PRSS 103 — Boundaries and Ethics
This course will introduce the ethics and boundaries in peer recovery as it pertains to alcohol and addiction recovery treatement. Topics for the course include examining ethical principles and values that drive ethics; appropriately dealing with ethical dilemmas; ethics in recovery , and building organizational ethics in the workplace. Studens will also examine the importance of building elastic boundaries in the peer recovery field; how boundaries relate to ethics; maintaining professional distance; managing multiple roles, and how self-care aligns with health boundaries. Uncovering one’s own personal ethics and/or discovering professional ethical standards will help determine the quality of a peer guidance relationships.