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Upcoming Trainings

The 9th Annual Peer Leadership Conference

Dates
Location
Virtual/ In Person
Price
$0.00

This is a statewide annual conference  hosted for Recovery Peers Specialist. The major focus is upon leadership and the necessity tools needed in the leadership role. 

Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences

Dates
-
Location
virtual
Price
$55.00

The training is to help behavioral health providers understand the impact of trauma on the brain of individuals and families being treated for behavioral health disorders. 

RPS OVERVIEW (INITIAL)

Dates
Location
OOOFC, Frederick MD
Price
$120.00

This course is designed give you the information you need to complete your RPS recertification. We will go over the four domains and how they relate to you as an RPS.

CCAR Recovery Coach Academy

Dates
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Location
This training will be delivered on zoom 4/10-4/14 5p-9:30p. To register email dwayne@peerrecoverysupport.com
Price
$375.00

The CCAR Recovery Coach Academy© is a 5-day intensive training academy focusing on providing individuals with the skills need to guide, mentor and support anyone who would like to enter into or sus

Motivational Interviewing

Dates
Location
Virtual via Zoom
Price
$100.00

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is designed to empower people to change by drawing out their own meaning, importance, and capacity for change.

CCAR Recovery Coach Academy

Dates
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Location
Our Daily Bread, Fallsway. To register, email Adam at atrionfo@cc-md.org.

When you complete the intensive five-day CCAR Recovery Coach Academy©, you will be able to:

• describe the recovery coach role and functions

Stigma In The Workplace

Dates
Location
Zoom
Price
$65.00

Participants will learn how to:

Chief Operations Officer

Dates
-
Location
Virtual
Price
$0.00

This training will be 6 ceus in Ethics and will be a combination of slides, video and group work.  If this training is offered virtually the below Post Test will be converted to a Google Form and p

Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP)

Dates
Location
PGC Library Laurel, MD
Price
$250.00

WRAP® will help you:

CCAR Ethical Considerations for Recovery Coaches

Dates
-
Location
Virtual
Price
$300.00

Recovery Coaches play an important role in the recovery process by creating connections with those they serve in deeply meaningful ways.

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A Short Story About Us

The Maryland Addiction and Behavioral-health Professionals Certification Board is a private, non-partisan corporation which offers voluntary international and state level credentials to the behavioral health worker. The Board, comprised of certified and licensed professionals and peer recovery specialists throughout the state, implements standards, testing and training for certifying addiction counselors, co-occurring disorders professionals, criminal justice addictions professionals, clinical supervisors, and peer recovery specialists and their supervisors. It also approves providers of continuing education training in Maryland. Links to these documents can be found on the Certification, CPRS, and Training pages.

MABPCB is always looking for board members who can strengthen our service to behavioral health workers in the state. If you hold an IC&RC credential or you have a keen interest in what we are doing, please fill out and send the Board Membership Application to us. We promise to get back to you after our next board meeting. Meetings are usually held every other month, and sometimes more frequently as needed.

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New Website Registration

All new accounts, claimed accounts, and password resets will remain pending until Friday January 21, 2022. If you register or claim an account before then, you will need to re-submit again.

CPRS, RPS & RETEST APPLICATION FUNDING

Maryland's Behavioral Health Administration is proud to announce the BHA funding opportunity which allows individuals seeking CPRS, RPS status & Retest to apply to have your application and retest fees covered by BHA in partnership with MABPCB. These funds are designed to reduce financial barriers that individuals experience as they work towards their CPRS credential. The funding is also use to assist current CPRS to maintain their credential through recertification.