Individuals in recovery to share experiences

(Harrisburg, PA) – Pennsylvania Family Support Alliance (PFSA), the state leader in child abuse prevention and mandated reporter training, and Westmoreland Drug and Alcohol Commission, Inc., will host a day-long training workshop for staff members of organizations that help individuals and families in recovery from substance abuse disorder. People living in recovery and their family members will share their experiences with participants.

Pennsylvania Family Support Alliance (PFSA), the state leader in child abuse prevention and mandated reporter training, and Westmoreland Drug and Alcohol Commission, Inc., will host a day-long training workshop for staff members of organizations that help individuals and families in recovery from substance abuse disorder. People living in recovery and their family members will share their experiences with participants. Treatment professionals, as well as family support and parent-education staff will increase their knowledge of current responses to opiate addiction, strategies for helping families within the recovery and family support community, and the varied options for treatment and recovery available in Pennsylvania.

Workshop panelists will discuss issues facing African-Americans in recovery, healing trauma as part of recovery, support for children grieving the loss of a parent, and communication within the recovering family.

WHO: Beth Bitler, program director of PFSA; Westmoreland Drug and Alcohol Commission, Inc.; Westmoreland County Children’s Bureau; Family Services of Western PA; Highmark Caring Place; Lost Dreams Awakening RCO; PA Dept. of Human Services;  Southwestern PA Human Services Behavioral Health; SpiritLife, Inc., UPMC St. Margaret; and Drug-Free Workplace PA.

WHAT: Family Recovery Conference

WHEN: Wednesday, May 24, 2017 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

WHERE: Quality Inn – 300 Tarentum Bridge Rd. – New Kensington, PA  15068