DBSA Recovery Education Center

Welcome to the DBSA Recovery Education Center where you'll discover an array of multi-media learning opportunities. Many are offered at no charge! In the DBSA Recovery Education Center you wil find:

• Peer Specialist Continuing Education Courses
• Training Courses
• Videos
• DBSA Real Recovery Podcasts
• Events

CLICK HERE to see the complete selection of offerings on the DBSA Recovery Education Center.

HIGHLIGHTS BY AUDIENCE (Click above for complete listings)

FOR EVERYONE ONLINE EVENTS Featured: Mood Education Event Laugh & Learn "A humorous look at at a serious subject---Mood Disorders in the Latino Community". View panel discussion and comedy clips. TRAINING Living Successfully: A full-day course on how to build a plan for living successfully with a mood disorder. DBSA REAL RECOVERY PODCASTS Featured: Click here to listen to any of the available podcasts! VIDEOS Featured: The State of Depression in America November 19, 2006 Featured: Dark Glasses & Kaleidoscopes November 19, 2006 YOUTUBE Check out DBSA's YouTube page for even more free videos!   Mental Health Partner Websites & Related Information: Depression Is Real The Down & Up Show Podcast

FOR OUR CHAPTERS ONLINE TRAINING Facilitator Training: A 4-hour course on how to become better faciltators. Part One: Facilitation Fundamentals Prepare yourself to facilitate a DBSA support group by listening to the first in a series of three teleconference calls on facilitator orientation! This teleconference focuses on the fundamentals of facilitation. Part Two: Facilitating Recovery-Oriented Groups This is the second session of the three-part DBSA Facilitator Orientation Teleconference Series. This session focuses on facilitating recovery-oriented support groups. Part Three: Facilitating Best Practices Third in a three-part series of DBSA's Facilitator Orientation Teleconference Series. This session focuses on best practices of facilitation. Note: The courses above will be provided for active chapter leaders only and will be password protected.

FOR PEER SPECIALISTS Peer Specialist CE Live Webinar December 9, 2008 Trauma Informed Care Presenter(s):  Elizabeth G. Vermilyea,MA Register for Live Webinar ---- Peer Specialist CE Self-Study Courses Now Available!  Moving from Peer to Peer Provider Presenters:  Lisa C. Goodale, ACSW, LSW and Terry O'Connor Register for Online Self-Study Course (coming soon) Using Your Story Effectively in a Healing Relationship  Presenter(s): Ike Powell Register for Online Self-Study Course What Peer Specialists Can Learn from the Coaching Movement Presenter(s):  Matt Mattson Register for online Self-Study Course The Complementary Roles of Peer Specialist and Professional Staff Presenter(s):  Kathleen Dohoney Vanessa Sweeney Register for online Self-Study Course - - - - - - - - - - - - Click Here for Complete Listing for ALL Live Peer Specialist CE Webinar Events and Online Courses. Click Here to learn more about the DBSA Peer Specialist CE Program.

FOR PROFESSIONALS CONVERSATION WITH DR. ELLEN FRANK DBSA's Director of Training, Matt Mattson, talks with former DBSA Scientific Advisory Board Chair, Dr. Ellen Frank, about recovery-oriented practice, the role patients have in the education of providers, and her experience with DBSA's Making Recovery Real Training Services. Click here to listen to the DBSA Real Recovery Podcast titled `Dr. Ellen Frank Discusses Patients Training Providers`.