Past Events

Training Overview: This training aims to support people who work directly with people who are at risk of or living with hepatitis C (HCV). The training will focus on the role that navigation plays in HCV care, relationship building, and practical strategies to support HCV care along with other goals or priorities. The training will […]

Training Overview: This training is designed primarily for service providers without formal mental health training. The training provides an overview of trauma and mental health issues, roots of trauma and how harm reduction can be a tool/framework that can help us a practitioner understand and unpack the way trauma impacts our participants’ lives and our […]

Presenter: Kimby Muller MORE INFO COMING SOON! Register Organizer: The Academy

Presenter: Nikos Pecoraro MORE INFO COMING SOON! Register Organizer: The Academy

Training Overview: The goal of this training is to explore with participant how to best integrate a harm reduction approach when providing services for people who engage in sex work. Through the training participants will explore how internalized stigma can lead to harmful behaviors and discuss strategies to promote more effective engagement skills with individuals […]

Description: Decades of research show that contingency management (CM) is one of the most effective models of treating stimulant use disorder, yet it remains the least implemented of evidence-based substance use disorder treatments. CM is a behavioral intervention that provides motivational incentives contingent upon completing a goal or behavior, such as stopping stimulant use or […]

Training Overview: Join us for an upcoming panel discussion on Effective Outreach and Engagement with People Who Use Drugs and People Experiencing Homelessness. This panel will feature experts in the field who will provide insights, strategies, and best practices for engaging and supporting these vulnerable communities. Our panelists will discuss the unique challenges and barriers […]

The HCV/HIV/STI/Overdose Prevention Skills Certification Training is a five day community-building and learning experience. Throughout the week, learners will engage in rich conversations, share educational moments, participate in interactive activities, observe and perform role plays, and practice hands-on experiences that will provide them with: Health information pertinent to supporting clients making informed choices regarding their […]

Presenter: Felanie Castro MORE INFO COMING SOON! Register Organizer: The Academy

Training Overview: This training will explore how safety planning can be an effective tool for harm reduction service providers when preventing violence or the escalation of violence through developing rapport with program participants and understanding the nature of violence. Drawing from motivational interviewing techniques and tools as well as the risk-set-setting model, session attendees will […]

Training Overview: This two hours 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 context in which people who use drugs (PWUDs) seek health care and the unique challenges they face in accessing quality health care. […]

Presenter: Rob Hoffman MORE INFO COMING SOON! Register Organizer: The Academy