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Live Trainings
Harm Reduction Navigator Recertification
Date: Thursday, May 30, 2024 9:00 am-12:00 pm
Location: Location: 288 N 1460 W, Salt Lake City, UT 84116
This is a three-hour, in person recertification course for individuals who completed the first-time Harm Reduction Navigator training over two years ago. The three-hour training will be a refresher on the foundational principles of harm reduction and cover recent developments in the field. Recertification is available to anyone, but it is required for syringe services program staff who are actively conducting syringe exchange. If you have questions about the status of your certification, please contact hannahadams@utah.gov. More information
Harm Reduction Navigator Certification
Dates: August 15-16, 2024 9:00 am-3:00 pm
Location: 288 N 1460 W, Salt Lake City, UT 84116
This in-person training is designed to teach participants the basics of harm reduction. You will learn to use these principles to meet individuals where they are and use compassion to help reduce the harms they are at risk for. If you have questions, please contact hannahadams@utah.gov. More information
HIV Testing and Counseling Training
Day 1: Prevention Counseling, Part 1 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
Day 2: Prevention Counseling, Part 2 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
Day 3: Rapid Lab Technician 9:00 am - 11:30 am, Rapid Lab Test Site Administrator 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
This training is designed to train providers who work in nonclinical settings how to administer Rapid HIV Testing technologies, develop client-centered risk reduction plans, and provide appropriate referrals as needed. More information
On-demand trainings
Changing Minds: Implementing Harm Reduction
National Association of Alcoholism Counselors and Trainers
This webinar focuses on the impact of staff training to change staff attitudes regarding harm reduction interventions. The training outlines a process undertaken at The Bridge of Central MA from 2016-2017, using the Learning Collaborative model to plan and execute trainings in harm reduction. The presentation reviews the tracking of process and outcomes using the Harm Reduction Acceptability Scale (HRAS), and recommendations for implementing similar training packages in a variety of settings.
Harm Reduction Treatment for PWUD
National Association of Alcoholism Counselors and Trainers
This program reviews some of the basic information on harm reduction treatment with individuals who use substances. Total abstinence is not always the answer, especially in low risk situations and with younger drug users. Understanding that there are alternatives to finding a path to recovery allows clients to open up about their struggles, feeling secure in setting their own goals, and normalizing the relapses that all addiction professions know will occur. This webinar includes recent research findings on clinician acceptance of harm reduction treatment.
Compassion Fatigue and Burnout for Providers
National Association of Alcoholism Counselors and Trainers
This webinar defines and distinguishes health-risks commonly experienced by helping professionals, specifically burnout and compassion fatigue. The webinar emphasizes both risk factors and protective factors for these stressors within individuals and organizations, and provides a means to assess one’s personal vulnerability to these.
HIV and Blood-borne Pathogens
National Association of Alcoholism Counselors and Trainers
Ethically, addiction counselors and allied service providers have an obligation to protect their clients, communities and themselves through infection and disease containment. This webinar defines key terms used when discussing bloodborne pathogens, defines bloodborne pathogens most implicated with substance use disorders, and discusses infection and containment.
