Short Mini-Conference Presentation on Maria Pau's doctoral research study measuring the effect of Collaborative Peer Recovery Coaching (CPRC) on recovery capital resources of those with poly-drug use issues.

1. The impact of collaborative peer
recovery coaching (CPRC) on recovery
capital resources, in subjects with poly-
drug use issues.
Presented by
Maria Pau
University of Queensland
Doctorate of Professional Studies Research Program

2.  Global Addiction Epidemic
Legal – tobacco, alcohol and
medication
Illicit – meth, heroin and cocaine
Party Drugs
Poly-drug use and co-morbidity

3.  Combat substance abuse, now
5th leading global disease out of
291 disease groups in 187
countries
 Lower AOD prevalence in
Australia (33%)
 In 2010 > 183,900,000 disability
adjusted life years (DALYs)
 To contribute to lowering DALYs
and prevalence of SUD

4. Work
Based
Learning
(WBL)

5.  World of Addiction
 Therapeutic treatments to date and gaps for service
delivery
 Why coaching? Why recovery coaching?
 Why Collaborative Peer Recovery Coaching by Maria Pau
(2010) and what is CPRC?
 Holistic mind-body-spirit approach to integrative healing

6.  Insider-Research with 5 critical roles in WBL - ABR
 Learner within the Doctoral Studies
 IR or Insider Researcher
 CPRC – Collaborative Peer Recovery Coach
 WBL Founder / CEO of work place
 AB or Action-Based Researcher
 Paradigm: Constructivist, exploratory
 Utilising abductive reasoning / logic
 Design: Mixed methods, multiple case studies pilot
 Validity: face, content, internal, external and reliability
 Participants (n=18) and recruitment process
 CPRC Procedures and mention of work artefact (Manual)
 Data Collection (videos, transcripts, RCR) & Data Analysis

7.  Enrolled Semester 1 - Mar 2015
 Proposal Aug – Nov 2015
 Confirmation Presentation – Dec 2015
 Revision of Presentation Proposal – Jan–Mar ’16
 Ethics Clearance - Jan–Apr ’16
 Confirmation May 2016
 Understanding and application of the iterative supervision process
 Funding, Organisation & Time Management
 Work-life balance