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From Withdrawal to Regulation: The Brain's Timeline for Early Recovery

Amy Jeppesen explores the neurobiology of recovery, reframing challenging early-recovery behaviors as neurobiological responses rather than character failures - the four brain systems impacted by addiction, the four phases of recovery from acute withdrawal through early stabilization, dopamine and cortisol dynamics, and practical recovery housing strategies built on structure, co-regulation, and scaffolding support.

Setting Goals that Actually Work

In this course, you’ll learn why the process of setting your goals is just as important as choosing targets that truly matter. You’ll also learn how to set goals that accurately reflect your purpose and find tools you can use to track your progress. In the end, you’ll walk away with a stronger sense of alignment between your vision and the daily habits that will help you conquer your goals in the long run.

Managing Food Costs

Practical strategies for controlling food costs, which after personnel and utilities can be a recovery home's largest operating expense. Addresses rising grocery prices and vendor delivery fees, the staffing constraints that make cost control difficult, and why good nutrition directly supports residents' physical recovery.

De-Escalation & Conflict Transformation

In this monthly Fletcher Group webinar from September 4 of 2025, Conflict resolution expert Sal Corbin describes the latest and most effective de-escalation techniques that can enable you to transform any kind of conflict—whether at work or at home—into something healthy and mutually rewarding.

Resolving Conflict with Co-workers

Getting along with coworkers can be tricky—but not impossible. This course guides you on how to work through conflict with coworkers to achieve positive outcomes. You’ll discover why workplace conflict can actually be a good thing, how to have a difficult conversation, and how to seek help when progress is at a standstill or you’re dealing with an abusive coworker.

Telling Your Story: Communicating for Impact - How to Become a Better Public Speaker

Matt Johnson, founder of the Abundant Life Recovery Housing Network, equips recovery professionals and community leaders with the communication skills to tell compelling stories about their work - speaking for transformation rather than information, knowing your audience, telling authentic stories while protecting confidentiality, and delivery techniques that keep an audience engaged.

Addressing Inappropriate Behavior

A ten-step framework for addressing inappropriate behavior in a peer-led social model recovery home, where the environment itself is the service. Covers setting clear community standards, teaching residents to address the behavior rather than the person, natural and graduated consequences, repairing harm, and re-entry plans — accountability aimed at growth rather than punishment.

First Aid for Common Household Injuries

This course will provide recovery house operators, staff, and clients with the base knowledge to respond to minor common household injuries that may occur.

Resilience in Recovery

Strategies for building resilience in early recovery, when learning new ways to think and act collides with stress and triggers. Covers managing your emotions, building a strong support system, recognizing your personal strengths, and using healthy coping techniques to improve the odds of long-term recovery.

Trauma: Get It Off Your Chest, It’s An Inside Job

“Trauma," says physician and author Gabor Mate, "is perhaps the most avoided, ignored, belittled, denied, misunderstood, and untreated cause of human suffering.” In this video of the Fletcher Group's 47th monthly webinar on March 5, 2026, Cecily McMillan, a former foster youth and author of the book, The Scars of the Chosen, shows us how to define and identify trauma and provide trauma-informed care to recovery home residents and other recovery program clients.

Finding the Balance: Your Recovery House and Alumni Support

Alumni support is a critical factor in building a healthy support network for your recovery house. You can gain valuable insights, referrals, and new opportunities by building strong and lasting connections with your alumni. By the end of this course, participants can use these best practices to build upon the action plan for their recovery house Alumni Network you began in our course Optimizing Success.