Meghan Chambers

As a Recovery Peer Support Specialist I use my own unique lived experience with substance use & child welfare to connect with clients on a deeper level and help them navigate their own journey towards recovery & reunification. My passion is helping others to heal and live their best lives possible because recovery is possible.

Presentations or Panels

• DCF Summit (Parent Panel)-Orlando-Sept 2023
• Child Welfare League of America Conference-Washington D.C- April 2023
• Florida 7th Annual Perinatal Mental Health Conference-Tampa-Dec 2022
• Florida ECC FDDC All- Sites Meeting- May 2024 Spoke on panel.

• Mental Health First Aid, 11/01/20, Learned risk factors & warning signs for mental illness & addiction concerns. Strategies for how to help someone in both crisis and non-crisis.
• Helping Others Heal, 12/01/20, 40 HR FCB- CERTIFICATION # 5257A. Necessary training for CRPS. This curriculum addresses the approved Florida Certification Board four content areas Advocacy, Mentoring, Recovery Support, and Professional Responsibility.
• WRAP Wellness Recovery Action Plan, 11/01/20, 16 HR CERT # 5257-A. Necessary training for CRPS. The WRAP process supports you to identify the tools that keep you well & create action plans to put them into practice in your everyday life.
• WHAM Whole Health Action Management, 06/01/21, I AM A CERTIFIED FACILITATOR. The goal of Whole Health Action Management WHAM is to teach skills to support peers to better self-manage physical health.
• Telebehavioral Health Training, 07/01/21, Client care in virtual environment- 3hrs. Technology & Telepresence- 1hr. Special legal, Regulatory & Ethical Responsibilities in a virtual environment-2hrs.
• Emotional CPR, 07/01/21, Emotional CPR (eCPR) is an educational program designed to teach people to assist others through an emotional crisis by three simple steps: C = Connecting, P = emPowering, and R = Revitalizing.
• QPR Gatekeeper, 07/01/21, QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer - the 3 simple steps anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide.
• CRSS Certified Recovery Support Specialist, 03/01/22, Completed all necessary trainings for my CRSS, I did my trainings with LSF.
• CULTURAL COMPETENCY, 06/01/21, 4 HRS CERT # 5257-A.
• CRPS Certified Recovery Specialist, 12/01/20, Completed all my necessary trainings and hours for certification.
• Parent Group Leader Training, 06/01/21, The Incredible Years: Parents, Teachers & Children Training Series.

• PATH Parent Advocates for Transformation and Healing, 05/01/23-9/01/24, Florida Statewide Parent Leader Board (PATH) Parent Advocates for Transformation & Healing. We are courageous leaders as we advance justice-centered transformation while influencing institutions to create new pathways where investing in families is the priority.