Registration
CE: 1 CE in ethics. Continuing education hours will only be awarded for full participation.
Registration Required: Participants must register and log in using a unique email address.
Event Details
Title: Winter Renewal: The Art of Story Stewardship (Responsible Storysharing)
Date: December 17, 2025
Time: 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM CT
Location: Online
Facilitators: Melissa McGill, Christine Zimmerly, Jeffrey Loflin
Cost: Free
Language: English
Withdrawal or Special Accommodations: email christine.zimmerly@recoverypeople.org
Satisfaction Survey: Completion of a satisfaction survey is required to receive continuing education credit.
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Course Description
The Art of Story Stewardship introduces peer specialists to ethical, powerful, and purpose-driven approaches for sharing lived experience. Participants will learn how to support the peer through consent-based storytelling, apply the Peer Code of Ethics to real-world scenarios, and practice crafting short recovery narratives that promote safety, connection, and hope. This session blends instruction with hands-on practice to strengthen confident, ethical story use in peer support settings.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
- Define story stewardship and apply the Ask-Share-Ask model to ensure consent-based, purposeful sharing of lived experience.
- Develop and deliver a concise recovery narrative using a structured, purpose-driven storytelling framework.
- Apply the Peer Code of Ethics to storytelling scenarios by identifying boundary issues, maintaining safety, and using trauma-informed practices.