CRSW Training Series: Jan 2026

Register here for ALL 6 classes in the CRSW Series at a reduced rate. Participants will complete all educational requirements for a NH CRSW license over 11 1/2 days to be completed in approximately one month. This includes a 2-day course in Motivational Interviewing: The Basics.

The total cost for all classes is $575. A limited number of partial scholarships are available through generous grants from Harbor Care and NH Healthy Families for those who enroll in the entire series.

Apply here for a scholarship: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScXSFA6ftiSGngKV678u7JwFwGNNsiEsinujSa5lUbiRTb8kQ/viewform?usp=header

IMPORTANT: To participate in the CRSW Series, you must be able to attend all 6 classes as scheduled. There are no refunds or partial refunds and we cannot reschedule you for future dates, so please closely review the dates and your availability.

A ll courses are online via Zoom.

The CRSW Training Series is scheduled as follows:

The Art & Science of Peer-Assisted Recovery, 5 days, 30 hours (online)

Day 1: Jan 5, 8:30am-4pm

Day 2:Tues Jan 6, 8:30am- 4pm

Day 3: Wed Jan 7, 8:30am- 4pm

Day 4: Thurs Jan 8, 8:30am- 4pm

Day 5: Friday Jan 9, 8:30am- 4pm

Ethical Considerations in Peer-Assisted Recovery, 2 days, 12 hours (online)

Day 1: Thurs Jan 15, 8:30am-4 pm

Day 2: Friday Jan 16, 8:30am-4pm

Suicide Prevention for Peer-Assisted Recovery, 1 day, 6 hours (online)

Wed Jan 21, 8:30am-4pm

AIDS, HIV and Hepatitis C Prevention for Peer-Assisted Recovery, 1 day, 6 hours (online)

Thurs, Jan 22, 8:30am-4pm

Co-Occurring Disorders for Peer-Assisted Recovery, 3 hours (online)

Friday, Jan 23, 8:30-11:45am

Motivational Interviewing: The Basics for Peer-Assisted Recovery, 2 partial days, 5.5 hours (online)

Thurs. Jan 29, 8:30 am --3:30 pm

Friday, Jan 30, 8:30 am -3:30 am

For full course descriptions, visit our training site at sosrcotraining.org.

Questions? Email Training Coordinator Eileen Doyle: edoyle@sosrco.org

Trainers:

John Burns, MBA, CRSW, is the Executive Director of SOS Recovery Community Organization and has been engaged in training delivery and development over the past six years at SOS. He oversees and inspires his staff and the numerous programs SOS offers at recovery centers in Rochester, Dover and Exeter, NH. They include syringe service programs and harm reduction supplies at all centers, family support and parenting programs, a comprehensive outreach program with those experiencing homelessness and a statewide program for individuals involved in the criminal justice system.

John is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) and completed the MINT training of new trainers. He has been trained extensively in motivational interviewing techniques with other MINT members including Stephen Andrew LCSW, LADC, CCS, CGP, John Gilbert MS, RD, CCP, RHC-III, ACSM-CEP®, Ali Hall, JD, and Casey Jackson MSW, MAC, LICSW, CDP. He has also completed several coaching and coding trainings and trained under Denise Ernst PhD in Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity (MITI) Coding. John is trained and authorized to complete Motivational Interviewing Competency Assessments (MICA) for coding practitioners of MI.

Eileen Doyle, MST, CRSW, is the Training Coordinator at SOS Recovery Community Organization. She trains the CRSW Training Series four times a year and co-trains Motivational Interviewing (MI) with SOS Executive Director John Burns. She is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers and has completed MI trainings with Stephen R. Andrew LCSW, LADC, CCS, John Gilbert, MS, RD, CCP, RHC-III, ACSM-CEP® and Jeffery Decker, founder of Telos Motivational Interviewing for Law Enforcement. She also attends the HETI Learning Community.

Eileen earned her Masters in Science for Teachers from the University of NH and a bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts/Journalism from Northeastern University. She is a Certified Journaling Facilitator through the Therapeutic Writing Institute and has led Journaling Workshops for recovery support workers, cancer survivors, prison inmates and others seeking healing, change and growth. Before joining the field of recovery, she was a high school teacher for 23 years in Haverhill, Mass. and a journalist at the Eagle-Tribune in Lawrence, Mass.