Course 1: Understanding the Purpose and Roles of Professional Peers

Welcome to The Purpose and Roles of Professional Peers, the first in a series of courses for system actors working within drug treatment courts who are currently integrating, or hope to integrate, professional peers into their settings.

This course aims to help system actors understand how to effectively
incorporate and support Professional Peers within drug treatment courts.

Within this course, there are three objectives to be completed:

• Objective 1 is to understand the history of professional peers.
• Objective 2 is to understand the role and purpose of utilizing professional peers within drug treatment courts and,
• Objective 3 is to adequately verbalize the benefits and constraints of utilizing professional peers within drug treatment courts.