Peer Recovery Services are services provided by people who have personal experience in recovery from addiction, mental illness, or co-occurring substance and mental disorders. At InterCoast Colleges, students are introduced to them in the course Peer Support - Competencies of Practice, part of the Behavioral Health Assistant program.
What it covers
The catalog states: “This course is designed to introduce the student to Peer Recovery Services, which are provided by people who have personal experience in recovery from addiction, mental illness, or co-occurring substance and mental disorders.”
Which program covers it
In InterCoast Colleges’ Behavioral Health Assistant program, peer recovery services is covered in the course BHS120, Peer Support - Competencies of Practice.
The Behavioral Health Assistant outline lists BHS120 Peer Support - Competencies of Practice at 60 clock hours (20 lecture, 40 laboratory) and 2 semester credits.
The catalog lists no prerequisites for BHS120 (“NONE”).
In the Behavioral Health Assistant program, Peer Recovery Services sits alongside community mental health, group counseling, case management, and trauma versus psychiatric crisis intervention.
This topic is covered in the Behavioral Health Assistant program at InterCoast Colleges.