Abstract
Topic Initiated: Spring Collaborative 2018
Where do you start if your treatment program doesn’t have an alumni program yet? How do you revive alumni services that have been in the doldrums for a while? We discuss the challenges, opportunities, process and activities.
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In this workshop, Leonard Bade shares the most successful tools that attract and retain alumni involvement with each other, the patients, and the program. This session contains a combination of tried and true modalities, as well as more innovative...
Grief Recovery and Gentle Path through the 12 Principles offer two types of workshops that can provide enlightening content for an alumni gathering.
September is Recovery Month and we discussed how to make it more than just a Facebook post by your program. What are ways we can use the resources that are provided and how do we align our curriculum to it in September? We tackle this together at...
Is it possible to remove the stigma around addiction by making your alumni ambassadors of positivity in the community?
The last step in the 12-Step tradition declares that as the result of working the Steps, recovering addicts experience a spiritual awakening that compels them to carry to others the message of spiritual connectedness. For example, volunteering while...
Rehab alumni programs help maintain relationships between former patients, current patients, and staff. They promote both the rehab center and the recovery of its patients. What are the basic requirements for such an alumni program?