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Upcoming Trainings

Mentoring/Education Domain

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Location
Behavioral Health System Baltimore, 100 S. Charles Street, Tower II, 8th Fl., Balto., MD 21201
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$0.00

MENTORING EDUCATION DOMAIN TRAINING

Ethics for PRS

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Location
Virtual
Price
$0.00

 

Peer Skills Training Course - CORE

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Location
2300 Garrison Blvd, Suite #170 (Entrance off the Parking Lot)
Price
$350.00

This comprehensive 60-hour Peer Skills course provides information and educational awareness of all 5-domains for the Certified Peer Recovery Specialist credential.  

CCAR Recovery Coach Academy - CORE

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Location
virtually on zoom- from 9a-2pm or 4:30pm - 10:00 pm. We also have Daytime options. TO REGISTER GO TO WWW.PEERRECOVERYSUPPORT.COM IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CONTACT DWAYNE@peerrecoverysupport.com
Price
$350.00

The CCAR Recovery Coach Academy© is a 5-day intensive training academy focusing on providing individuals with the skills need to guide, mentor and support anyone who would like to enter into or sus

Advocacy Domain

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Location
Behavioral Health System Baltimore, 100 S. Charles Street, Tower II, 8th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21201
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$0.00

Peer Recovery Specialist Advocacy Domain Training

Recovery/Wellness Domain

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Behavioral Health System Baltimore, 100 S. Charles Street, Tower II, 8th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21201
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$0.00

Recovery/Wellness Domain

Changing The Narrative: Addressing Stigma, Racism, and Biases within the Peer Role

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Location
This training will be delivered on zoom from 9am-2pm or 5-10pm. You must attend each day. Check website for evening options also. Go to www.peerrecoverysupport.com to register
Price
$250.00

This training will help Peers to define, discovery, and manage Stigma, Racism, and Implicit Biases while working in the Peer role.

CPRS Exam Prep

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Location
Behavioral Health System Baltimore, 100 S. Charles Street, Tower II, 8th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21201

This FREE (funded) training will help prepare Peer Recovery Specialist to take the IC&RC Peer Recovery Specialist certification examination.

Supervising PEERfessionals 2.0

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Price
$150.00

Objective: Advance the skills of individuals supervising PEERfessionals by broadening their capacity to lead with wisdom, strategic insight, and resilience.

CCAR Ethical Considerations

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Location
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS VIRTUAL TRAINING, you must attend all days from 9am-2pm or 5-10pm TO REGISTER & PAY GO TO WWW.PEERRECOVERYSUPPORT.COM IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT DWAYNE@PEERRECOVERYSUPPORT.COM We also have evening options.
Price
$150.00

PARTICIPANTS WHO COMPLETE THIS TRAINING WILL:

Registered Peer Supervisor Training

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Location
VIRTUAL
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$0.00

This training is designed for individuals who meet the criteria to become a Registered Peer Supervisor.

Integrating Harm Reduction in Peer Support

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Location
virtually on zoom- from 9a-1:30 pm or 5pm - 9:30 pm. TO REGISTER GO TO WWW.PEERRECOVERYSUPPORT.COM IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CONTACT DWAYNE@peerrecoverysupport.com
Price
$99.00

In this training participants will :

Define Harm Reduction and discuss how it relates to our work as Peer Supporter

Domain 5 KSAs

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Price
$85.00

This training will equip PEERfessionals with the knowledge, skills, and abilities outlined in Domain 5 of the Maryland Addiction and Behavioral-health Professionals Certification Board’s Peer Recov

Seminar 2: Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) Facilitator Training (3-Day Format)

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Location
Chesapeake Voyagers, Easton MD
Price
$700.00

Through this highly interactive, in-person, 24-hour (3 days) training, participants will gain a deeper understanding of the recovery process and how to support people in their recovery process usin

Registered Peer Supervisor - REFRESHER

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Location
Virtual

This training is designed to provide Registered Peer Supervisor’s with the required 6-hour required CEU’s to maintain their current RPS status.

Ethical Domain

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Location
Behavioral Health System Baltimore, 100 S. Charles Street, Tower II, 8th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21201
Price
$0.00

This training is Peer Recovery Specialist domain training which highlights the knowledge, skills and abilities associated with implementation of the job task related to the Ethical Responsibility d

Peer Outreach Worker Training

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Location
Medstar Harbor Hospital
Price
$0.00

Peer Outreach Worker Training is a 2-DAY IN-PERSON course use to education and training Peer Recovery Specialist to work in the community connecting individuals to a wide variety of community suppo

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2025 Members

A Short Story About Us

The Maryland Addiction and Behavioral-health Professionals Certification Board is a private, non-partisan corporation which offers voluntary international and state level credentials to the behavioral health worker. The Board, comprised of certified and licensed professionals and peer recovery specialists throughout the state, implements standards, testing and training for certifying addiction counselors, co-occurring disorders professionals, criminal justice addictions professionals, clinical supervisors, and peer recovery specialists and their supervisors. It also approves providers of continuing education training in Maryland. Links to these documents can be found on the Certification, CPRS, and Training pages.

MABPCB is always looking for board members who can strengthen our service to behavioral health workers in the state. If you hold an IC&RC credential or you have a keen interest in what we are doing, please fill out and send the Board Membership Application to us. We promise to get back to you after our next board meeting. Meetings are usually held every other month, and sometimes more frequently as needed.

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Latest News

NEW CPRS REQUIREMENTS - EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2025

WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE MARYLAND CREDENTIAL 

  1. TRAINING HOURS - There will be a new requirement of 4 additional training hours required in the Harm Reduction Domain for Peer Recovery Specialist. Instead of 46 hours of training and education, all CPRS applicants will be required to complete 50 Domain hours of training.

2025 CPRS, RPS & RETEST APPLICATION FUNDING

Maryland's Behavioral Health Administration is proud to announce the continuation of the BHA funding opportunity which allows individuals seeking CPRS, RPS status & Retest to apply to have your application and retest fees covered by BHA in partnership with MABPCB. These funds are designed to reduce financial barriers that individuals experience as they work towards their CPRS credential. The funding is also use to assist current CPRS to maintain their credential through recertification.