and perform effectively in culturally diverse work groups. How many people in recovery work in your agency or are part of its ongoing services and development? Do you attend public recovery events? Is there a Disproportionate access to services for marginalized and diverse populations? Why? Is there institutionalized racism in our systems of care and/or the recovery community? - societal patterns that have the net effect of imposing oppressive or otherwise negative conditions against identifiable groups on the basis of race or ethnicity

Will they benefit or at least not be further deprived? 3rd Q: Cultural Intelligence: As it relates to the Recovery Community.

4 What does it mean to be an ally? RECOVERY ALLY-SHIP Abandon: Abuse, Self-help, Untreated Alcoholic/Addict/Gambler, Consumer Develop recovery capital in your community Invite the recovery community to the table Being an ally is an ongoing process, not an identity Adopted from William White Recognize the intersectionality of all social justice movements (what is the effect on the least privileged in society?) Partner with recovery organizations and groups when possible Words to celebrate: Recovery, Recovery Community, Advocacy, Sustainability, Recovery Support Services, Recovery Coach, Recovery Pathway/Style Community Application How well is Wisconsin's recovery & treatment efforts coordinated? What can we do to improve? What are some of the barriers to state, county and agency collaboration? What are the next steps in your community to develop recovery capital?

ongoing process, not an identity Adopted from William White Recognize the intersectionality of all social justice movements (what is the effect on the least privileged in society?

5 Helios Addiction Recovery Services LLC Recovery Coach Academy Training NEXT TRAINING: November 16-20, 2015 CROSSWAYS RETREAT CENTER WAUPACA, WI Helios Addiction Recovery Services offers the Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR) model as part of a recovery-oriented system of care for individuals and families dealing with substance use disorders. This training includes core competencies for recovery coaches with additional training on ethics, boundaries, medication-assisted treatment, gambling, and more. Recognized nationally as the original and leading recovery offering of its kind, CCAR s Recovery Coach Academy is an innovative new approach to healing people s lives that is unlike any other training. It offers participants the once-in-a-lifetime experience to gain new knowledge, be challenged, and reap valuable rewards, providing the essential learning, tools, and resources needed to become an effective recovery coach. The CCAR Recovery Coach Academy was conceived in 2008 in response to the needs of volunteers in the CCAR recovery community centers. They asked for more training to better handle the variety of scenarios and situations generated from recoverees who frequented the centers. This included engagement and communication skills. When graduates returned from the academy, they started calling themselves recovery coaches. The Recovery Coach Training Academy is a 5-day intensive training focusing on providing individuals with the skills need to guide, mentor and support anyone who would like to enter into or sustain long-term recovery from an addiction to alcohol or other drugs. Provided in a retreat like environment, the CCAR Recovery Coach Academy prepares participants by helping them to actively listen, ask really good questions, and discover and manage their own stuff. What is a Recovery Coach? Anyone interested in promoting recovery by removing barriers and obstacles to recovery and serving as a personal guide and mentor for people seeking or already in recovery. Who should attend the CCAR Recovery Coach Academy? "Anyone in the recovery field. The CCAR Recovery Coach Academy is an innovative new approach to healing people's lives that is unlike any other training. Utilizing a dynamic approach to learning that blends both process and content, the CCAR Recovery Coach Academy offers a once-in-a-lifetime experience that has been referred to as "pure recovery genius", If you're ready to learn, be challenged, and reap valuable rewards for life, the CCAR Recovery Coach Academy is a must for anyone in the recovery field jheffernan@heliosrecovery.com for more information or a registration form.

This training includes core competencies for recovery coaches with additional training on ethics, boundaries, medication-assisted treatment, gambling, and more.

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