Training Overview: Biology, psychology, and sociology play a critical role in a person’s relationship with substances and helps to explain or understand substance use. Different substances affect different people in different ways for many different reasons. This training will cover the types, classifications, and major categories of substances. Also, we will explore how different substances […]

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 and promote health by “meeting people where they are” rather than making judgments about where they should be in terms of their personal health and […]

This training equips behavioral health providers and public health workers in the San Francisco Bay Area with practical, youth-centered approaches to engaging adolescents in harm reduction practices. Grounded in core principles, the training emphasizes meeting teens and young adults where they are at, reducing stigma, supporting autonomy, and safer decision-making. Participants will gain a foundational […]

Training Overview: This training will discuss the application of harm reduction in substance use treatment programs and settings. Harm reduction is a set of practical strategies that reduce negative consequences of drug use and improve the quality of the client’s life based on harm reduction principles. This approach can be challenging for providers trained in traditional substance use […]

Training Overview: More than 50% of people who have a substance use disorder have a co-occurring mental health disorder.  It is the rule, not the exception, with trauma almost universal among people who misuse substances.  Yet more than half of young people who misuse drugs will mature out of a problematic relationship with drugs by […]