About APPR
Action Planning for Prevention and Recovery (APPR) is a self-directed recovery and wellness program designed to promote personal awareness, health, and life transformation.
In APPR groups, individuals learn more about APPR and how to complete their own plan from trained APPR facilitators, who share self-help concepts, skills, and strategies.
While originally designed for individuals with mental health and/or substance use disorders, APPR is a valuable learning experience for all seeking a more manageable life.
Those with lived experience in mental health or substance use disorders can become certified APPR facilitators, which will give you the training needed to empower recovery and wellness in your community.
**APPR Training Update**
At this time, Vocal Virginia has no APPR trainings as we navigate funding transitions. We remain deeply committed to offering these opportunities and are actively exploring ways to continue supporting facilitators, trainers, and community members.
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Many APPR trainers continue to hold facilitator trainings within their own communities. While Vocal Virginia does not maintain a statewide list of these trainings, we share details in our weekly eDigest whenever we are notified. Interested individuals are also encouraged to check with their local community service boards, behavioral health providers, and peer-run centers for information about upcoming opportunities in their area.
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Our goal is to ensure that future trainings are sustainable and aligned with the needs of the peer recovery community. Please check back for updates, and thank you for your patience and support as we work toward offering APPR trainings once again.
This 3-day training prepares participants to facilitate APPR groups at their workplace, in the community, or wherever needed. The training explores the APPR plan itself, APPR values and ethics, and facilitator skills. It also incorporates facilitation practice and feedback.
This 2-day training prepares certified APPR facilitators to train individuals in the facilitation of APPR groups. Vocal Virginia is the sole sponsor of these trainings, which involves a vetted application process to ensure ToTs will actively conduct trainings in their workplaces and communities.
These materials were developed by Vocal Virginia under Subrecipient Funding Agreement Numbers: 002850103, 839500109, and 853490134 from Virginia’s Office of Recovery Services, Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (ORS-DBHDS). The content is based on the Action Plan for Prevention and Recovery prepared by Mary Ellen Copeland, Ph.D., for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under contract number 99M005957.