• Motivational Interviewing (virtual)

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    Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a collaborative, person-centered counseling approach designed to strengthen an individual’s motivation and commitment to change. This interactive training equips participants with the foundational principles, spirit, and […]

  • De-Escalation (In-Person)

    SFDPH 25 Van Ness Ave Room 610, San Francisco

    De-escalation starts with knowing our own responses to an escalated situation, knowing how other people that you work with respond, and knowing your people that you work with. This training will […]

  • Foundations of Working with People Who Use Drugs (virtual)

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    Training Overview: This training will provide health and human service providers with a comprehensive overview of Harm Reduction. This approach incorporates a practical set of strategies designed to prevent disease […]

  • Meaningful Involvement of People Who Use Drugs (virtual)

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    Training Overview:Meaningful involvement of people who use drugs can increase support for harm reduction policy and advocacy efforts; challenge myths related to drug use, HIV, and viral hepatitis; and reframe […]

  • Foundations of Working with People Who Use Drugs 201 (virtual)

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    Training Overview:This highly participatory session will focus on workshopping practical ways providers can integrate to their practice the six principles of harm reduction. Trainees will engage with each other to […]

  • Motivational Interviewing 201 (virtual)

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    This advanced workshop builds on the foundational Motivational Interviewing (MI) training by moving from concept to application. Designed for public sector practitioners who have completed introductory MI training, this session […]

  • Improving Health Care for People Who Use Drugs (virtual)

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    Training Overview:This training is designed to help non-clinical service providers engage with their clients who use drugs around issues related to health care. It will explore the systemic and individual […]

  • De-Escalation (In-Person)

    SFDPH 25 Van Ness Ave Room 610, San Francisco

    Training Overview:De-escalation starts with knowing our own responses to an escalated situation, knowing how other people that you work with respond, and knowing your people that you work with. This training […]

  • Working with Pregnant People Who Use Drugs (virtual)

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    Training Overview: Pregnant and parenting people who use substances are one of the most stigmatized and demonized subsets of the population. Experience with bias, judgment, and scrutiny - especially from […]

  • Vicarious Trauma & Trauma-Informed Care (virtual)

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    Training Overview: The theory of vicarious trauma acknowledges that people that provide the range of social services to people that have experienced trauma themselves has an impact of the provider. […]