Social Practice and the Clubhouse Model
Supplemental training in the Clubhouse Model — SPLL is a collaborative learning lab where colleagues test new approaches and build practical skills for empowering others in social practice environments.
SPLL is a place to try things — side-by-side, with shared purpose.
Learning the work of a Clubhouse isn’t always straight-forward. Clubhouses are living communities — built daily from choices made about the space, work, and relationships that shape the therapeutic potential of the community.
The Social Practice Leadership Lab (SPLL) is a new space for Clubhouse colleagues to challenge their expertise and build knowledge and skills that matter. Over a six-month period, member and staff colleagues will explore all aspects of social practice, test new ideas in their own clubhouses, and grow as leaders of recovery-oriented community.
A clubhouse focuses on people as members — not patients or clients. The Lab carries that same belief: everyone here is a colleague, a contributor, and a leader-in-the-making.
APPROACH
Five essential elements, one shared practice
The curriculum is organized around the five elements of social practice, which describe the essential mechanisms at play in the Clubhouse Model.
social design
How do we create a space and environment supportive of recovery?
We treat the Clubhouse itself as a designed environment — its rooms, its rhythms, its rituals all shape how people feel, contribute, and belong. Here we learn to read that environment and shape it with intention.
engagement
How can choice and action drive recovery outcomes in all aspects of the clubhouse program?
Recovery moves when people choose to take part rather than being placed. We explore how invitation, ownership, and meaningful work turn members into authors of the day.
relationships
How can we open and grow authentic, new relationships that support, challenge, and celebrate people in their journeys?
Side by side — member and staff — we practice the kinds of relationships that hold people accountable and lift them up. Relationships built on a genuine need for one another.
feedback
How do we integrate useful, compassionate feedback into structured and more personal interactions with each other?
Feedback is how a community learns. We build the skill of giving and receiving it with honesty and care — in meetings, in shared work, and in the quiet moments in between.
transitional environments
How can we create spaces beyond the boundaries of the clubhouse for risk-taking and rebuilding of a natural life?
Recovery doesn’t end at the front door. We design bridges into work, school, and community where people can take real risks and rebuild a natural, self-directed life.
Supplemental training in the Clubhouse Model
What you’ll do
interactive workshops
Hands-on sessions where colleagues work through the model together — discussing, role-playing, and pressure-testing ideas drawn from real Clubhouse experiences.
clubhouse improvement projects
Take what you learn back to your house. Each clubhouse team will implement a real improvement project that puts social practice to work.
personal & professional development
Grow as a leader of recovery-oriented community — building confidence, voice, and skills that travel well beyond the walls of the Clubhouse.
Inside the Clubhouse
Building community side by side
2026 COHORT
What, when & who
what?
Supplemental Training in the Clubhouse Model
- Interactive workshops
- Clubhouse Improvement Projects
- Personal & professional development
when?
Tuesdays at 2:00 PM
Twice monthly
Beginning Summer 2026.
who?
Member & Staff Colleagues
from Texas Clubhouses
Everyone is welcome as a colleague — no prior experience required.
Join the Lab
Pull up a chair. Let’s build this together!
Tell us a little about you and we’ll be in touch with dates, details, and how to take part in the next cohort.
TRAINING FOR CLUBHOUSE MEMBER AND STAFF COLLEAGUES
The Social Practice Leadership Lab
Thank you for joining the Lab! We’ll be in touch soon with next steps.