GPS FOR THE BSAS RECOVERY WORKFORCE
GPS for Wellness and Recovery enhances engagement in care and supports wellness and recovery while ensuring an excellent, consistent, and evidence-based structure. GPS Support Groups provide people with trauma-sensitive spaces where they can explore their personal history with substance use, addiction, generational trauma, and feelings of shame, guilt, and isolation that can be barriers to all pathways of recovery. Participants build communities of mutual respect and reclaim their self-esteem and courage as they travel on the road to recovery. GPS for Wellness and Recovery groups can be led by peer leaders and clinical providers. These groups effectively increase program capacity, ensure consistent clinical outcomes, and enhance other modalities of care.
GPS is proud to partner with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health's Bureau of Substance Addiction Services to implement the GPS Group Model in substance use and addiction service programs across the state. The trauma-informed and welcoming structure of the GPS Model offers a consistent system of group care across diverse populations and settings.
GPS is integrated successfully in residential treatment, outpatient programs, methadone/suboxone clinics and more. Group participants represent a diverse range of populations, including individuals of all genders, parents, people who are unhoused, currently or formerly incarcerated, mandated for treatment, and engaged with child protective services. GPS can be used in programs and with participants who enlist multiple pathways to recovery.
GPS Supervisor Training
June 6th - 26th, 2024
This training is for anyone in a supervisor role who is supporting staff to run GPS groups. Learn more about GPS's trauma-informed, evidence-based group approach, how to support your team, how this group approach is different from other group models that your team may be implementing, and how to integrate GPS into the heart of the services that your program offers.
TRAINING SCHEDULE: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm*
- 06/06 1-3:00pm Intro to GPS + GPS group experience
- 06/13 1-3:00pm Overview of GPS model
- 06/20 1-3:00pm Integrating GPS into Recovery Programs
- 06/26 1-3:00pm Supervising Staff
* All times listed are Eastern Time (ET)
You could be eligible to receive a reduced rate or full scholarship to join the GPS Facilitator Training if you work in the recovery field and are associated with BSAS funded programs!
Registration fee is $25.
GPS Fall Facilitator Training
October 15th - November 7th, 2024
GPS Group Peer Support provides you with a map to support people in your community. GPS is a perfect tool for diverse communities facing unique challenges. Whether you are supporting parents, frontline healthcare workers, students, faith communities, refugees and immigrants, communities striving for solidarity, those struggling because of substance abuse, those in recovery, or dealing with grief, GPS is an effective and impactful approach to support connection, resilience, and participant’s ability to act on behalf of themselves, their families and their communities.
REQUIRED -- OPENING PRACTICUM OPTIONS: 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm ET* Choose one practicum to participate live on the date and time listed below.
- Oct 15 Opening Practicum
- Oct 16 Opening Practicum
- Oct 17 Opening Practicum
TRAINING MODULES: 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm ET* -- recordings of all modules will be available to registered participants.
- Oct 22 Module 1: Introduction to GPS and Power of Groups
- Oct 23 Module 2: Mindfulness Rest Stop
- Oct 26 Module 3: Guidelines
- Oct 29 Module 4: Realities & Principles
- Oct 30 Module 5: Check-In & GPS Reflective Listening
- Oct 31 Module 6: Reflective Listening, Weaving, Grounding & Closing
REQUIRED -- CLOSING PRACTICUM OPTIONS: 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm ET* Choose one practicum to participate live on the date and time listed below.
- Nov 5 Closing Practicum
- Nov 6 Closing Practicum
- Nov 7 Closing Practicum
* All times listed are Eastern Time (ET)
You could be eligible to receive a reduced rate or full scholarship to join the GPS Facilitator Training if you work in the recovery field and are associated with BSAS funded programs!
Registration fee is $75.
" I was a mom struggling with addiction, attending lots of treatment groups. But GPS was my missing piece. It gave me back my self-respect, helped me maintain sobriety, and made me a much better mom. I now lead GPS groups for moms working on their recovery"
-Erica Napolitan, Maternal Substance Use and Recovery Specialist
"What I love about GPS is its structure and adaptability. We can use curricula for the people we serve while maintaining the structure of GPS. It is a trauma-informed model that we use in all our groups now."
-Debra Bercuvitz, Director, Perinatal Substance Use Initiative,
MA Department of Public Health
Bring GPS Support Groups to your community
GPS for Recovery wants to partner with you to provide support groups to your community directly. We will provide bespoke online support groups for your organization. You can rest easy, sure that your team is receiving the support they need to face their challenges, together!
Not sure? Feel the Difference – Attend a Support Group
- Learn more about the model by experiencing it first hand
- Explore if this could be a good model for your unique community, team, agency or organization
- Receive support for yourself – you deserve it!