RRPS - Whole Health - Facilitation Process

Facilitation Process

The Radical Recovery Peer Support Whole health model puts the participant in the drivers seat. It is all about exploring their own motivations, goals, needs, preferences, and values. We help them start working on recovery plans where they choose their own goals and outline a path to reaching them, even as far as anticipating challenges.

We spend a good deal of time on discussion among participants on the various concepts and homework questions specifically designed to get them thinking hard about their recovery process and experience. We offer each other mutual aid throughout the process. There is also a wealth of educational material presented on the topic of Peer Support because of the many benefits it provides.

The way the groups/classes are run is that the facilitator/instructor will present the bulk of the information, drawing out discussion with the participants throughout the process and answering any questions. In addition, there are numerous videos where a spokesperson introduces pertinent information and their personal thoughts on the subject. Also, we incorporate short passages/story's based on a real person in recovery's experience with the various subjects presented. People love these passages, and what makes it even more engaging is that instead of reading them, we have professionally voiced audio clips to present them with, which allows us to just sit back and take in the passage and it's meaning.

We Have 2 Types of Ways to Offer This Program

Level 1 Groups

These classes are typically about 3 hours long, sometimes running over slightly. It can be completed in different ways such as 5 half days in a row, once a week, or once every two weeks. Sometimes we may even do a 2.5 day format based on how many students we have requesting any particular format.

Session one covers:

an introduction to the program, basic goals, a support agreement, Solid grounding in Peer Support basics, and information on recovery capital with a goal of making a recovery capital goal by the end of the first session.

Session two covers:

Self-care, Recovery Planning, and Mentorship.

Session three covers:

Honesty, Trust, Acceptance.

Session four covers:

Hope, Personal Responsibility, and Advocacy.

Session 5 covers:

Support, Purpose and Self-actualization.

Continuum Groups – Level 2 Group

Level 2 groups are meant to be an hour long. For some people this might more easily fit into their schedules. They are presented pretty much the same as the level one groups, though where a level one group might be 3 hours per session and typically cover 3 concepts, level 2 groups break that down to one concept per hour.

Day one can either be completed where the first two hours of the level 1 version could be given out as a handout, and the Recovery Capital section of session 1 is offered as the first hourly group. We will soon be releasing a video course for people who want the first 2 hours delivered in a way they can watch and hear rather than a handout. People only using a handout will not get a completion certificate, but people who watch the online video course and take a short test will be able to get a completion certificate through the level 2 format.

We currently are not offering this type of group, and will only offer it once the self-paced online class for that first day becomes available.