More Than Sobriety: Building Collegiate Recovery Support for the Whole Student Learning Collaborative

Students with substance use disorders often face additional behavioral health challenges, including disordered eating, gambling, screentime and compulsive sexual behaviors. This workshop will explore how these concerns impact college students, intersect with alcohol and other drug use and how collegiate recovery programs can holistically support students navigating these co-occurring concerns. Participants will engage in sessions around tailored programming, cross-campus collaboration, and evidence-informed approaches that center student wellbeing beyond abstinence alone.

The live sessions are approved for 4 CHES/MCHES contact hours.

Live Sessions Include:

The Shifting and Expanding Landscape: A Look at a Decade of Dynamic Growth for Collegiate Recovery

September 17, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. ET | Presented by Dr. Andrew Finch

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will learn some of the factors driving the growth in the number of collegiate recovery programs.
• Participants will understand changes in typical program policies and philosophies that have characterized the landscape over the last decade.
• Participants will consider how these changes could impact collegiate recovery’s next decade.

The Landscape of College Student Gambling – It’s a Whole New World

September 17, 2024 at 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. ET | Presented by Dr. Jeremiah Weinstock

Learning Objectives:

• Attendees will be able to describe the landscape of gambling opportunities available to college students and how they interact with risk-factors associated with experiencing gambling-related harm.
• Attendees will be able to discuss the current state of the research findings about prevention of gambling-related harm.
• Attendees will be able to identify two treatment approaches for individuals who are experiencing significant gambling-related harm.

Peer-Based Community Support as a Vehicle for Recovery from Sexual Compulsion and Related Disorders

September 17, 2024 at 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. ET | Presented by Dr. Tom Kimball

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will learn the prevalence rates of sexual addiction within a collegiate population and how sexual compulsivity intersects with alcohol and other drug use.
• Participants will be presented a more holistic model explaining how and why compulsive and impulsive behaviors can lead to behavioral and substance addictions.
• Participants will understand how peer-based community support mechanisms can add in the recovery process from sexual compulsion and other related disorders.

Eating Disorders as Addictions: It’s Not About Food

September 17, 2024 at 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. ET | Presented by Laci Whipple

Learning Objectives:

• Learn the basics of eating disorders and describe the neurobiological and psychological mechanisms that link eating disorders with behavioral addictions.
• Differentiate between the concept of “food addiction” and the addictive processes underlying eating disorders.
• Evaluate the clinical implications for the treatment of eating disorders versus addiction treatment.
• Identify community-based recovery approaches that center connection, education, and belonging within college campus settings.

Social Media Addiction: Strategies to Create A Healthier Campus

September 17, 2024 at 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. ET | Presented by Mitch Schutte, MA, LADC

Learning Objectives:

• Describe what problematic social media use is and the numerous negative effects on an individual’s mental health to which it has been linked.
• Identify practical, calibrated, evidence-based strategies and interventions which have been shown to counteract the detrimental health impacts of social media misuse.
• Utilize 2-3 strategies that could be implemented in the classroom or on a campus to help reduce the escalating negative impact of addiction-like social media behavior on higher education.

Expanding the Recovery Conversation: Supporting the Whole Student

September 17, 2024 at 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. ET | Panelists: Laci Whipple, Mitch Schutte and Dr. Jeremiah Weinstock

Learning Objectives:

• Identify at least two key intersections between substance use recovery and process addictions in collegiate settings
• Describe how shared risk factors and co-occurring challenges impact student recovery experiences across addiction types.
• Recognize the roles campus professionals play in creating inclusive recovery-supportive environments for diverse student needs.
• Reflect on opportunities for cross-campus collaboration to address gaps in support for students in recovery from both substance use and process addictions

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