Taking Action for Whole Health and Wellbeing Training: June 16 - June 18, 2026: In-Person @ Holiday Inn Express in Newport

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Training Description

The Copeland Center’s Taking Action for Whole Health & Wellbeing course is a co-facilitated group process that supports individuals in creating a personalized system for recovering, sustaining, and improving their whole health outcomes.

The curriculum is based on Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration’s (SAMHSA) Taking Action curriculum and other recovery publications developed with input from individuals with lived experience of recovery from mental health, addictions, and co-occurring challenges. The program integrates evidence-based and experiential peer-to-peer strategies that have demonstrated effectiveness through research and provider feedback.

Essential Elements:

  • Recovery, wellness, self-care, self-compassion, and action orientation
  • Focus on self-esteem, connection, hope, empowerment, self-determination, education, community inclusion, and self-advocacy
  • Building a strong support system and utilizing personal and community resources
  • Wellness tools, skills, and strategies for whole health, including physical health aspects such as exercise, nutrition, light, sleep, and smoking
  • Spirituality, complementary, alternative, and additional wellness tools
  • Developing action plans for triggers, early warning signs, and difficult times
  • Healthcare, medications, crisis planning, and advanced directives
  • Post-crisis and post-relapse planning
  • Wellness topics: employment, meaningful activity, motivation, and lifestyle

The course is led by two trained peer co-facilitators following the Copeland Center’s evidence-based and experiential peer engagement strategies, incorporating over two decades of experience. Training includes principles from Self-Directed Care, Wellness Self-Management, Motivation Theory, and Peer Support.

Learning Objectives:
  • Define key concepts of recovery, wellness, self-care, and self-compassion, and describe how they apply to their personal whole health journey.
  • Reflect on meaningful activities and lifestyle choices, including employment, community involvement, and personal passions, as essential components of whole health.
  • Identify and apply peer-supported tools and evidence-based strategies to increase self-determination, empowerment, hope, and motivation.
  • Strengthen social support systems by exploring and connecting with personal, peer, and community resources that align with their wellness goals.
Trainer Bios
 

Scott Metzger brought his 40 years of business management experience, as well as his own “lived experience”, to the Maine non-profit community in a variety of roles. Formerly, Scott was the Director of Recovery Services at Sweetser with responsibilities for the Peer Support Specialist in the Emergency Department at Mid Coast Hospital seven days a week, the 24/7 statewide peer Intentional Warm Line, Intentional Peer Support integrated into ACT and Behavioral Health Home Teams and the state-wide Peer Training Network. Currently Scott is an active member of the Copeland Center Board, a certified Intentional Peer Support Specialist and an enthusiast for Taking Action for Whole Health and Wellbeing. Scott is working on Wellness on Wheels, a project that supports holistic wellness and utilizes small meaningful steps known as "micro-wellness"; to move towards the life people want for themselves. Scott has combined his love of travel and biking for the goal of cycling the circumference of the lower 48, and visiting the four corners, one section at a time. This Fall, he is pedaling from Lubec, Maine to New Bern, North Carolina.

Katie Wilson is the Chief Operations Officer and comes to the Copeland Center after working with Mary Ellen Copeland, Ph.D. Over the past decade, Katie has worked to guide systems and organizational leaders to implement the evidenced based practice of peer group model programs as well as help tailor wellness and recovery programs using the Copeland Center's network of trained educators for their organizational recovery events and services. Katie produces and hosts Doors to Wellbeing’s popular monthly Peer Specialist Webinar Series serving over 30,000 peer specialists each year. Katie is a popular speaker and trainer. Recently, she has presented at the following conferences: Peerpocalyse, VT Dept of Mental Health Conference, Peerpalooza, National Association for Peer Supporter Annual Conference, Peer Support Coalition of PA Annual Conference, and NYC Conference for Working Peer Specialists. Katie has worked for Marlboro College’s MBA program in Managing for Sustainability and the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation. Katie received her BA from Bennington College and her master’s degree from New York University’s Center for Global Affairs where she studied international human rights and mental health.

Training Facts:

  • Date
    • June 16 - June 18, 2026
  • Time:
    • 9:00 am - 4:30 pm each day (ending at 4 pm on June 18)
  • Location: In-person training at Holiday Inn Express Newport North - Middletown. 855 W Main Rd, Middletown, RI 02842 
  • Subject: Taking Action for Whole Health and Wellbeing
  • Practice level: Beginner, Intermediate 
  • CE credit: 
    • ASWB: 22 hours
    • NAADAC: 22 hours
    • NBCC: 22 hours
  • Course type: In-person
    • 22 hour training
  • Covered topics: Taking Action for Whole Health and Wellbeing
  • Date created: 2025

Who Should Take This Course:

Staff at all levels of health and human service agencies, behavioral health organizations, and recovery-centered organizations.

Refund and Cancellation policy:

Access is automatically provided to this course once purchased. Therefore, no refund will be given. For special circumstances before the live sessions begin, C4 may cancel your registration and move your credit to another module of equal value or refund the course to the original source of payment. 

Training Certificates:

Participants may earn a Certificate of Course Completion* by:

  1. Attending the entire 22 hour in-person training
  2. Completing all required learning activities
  3. Completing the course evaluation form and the certificate request form

22 hours of continuing education credit will be awarded upon completion of this course through ASWB, NAADAC, and NBCC. Certificates will be emailed directly to participants roughly two weeks after the completion of the training evaluation and certificate request form. 

Accommodations: 

If you need accommodations for disability, please contact Project Coordinator, Isabel-Kai Fisher at training@c4innovates.com.

Grievances: 

If you would like to report a complaint, please contact Project Director, Rachel Ehly at rehly@c4innovates.com. 

In order to fully complete this course and receive a continuing education certificate, you must arrive on time, fill in the sign-in sheet, and stay for the duration of the training, completing the evaluation. If you are a social worker, you will need to write in your license number in the sign-in sheet.

C4 Innovations, Provider #1457, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. C4 Innovations maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 10/17/2023-10/17/2026. Social workers completing this course receive 22 continuing education credits.  

C4 Innovations has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6576. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. C4 Innovations is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. 

This course has been approved by C4 Innovations, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #100990, C4 Innovations is responsible for all aspects of their programming. 

Training Description

The Copeland Center’s Taking Action for Whole Health & Wellbeing course is a co-facilitated group process that supports individuals in creating a personalized system for recovering, sustaining, and improving their whole health outcomes.

The curriculum is based on Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration’s (SAMHSA) Taking Action curriculum and other recovery publications developed with input from individuals with lived experience of recovery from mental health, addictions, and co-occurring challenges. The program integrates evidence-based and experiential peer-to-peer strategies that have demonstrated effectiveness through research and provider feedback.

Essential Elements:

  • Recovery, wellness, self-care, self-compassion, and action orientation
  • Focus on self-esteem, connection, hope, empowerment, self-determination, education, community inclusion, and self-advocacy
  • Building a strong support system and utilizing personal and community resources
  • Wellness tools, skills, and strategies for whole health, including physical health aspects such as exercise, nutrition, light, sleep, and smoking
  • Spirituality, complementary, alternative, and additional wellness tools
  • Developing action plans for triggers, early warning signs, and difficult times
  • Healthcare, medications, crisis planning, and advanced directives
  • Post-crisis and post-relapse planning
  • Wellness topics: employment, meaningful activity, motivation, and lifestyle

The course is led by two trained peer co-facilitators following the Copeland Center’s evidence-based and experiential peer engagement strategies, incorporating over two decades of experience. Training includes principles from Self-Directed Care, Wellness Self-Management, Motivation Theory, and Peer Support.

Learning Objectives:
  • Define key concepts of recovery, wellness, self-care, and self-compassion, and describe how they apply to their personal whole health journey.
  • Reflect on meaningful activities and lifestyle choices, including employment, community involvement, and personal passions, as essential components of whole health.
  • Identify and apply peer-supported tools and evidence-based strategies to increase self-determination, empowerment, hope, and motivation.
  • Strengthen social support systems by exploring and connecting with personal, peer, and community resources that align with their wellness goals.
Trainer Bios
 

Scott Metzger brought his 40 years of business management experience, as well as his own “lived experience”, to the Maine non-profit community in a variety of roles. Formerly, Scott was the Director of Recovery Services at Sweetser with responsibilities for the Peer Support Specialist in the Emergency Department at Mid Coast Hospital seven days a week, the 24/7 statewide peer Intentional Warm Line, Intentional Peer Support integrated into ACT and Behavioral Health Home Teams and the state-wide Peer Training Network. Currently Scott is an active member of the Copeland Center Board, a certified Intentional Peer Support Specialist and an enthusiast for Taking Action for Whole Health and Wellbeing. Scott is working on Wellness on Wheels, a project that supports holistic wellness and utilizes small meaningful steps known as "micro-wellness"; to move towards the life people want for themselves. Scott has combined his love of travel and biking for the goal of cycling the circumference of the lower 48, and visiting the four corners, one section at a time. This Fall, he is pedaling from Lubec, Maine to New Bern, North Carolina.

Katie Wilson is the Chief Operations Officer and comes to the Copeland Center after working with Mary Ellen Copeland, Ph.D. Over the past decade, Katie has worked to guide systems and organizational leaders to implement the evidenced based practice of peer group model programs as well as help tailor wellness and recovery programs using the Copeland Center's network of trained educators for their organizational recovery events and services. Katie produces and hosts Doors to Wellbeing’s popular monthly Peer Specialist Webinar Series serving over 30,000 peer specialists each year. Katie is a popular speaker and trainer. Recently, she has presented at the following conferences: Peerpocalyse, VT Dept of Mental Health Conference, Peerpalooza, National Association for Peer Supporter Annual Conference, Peer Support Coalition of PA Annual Conference, and NYC Conference for Working Peer Specialists. Katie has worked for Marlboro College’s MBA program in Managing for Sustainability and the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation. Katie received her BA from Bennington College and her master’s degree from New York University’s Center for Global Affairs where she studied international human rights and mental health.

Training Facts:

  • Date
    • June 16 - June 18, 2026
  • Time:
    • 9:00 am - 4:30 pm each day (ending at 4 pm on June 18)
  • Location: In-person training at Holiday Inn Express Newport North - Middletown. 855 W Main Rd, Middletown, RI 02842 
  • Subject: Taking Action for Whole Health and Wellbeing
  • Practice level: Beginner, Intermediate 
  • CE credit: 
    • ASWB: 22 hours
    • NAADAC: 22 hours
    • NBCC: 22 hours
  • Course type: In-person
    • 22 hour training
  • Covered topics: Taking Action for Whole Health and Wellbeing
  • Date created: 2025

Who Should Take This Course:

Staff at all levels of health and human service agencies, behavioral health organizations, and recovery-centered organizations.

Refund and Cancellation policy:

Access is automatically provided to this course once purchased. Therefore, no refund will be given. For special circumstances before the live sessions begin, C4 may cancel your registration and move your credit to another module of equal value or refund the course to the original source of payment. 

Training Certificates:

Participants may earn a Certificate of Course Completion* by:

  1. Attending the entire 22 hour in-person training
  2. Completing all required learning activities
  3. Completing the course evaluation form and the certificate request form

22 hours of continuing education credit will be awarded upon completion of this course through ASWB, NAADAC, and NBCC. Certificates will be emailed directly to participants roughly two weeks after the completion of the training evaluation and certificate request form. 

Accommodations: 

If you need accommodations for disability, please contact Project Coordinator, Isabel-Kai Fisher at training@c4innovates.com.

Grievances: 

If you would like to report a complaint, please contact Project Director, Rachel Ehly at rehly@c4innovates.com. 

In order to fully complete this course and receive a continuing education certificate, you must arrive on time, fill in the sign-in sheet, and stay for the duration of the training, completing the evaluation. If you are a social worker, you will need to write in your license number in the sign-in sheet.

C4 Innovations, Provider #1457, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. C4 Innovations maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 10/17/2023-10/17/2026. Social workers completing this course receive 22 continuing education credits.  

C4 Innovations has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6576. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. C4 Innovations is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. 

This course has been approved by C4 Innovations, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #100990, C4 Innovations is responsible for all aspects of their programming.