Building a Recovery-Oriented System of Care
Post-Event Coverage
- Understand the Recovery-Oriented System of Care model, and how it has shifted the focus of addiction treatment facilities from episodic care to ongoing recovery support
- Explain how treatment centers and the recovery community have established meaningful recovery support services, including community-based recovery centers, to help individuals gain important life skills and strengthen their long-term sobriety
- Demonstrate practical strategies to help treatment facilities and individual providers partner with recovery organizations to offer more extended support to patients
Executive Director/Clinical Director, Partner - INTER-CARE
Nick has been in the addiction treatment field for over 30 years. He began his career as a counselor at a therapeutic community on the Lower East Side and today is the CEO and Partner of INTER-CARE, an industry leader in the field of chemical dependency treatment. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor of Social Work at NYU and Adelphi University. He is sought after by the treatment community as a trainer, and is nationally recognized for his seminars on chemical dependency. He has co-authored two books on treatment, the well received Concise Guide to Mental Health: Substance Use Disordersand his newest book, Living with Alcoholism and Drug Addiction: The Teen Edition. Nick is known as an innovator and leader to his colleagues, a mentor to his staff and interns, a teacher to his students, a therapist to his patients: a man whose commitment and dedication has made a huge contribution to the addiction field.