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SUMMARY:Harm Reduction 201
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview: \nThis 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 unpack real life case scenarios and will have the opportunity to collectively review and analyze how to effectively consistently infuse harm reduction to their case interventions. \nPrerequisites: Foundations of Harm Reduction training in the last 6 months. Direct service work for the past year. \nTraining Objectives: \n\nIdentify three ways they can concretely integrate the six principles of harm reduction to their practice.\nList three harm reduction strategies to tackle potential challenges that may come up when working with participants who use drugs.\nDevelop an awareness to recognize when they are effectively infusing harm reduction principles to client interventions.\n\nFacilitator: National Harm Reduction Coalition \nOrganized By: The Harm Reduction Training Institute
URL:https://learnsfdph.org/event/harm-reduction-201-2/
LOCATION:online
ORGANIZER;CN="Harm Reduction Training Institute (HRTI)":MAILTO:HRTI@sfdph.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260318T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260318T120000
DTSTAMP:20251110T215947Z
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SUMMARY:Vicarious Traumatization\, Self-care\, and Burnout Prevention
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview: \nTaking care of complex clients is at times a difficult business. The people we work with suffer greatly and the stories we hear are distressing. Agencies and individuals can develop strategies for coping with the feelings that often mirror the distress of our clients. This workshop offers information about the nature of vicarious traumatization\, the root causes of burnout\, and helps participants and agencies develop their own methods of self-care. \nTraining Objectives: \n\nDescribe the difference between flight\, fight\, freeze\, and appease.\nIdentify at least symptoms of burnout.\nIndicate at least two ways they can participate in self-care.\nDefine what vicarious trauma is.\n\nFacilitator: Maurice Byrd\, LMFT (He/Him/His) \nOrganized By: The Harm Reduction Training Institute
URL:https://learnsfdph.org/event/vicarious-traumatization-self-care-and-burnout-prevention/
LOCATION:online
ORGANIZER;CN="Harm Reduction Training Institute (HRTI)":MAILTO:HRTI@sfdph.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260303T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260303T120000
DTSTAMP:20251110T215603Z
CREATED:20251110T215603Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251110T215603Z
UID:52405-1772532000-1772539200@learnsfdph.org
SUMMARY:Incorporating Harm Reduction Principles into Substance Use Treatment
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview: \nThis 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 treatment methods but can provide additional tools to assist clients in moving towards their recovery goals. Participants will develop an understanding of the principles of harm reduction\, participate in activities designed to assist them in exploring attitudes and beliefs about harm reduction\, and develop practical skills and interventions that can be used in their work. \nTraining Objectives: \n\nDefine three principles of harm reduction in relation to substance use treatment.\nIdentify three key attributes that support applying harm reduction approaches and principles.\nReview challenges and barriers to treatment and recovery that people who use drugs face.\nExplore how harm reduction can protect and re-engage people who experience relapse during substance use treatment and their recovery journey.\nDiscuss three strategies to engage participants in substance use treatment and  optimize their recovery goals.\n\nFacilitator: National Harm Reduction Coalition \nOrganized By: The Harm Reduction Training Institute
URL:https://learnsfdph.org/event/incorporating-harm-reduction-principles-into-substance-use-treatment/
LOCATION:online
ORGANIZER;CN="Harm Reduction Training Institute (HRTI)":MAILTO:HRTI@sfdph.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260218T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260218T120000
DTSTAMP:20251110T215303Z
CREATED:20251110T215303Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251110T215303Z
UID:52402-1771408800-1771416000@learnsfdph.org
SUMMARY:Trauma Informed Care
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview: \nThis workshop helps participants understand the relationship between trauma and substance use\, learn key trauma-informed practices\, and analyze the way that agency policies and staff interactions can be experienced as re-traumatizing. Specific skills are offered for creating an agency culture that is both sensitive to\, and able to work with\, the complex behaviors that can arise in traumatized individuals. \nTraining Objectives: \n\nRecognize at least one reason how stigmatizing language contributes negatively to clinician countertransference.\nIdentify at least two reasons why people use drugs.\nIndicate at least two levels of trauma that people experience.\nIdentify at least one mental health condition that is correlated with substance use.\n\nFacilitator: Maurice Byrd\, LMFT (He/Him/His) \nOrganized By: The Harm Reduction Training Institute
URL:https://learnsfdph.org/event/trauma-informed-care/
LOCATION:online
ORGANIZER;CN="Harm Reduction Training Institute (HRTI)":MAILTO:HRTI@sfdph.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260205T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260205T150000
DTSTAMP:20251110T215008Z
CREATED:20251110T215008Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251110T215008Z
UID:52399-1770296400-1770303600@learnsfdph.org
SUMMARY:Boundaries and Disclosure in Harm Reduction Work with PWUDs
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview: \nThis workshop explores boundary setting and disclosure between people who use drugs and providers within a harm reduction framework. The workshop will provide guidance and ‘best practices’ for identifying boundary issues and boundary violations in their daily work with participants. In addition\, the function of individual and group supervision will be discussed\, in relation to improving engagement with participants by identifying and setting personal and professional boundaries; alongside examining potential transference issues. \nTraining Objectives: \n\nDiscuss the role of boundaries and disclosure within a harm reduction framework.\nIdentify boundary challenges versus boundary violations.\nDescribe the role of staff supervision in relation to improving boundaries with clients\, preventing burnout\, and identifying transference/disclosure issues.\n\nFacilitator: National Harm Reduction Coalition \nOrganized By: The Harm Reduction Training Institute
URL:https://learnsfdph.org/event/boundaries-and-disclosure-in-harm-reduction-work-with-pwuds/
LOCATION:online
ORGANIZER;CN="Harm Reduction Training Institute (HRTI)":MAILTO:HRTI@sfdph.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260121T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260121T120000
DTSTAMP:20251110T214655Z
CREATED:20251110T214655Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251110T214655Z
UID:52396-1768989600-1768996800@learnsfdph.org
SUMMARY:De-Escalation
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview: \nHarm Reduction offers a unique approach to working with de-escalation. 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 focus on developing effective techniques for approaching escalated situations before they happen\, while they are happening\, and how we care for each other after the situation has resolved. Individual\, group and team-building prevention strategies are also part of the discussion. \nTraining Objectives: \n\nIdentify the four most common natural responses that all people have in an escalated situation.\nUnderstand the most way they respond in an escalated situation.\nUtilize the understanding of how trauma plays a part in de-escalation with their work with clients.\nDescribe why debriefing is essential in burnout prevention and improved quality of care.\n\nFacilitator: Maurice Byrd\, LMFT (He/Him/His) \nOrganized By: The Harm Reduction Training Institute
URL:https://learnsfdph.org/event/de-escalation/
LOCATION:SFDPH\, 25 Van Ness Ave Room 610\, San Francisco\, 94102
ORGANIZER;CN="Harm Reduction Training Institute (HRTI)":MAILTO:HRTI@sfdph.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260107T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260107T120000
DTSTAMP:20251110T214250Z
CREATED:20251110T214250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251110T214250Z
UID:52393-1767780000-1767787200@learnsfdph.org
SUMMARY:Harm Reduction 201
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview: \nThis 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 unpack real life case scenarios and will have the opportunity to collectively review and analyze how to effectively consistently infuse harm reduction to their case interventions. \nPrerequisites: Foundations of Harm Reduction training in the last 6 months. Direct service work for the past year. \nTraining Objectives: \n\nIdentify three ways they can concretely integrate the six principles of harm reduction to their practice.\nList three harm reduction strategies to tackle potential challenges that may come up when working with participants who use drugs.\nDevelop an awareness to recognize when they are effectively infusing harm reduction principles to client interventions.\n\nFacilitator: National Harm Reduction Coalition \nOrganized By: The Harm Reduction Training Institute
URL:https://learnsfdph.org/event/harm-reduction-201/
LOCATION:online
ORGANIZER;CN="Harm Reduction Training Institute (HRTI)":MAILTO:HRTI@sfdph.org
END:VEVENT
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251210T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251210T120000
DTSTAMP:20251110T213931Z
CREATED:20251110T213931Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251110T213931Z
UID:52390-1765360800-1765368000@learnsfdph.org
SUMMARY:Motivational Interviewing
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview: \nMotivational 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 core skills of MI\, including expressing empathy\, developing discrepancy\, rolling with resistance\, and supporting self-efficacy. \nThrough a blend of lectures\, demonstrations\, and hands-on practice\, participants will learn how to engage clients in meaningful conversations about change\, enhance intrinsic motivation\, and reduce ambivalence. The training emphasizes the use of open-ended questions\, affirmations\, reflective listening\, and summarizing (OARS) to foster a supportive and nonjudgmental environment. \nTraining Objectives: \n\nUnderstand the underlying spirit and principles of MI.\nApply MI techniques to elicit and strengthen change talk.\nRespond effectively to resistance and ambivalence.\nIntegrate MI strategies into their existing practice to promote positive behavioral change.\n\nFacilitator: Harm Reduction Therapy Center \nOrganized By: The Harm Reduction Training Institute
URL:https://learnsfdph.org/event/motivational-interviewing/
LOCATION:online
ORGANIZER;CN="Harm Reduction Training Institute (HRTI)":MAILTO:HRTI@sfdph.org
END:VEVENT
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251204T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251204T150000
DTSTAMP:20251110T213526Z
CREATED:20251110T213343Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251110T213526Z
UID:52383-1764853200-1764860400@learnsfdph.org
SUMMARY:Cultural Safety\, Language Justice\, and Harm Reduction
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview: \nThis training seeks to create space for reflection and conversation with participants about the concept of cultural humility with the goal of initiating and sustaining a culture of continuous learning\, reflection\, and humility while helping training attendees explore and understand the following: what is the concept of cultural humility\, why is it relevant to harm reduction and why it is a needed practice in our day to day work/life. \nTraining Objectives: \n\nDefine cultural safety and language justice.\nUnderstand why cultural safety and language justice are part of person centered care.\nDiscuss the role of person centered care in harm reduction.\n\nFacilitator: National Harm Reduction Coalition \nOrganized By: The Harm Reduction Training Institute
URL:https://learnsfdph.org/event/cultural-safety-language-justice-and-harm-reduction/
LOCATION:online
ORGANIZER;CN="Harm Reduction Training Institute (HRTI)":MAILTO:HRTI@sfdph.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251112T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251112T120000
DTSTAMP:20251110T213509Z
CREATED:20251110T212907Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251110T213509Z
UID:52379-1762941600-1762948800@learnsfdph.org
SUMMARY:Substance Use Treatment with Young Folx: Harm Reduction Healthy\, Safe\, and Alive when 'Just Say No' isn't Working
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview: \nRealities of youth drug use\, prevalence\, and maturing out.  How society impacts youth drug use and peer and social pressure. Drug use\, developmental stage\, and change in internal and external perception. Harm Reduction strategies for working with young people and drug use; questions for young people to consider and managing ourselves and our own countertransference. \nTraining Objectives: \n\nIdentify at least one reason why using stigmatizing language affects treatment outcomes.\nUtilize harm reduction interventions and tools in the assessment and treatment of substance use and co-occurring disorders with young people.\nIntegrate harm reduction practices within the provider’s routine clinical work with youth.\nIdentify at least two ways that countertransference is important to pay attention to when working with young people and drug use.\n\nFacilitator: Maurice Byrd\, LMFT (He/Him/His) \nOrganized By: The Harm Reduction Training Institute
URL:https://learnsfdph.org/event/substance-use-treatment-with-young-folx-harm-reduction-healthy-safe-and-alive-when-just-say-no-isnt-working-virtual-2/
LOCATION:online
ORGANIZER;CN="Harm Reduction Training Institute (HRTI)":MAILTO:HRTI@sfdph.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250625T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250625T160000
DTSTAMP:20250421T162527Z
CREATED:20250304T081027Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250421T162527Z
UID:47529-1750860000-1750867200@learnsfdph.org
SUMMARY:Harm Reduction and Sex Work (HRTI)
DESCRIPTION: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 who are actively engaged in sex work. The hope is that through evaluation of one’s own potential role in perpetuating sex work-related stigma\, providers will develop new strategies for building more authentic and productive relationships with participants. \nAt the conclusion of this training\, participants should be able to: \n\nDiscuss how to make services more accessible for sex workers in the program.\nIntegrate harm reduction for sex workers into programming.\nProvide services for people who engage in sex work\, more effectively.\n\nFacilitator: Alixe Dittmore \nOrganized by: The Harm Reduction Training Institute and the National Harm Reduction Coalition.
URL:https://learnsfdph.org/event/harm-reduction-and-sex-work-hrti-2/
LOCATION:online
ORGANIZER;CN="Harm Reduction Training Institute (HRTI)":MAILTO:HRTI@sfdph.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250606T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250606T123000
DTSTAMP:20250418T151844Z
CREATED:20250418T151844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250418T151844Z
UID:48474-1749198600-1749213000@learnsfdph.org
SUMMARY:De-escalation and Post Denial Resolution (in-person)
DESCRIPTION:Harm Reduction offers a unique approach to working with de-escalation. 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 focus on developing effective techniques for approaching escalated situations before they happen\, while they are happening\, and how we care for each other after the situation has resolved. Individual\, group and team-building prevention strategies are also part of the discussion. \nAt the conclusion of this training\, participants should be able to: \n\nidentify the four most common natural responses that all people have in an escalated situation.\nunderstand the most way they respond in an escalated situation.\nutilize the understanding of how trauma plays a part in de-escalation with their work with clients.\ndescribe why debriefing is essential in burnout prevention and improved quality of care.\n\nFacilitator: Maurice Byrd\, LMFT (He/Him/His) \nOrganized by: The Harm Reduction Training Institute and the National Harm Reduction Coalition.
URL:https://learnsfdph.org/event/de-escalation-and-post-denial-resolution-in-person/
LOCATION:SFDPH\, 25 Van Ness Ave Room 610\, San Francisco\, 94102
ORGANIZER;CN="Harm Reduction Training Institute (HRTI)":MAILTO:HRTI@sfdph.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250605T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250605T120000
DTSTAMP:20250418T151607Z
CREATED:20250418T151607Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250418T151607Z
UID:48471-1749117600-1749124800@learnsfdph.org
SUMMARY:Vicarious Trauma and Trauma Informed Care (virtual)
DESCRIPTION: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. It is essential to understand the layers of trauma that exist in our clients lives to help understand how to form meaningful treatment relationships that do not perpetuate or cause undo harm. This course will focus on how to do no harm\, help when you can\, and how to save yourself along the way. \nAt the conclusion of this training\, participants should be able to: \n\ndescribe what vicarious trauma is.\nidentify two of the four layers of trauma.\nconsider how trauma plays a role in treatment with clients.\nidentify at least two symptoms that develop for social service provider when they are starting to approach burnout.\n\nFacilitator: Maurice Byrd\, LMFT (He/Him/His) \nOrganized by: The Harm Reduction Training Institute and the National Harm Reduction Coalition.
URL:https://learnsfdph.org/event/vicarious-trauma-and-trauma-informed-care-virtual/
LOCATION:online
ORGANIZER;CN="Harm Reduction Training Institute (HRTI)":MAILTO:HRTI@sfdph.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250604T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250604T150000
DTSTAMP:20250304T080801Z
CREATED:20250304T080801Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250304T080801Z
UID:47526-1749042000-1749049200@learnsfdph.org
SUMMARY:Harm Reduction 201 (HRTI)
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview:\nThis 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 unpack real life case scenarios and will have the opportunity to collectively review and analyze how to effectively consistently infuse harm reduction to their case interventions. \nPrerequisites: Foundations of Harm Reduction training in the last 6 months. Direct service work for the past year. \nTraining objectives: \nAt the conclusion of this training\, participants should be able to: \n\nIdentify three ways they can concretely integrate the six principles of harm reduction to their practice\nList three harm reduction strategies to tackle potential challenges that may come up when working with participants who use drugs\nDevelop an awareness to recognize when they are effectively infusing harm reduction principles to client interventions.\n\nFacilitator: Tanagra Melgarejo\, MSW \n\nOrganized by: The Harm Reduction Training Institute and the National Harm Reduction Coalition.
URL:https://learnsfdph.org/event/harm-reduction-201-hrti-2/
LOCATION:online
ORGANIZER;CN="Harm Reduction Training Institute (HRTI)":MAILTO:HRTI@sfdph.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250530T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250530T120000
DTSTAMP:20250418T151129Z
CREATED:20250418T151004Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250418T151129Z
UID:48464-1748599200-1748606400@learnsfdph.org
SUMMARY:Abstinence is part of Harm Reduction: the Umbrella of Harm Reduction
DESCRIPTION:This course is designed to explore the growing perceived riff that has reemerged between abstinence-based models of treatment and harm reduction-based treatment models for substance use treatment. A counter to this narrative will be central to this workshop identifying how this narrative has been politically driven and not treatment generated or focused in this time of overdose crisis. This training will provide an introduction to the Umbrella of Harm Reduction Services and discuss the menu of treatment options in harm reduction treatment that includes abstinence as option. \nAt the conclusion of this training\, participants should be able to: \n\ndescribe at least two reasons why it is important to use person-first language for people who use drugs.\nidentify at least two of the treatment options of the Menu of Options.\nincorporate the Continuum of Drug Use\, to assess that not drug use is abuse\, in their assessment with clients.\ndescribe at least two ways the riff has reemerged between abstinence-based models of treatment and harm reduction-based treatment models for substance use treatment.\n\nFacilitator: Maurice Byrd\, LMFT (He/Him/His) \nOrganized by: The Harm Reduction Training Institute and the National Harm Reduction Coalition.
URL:https://learnsfdph.org/event/abstinence-is-part-of-harm-reduction-the-umbrella-of-harm-reduction/
LOCATION:online
ORGANIZER;CN="Harm Reduction Training Institute (HRTI)":MAILTO:HRTI@sfdph.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250523T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250523T120000
DTSTAMP:20250418T151158Z
CREATED:20250418T145758Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250418T151158Z
UID:48460-1747994400-1748001600@learnsfdph.org
SUMMARY:Substance Use Treatment with Young Folx: Harm Reduction Healthy\, Safe\, and Alive when ‘Just Say No’ isn’t Working (virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Realities of youth drug use\, prevalence\, and maturing out. How society impacts youth drug use and peer and social pressure. Drug use\, developmental stage\, and change in internal and external perception. Harm Reduction strategies for working with young people and drug use; questions for young people to consider and managing ourselves and our own countertransference. \nAt the conclusion of this training\, participants should be able to: \n\nidentify at least one reason why using stigmatizing language affects treatment outcomes.\nutilize harm reduction interventions and tools in the assessment and treatment of substance use and co-occurring disorders with young people.\nintegrate harm reduction practices within the provider’s routine clinical work with youth.\nidentify at least two ways that countertransference is important to pay attention to when working with young people and drug use.\n\nFacilitator: Maurice Byrd\, LMFT (He/Him/His) \nOrganized by: The Harm Reduction Training Institute and the National Harm Reduction Coalition.
URL:https://learnsfdph.org/event/substance-use-treatment-with-young-folx-harm-reduction-healthy-safe-and-alive-when-just-say-no-isnt-working-virtual/
LOCATION:online
ORGANIZER;CN="Harm Reduction Training Institute (HRTI)":MAILTO:HRTI@sfdph.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250521T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250521T160000
DTSTAMP:20250304T080512Z
CREATED:20250304T080512Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250304T080512Z
UID:47523-1747836000-1747843200@learnsfdph.org
SUMMARY:Safer Use and Safety Planning (HRTI)
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview:\nThis session focuses on basic knowledge about the drugs that are commonly used by participants at Syringe Service Programs (SSPs). We will review basic information about how drugs are used\, why they are used\, and ways to reduce the harms from using drugs\, including effective safety planning strategies. The training will provide an overview of how to engage program participants/clients in conversations around safety planning  by discussing potential harms that can be reduced and participants will learn how to use Harm Reduction methods to engage with people who use drugs and better understand their experience. \nTraining objectives: \nAt the conclusion of this training\, participants should be able to: \n\nList three safety planning strategies that porivers can discuss with program participants.\nDescribe three safer use tactics.\nIdentify contrate approaches to better engage program participants.\n\nFacilitator: Melissa Matheney \nOrganized by: The Harm Reduction Training Institute and the National Harm Reduction Coalition.
URL:https://learnsfdph.org/event/safer-use-and-safety-planning-hrti/
LOCATION:online
ORGANIZER;CN="Harm Reduction Training Institute (HRTI)":MAILTO:HRTI@sfdph.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250508T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250508T120000
DTSTAMP:20250304T080133Z
CREATED:20250304T080133Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250304T080133Z
UID:47519-1746698400-1746705600@learnsfdph.org
SUMMARY:Harm Reduction 201 (HRTI)
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview:\nThis 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 unpack real life case scenarios and will have the opportunity to collectively review and analyze how to effectively consistently infuse harm reduction to their case interventions. \nPrerequisites: Foundations of Harm Reduction training in the last 6 months. Direct service work for the past year. \nTraining objectives: \nAt the conclusion of this training\, participants should be able to: \n\nIdentify three ways they can concretely integrate the six principles of harm reduction to their practice\nList three harm reduction strategies to tackle potential challenges that may come up when working with participants who use drugs\nDevelop an awareness to recognize when they are effectively infusing harm reduction principles to client interventions\n\nFacilitator: Alixe Dittmore \nOrganized by: The Harm Reduction Training Institute and the National Harm Reduction Coalition.
URL:https://learnsfdph.org/event/harm-reduction-201-hrti/
LOCATION:online
ORGANIZER;CN="Harm Reduction Training Institute (HRTI)":MAILTO:HRTI@sfdph.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250423T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250423T160000
DTSTAMP:20250416T202116Z
CREATED:20250304T075116Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250416T202116Z
UID:47509-1745416800-1745424000@learnsfdph.org
SUMMARY:Introduction to Motivational Interview (HRTI)
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview:\nIn this training\, participants will learn MI techniques that include the spirit of motivational interviewing and microskills\, primarily reflective listening. This session will also focus on the use of ambivalence in the counseling process\, strategies for increasing motivation\, and self-efficacy and optimism. \nAt the conclusion of this training\, participants should be able to: \n\nDiscuss factors that influence one’s ability to change.\nExplain the Stages of Change.\nList at least two strategies a provider can try when incorporating Motivational Interviewing with a client.\n\nFacilitators: Melissa Matheney\nTanagra Melgarejo. MSW \nOrganized by: The Harm Reduction Training Institute and the National Harm Reduction Coalition.
URL:https://learnsfdph.org/event/introduction-to-motivational-interview-hrti/
LOCATION:online
ORGANIZER;CN="Harm Reduction Training Institute (HRTI)":MAILTO:HRTI@sfdph.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250422T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250422T150000
DTSTAMP:20250304T075619Z
CREATED:20250304T075619Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250304T075619Z
UID:47515-1745326800-1745334000@learnsfdph.org
SUMMARY:Boundaries and Disclosure (HRTI)
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview:\nThis workshop explores boundary setting and disclosure between people who use drugs and providers within a harm reduction framework. The workshop will provide guidance and ‘best practices’ for identifying boundary issues and boundary violations in their daily work with participants. In addition\, the function of individual and group supervision will be discussed\, in relation to improving engagement with participants by identifying and setting personal and professional boundaries; alongside examining potential transference issues. \nTraining objectives: \nAt the conclusion of this training\, participants should be able to: \n\nDiscuss the role of boundaries and disclosure within a harm reduction framework.\nIdentify boundary challenges versus boundary violations.\nDescribe the role of staff supervision in relation to improving boundaries with clients\, preventing burnout\, and identifying transference/disclosure issues.\n\nFacilitator: Tanagra Melgarejo. MSW \n\n\nOrganized by: The Harm Reduction Training Institute and the National Harm Reduction Coalition.
URL:https://learnsfdph.org/event/boundaries-and-disclosure-hrti-2/
LOCATION:online
ORGANIZER;CN="Harm Reduction Training Institute (HRTI)":MAILTO:HRTI@sfdph.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250409T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250409T150000
DTSTAMP:20250403T232830Z
CREATED:20250304T075327Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250403T232830Z
UID:47512-1744203600-1744210800@learnsfdph.org
SUMMARY:Foundations of Harm Reduction (HRTI)
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview:\nThis 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 lifestyle. Recognizing that not everyone is ready or able to stop risky behavior\, harm reduction focuses on promoting ways to reduce the health risks associated with drug use and other high risk behaviors. This course will assist providers in more effectively engaging their clients in a range of interventions to reduce the risk of harm. \nTraining objectives: \nAt the conclusion of this training\, participants should be able to: \n\nDefine three key principles of harm reduction.\nExplore the harm reduction premise that the client is the expert and is responsible for choosing the type and timing of behavior change.\nList at least three harm reduction options for substance use behaviors.\nDescribe ways in which they can incorporate harm reduction skills into their relationships with clients.\n\nFacilitator: Tanagra Melgarejo. MSW \n\nOrganized by: The Harm Reduction Training Institute and the National Harm Reduction Coalition.
URL:https://learnsfdph.org/event/foundations-of-harm-reduction-hrti-2/
LOCATION:online
ORGANIZER;CN="Harm Reduction Training Institute (HRTI)":MAILTO:HRTI@sfdph.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250326T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250326T150000
DTSTAMP:20250304T074817Z
CREATED:20250304T074817Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250304T074817Z
UID:47506-1742994000-1743001200@learnsfdph.org
SUMMARY:Foundations of Harm Reduction (HRTI)
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview:\nThis 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 lifestyle. Recognizing that not everyone is ready or able to stop risky behavior\, harm reduction focuses on promoting ways to reduce the health risks associated with drug use and other high risk behaviors. This course will assist providers in more effectively engaging their clients in a range of interventions to reduce the risk of harm. \nAt the conclusion of this training\, participants should be able to: \n\nDefine three key principles of harm reduction.\nExplore the harm reduction premise that the client is the expert and is responsible for choosing the type and timing of behavior change.\nList at least three harm reduction options for substance use behaviors.\nDescribe ways in which they can incorporate harm reduction skills into their relationships with clients.\n\nFacilitator: Alixe Dittmore \nOrganized by: The Harm Reduction Training Institute and the National Harm Reduction Coalition.
URL:https://learnsfdph.org/event/foundations-of-harm-reduction-hrti/
LOCATION:online
ORGANIZER;CN="Harm Reduction Training Institute (HRTI)":MAILTO:HRTI@sfdph.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250320T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250320T150000
DTSTAMP:20250304T074327Z
CREATED:20250304T074327Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250304T074327Z
UID:47503-1742475600-1742482800@learnsfdph.org
SUMMARY:Motivational Interviewing 201 (HRTI)
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview:\nIn this training\, participants will learn MI techniques that include the spirit of motivational interviewing and micro skills\, primarily reflective listening. This session will also focus on the use of ambivalence in the counseling process\, strategies for increasing motivation\, and self-efficacy and optimism. \nAt the conclusion of this training\, participants should be able to: \n\nDiscuss factors that influence one’s ability to change.\nExplain the Stages of Change.\nList at least two strategies a provider can try when incorporating Motivational Interviewing with a client.\nDescribe one approach or response to avoid when applying Motivational Interviewing.\n\nFacilitator: Melissa Matheney \nOrganized by: The Harm Reduction Training Institute and the National Harm Reduction Coalition.
URL:https://learnsfdph.org/event/motivational-interviewing-201-hrti-2/
LOCATION:online
ORGANIZER;CN="Harm Reduction Training Institute (HRTI)":MAILTO:HRTI@sfdph.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250311T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250311T160000
DTSTAMP:20250304T073914Z
CREATED:20250304T073914Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250304T073914Z
UID:47498-1741701600-1741708800@learnsfdph.org
SUMMARY:Harm Reduction and Sex Work (HRTI)
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview:\nThe 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 who are actively engaged in sex work. The hope is that through evaluation of one’s own potential role in perpetuating sex work-related stigma\, providers will develop new strategies for building more authentic and productive relationships with participants. \nAt the conclusion of this training\, participants should be able to: \n\nDiscuss how to make services more accessible for sex workers in the program.\nIntegrate harm reduction for sex workers into programming.\nProvide services for people who engage in sex work\, more effectively.\n\nFacilitator: Melissa Matheney \nOrganized by: The Harm Reduction Training Institute and the National Harm Reduction Coalition.
URL:https://learnsfdph.org/event/harm-reduction-and-sex-work-hrti/
LOCATION:online
ORGANIZER;CN="Harm Reduction Training Institute (HRTI)":MAILTO:HRTI@sfdph.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250225T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250225T160000
DTSTAMP:20250304T073933Z
CREATED:20250304T073534Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250304T073933Z
UID:47494-1740492000-1740499200@learnsfdph.org
SUMMARY:Motivational Interviewing 201 (HRTI)
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview:\n\n\n\nMotivational interviewing (MI) requires practice with accompanying feedback. This practice-focused training is intended to be a highly interactive session for individuals who have already been trained on the basics of MI. We will focus on more advanced MI skills and participants both observe and practice giving one another feedback in a series of role play sessions. Attendance at an introductory motivational interviewing training is required. \n\n\n\nAt the conclusion of this training\, participants should be able to: \n\n\n\n\nRecall 5 strategies to effectively build motivation for change amongst program participants\n\n\n\nName the five clinical principles of motivational interviewing\n\n\n\nIdentify four types of resistance\n\n\n\nList four clinical strategies\n\n\n\n\nFacilitator: Tanagra M. Melgarejo \nOrganized by: The Harm Reduction Training Institute and the National Harm Reduction Coalition.
URL:https://learnsfdph.org/event/motivational-interviewing-201-hrti/
LOCATION:online
ORGANIZER;CN="Harm Reduction Training Institute (HRTI)":MAILTO:HRTI@sfdph.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250213T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250213T120000
DTSTAMP:20250304T073127Z
CREATED:20250304T073017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250304T073127Z
UID:47490-1739440800-1739448000@learnsfdph.org
SUMMARY:Boundaries and Disclosure (HRTI)
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview:\n\n\n\nThis workshop explores boundary setting and disclosure between people who use drugs and providers within a harm reduction framework. The workshop will provide guidance and ‘best practices’ for identifying boundary issues and boundary violations in their daily work with participants. In addition\, the function of individual and group supervision will be discussed\, in relation to improving engagement with participants by identifying and setting personal and professional boundaries; alongside examining potential transference issues. \n\n\n\nAt the conclusion of this training\, participants should be able to: \n\n\n\n\nDiscuss the role of boundaries and disclosure within a harm reduction framework.\n\n\n\nIdentify boundary challenges versus boundary violations.\n\n\n\nDescribe the role of staff supervision in relation to improving boundaries with clients\, preventing burnout\, and identifying transference/disclosure issues.\n\nOrganized by: The Harm Reduction Training Institute and the National Harm Reduction Coalition.
URL:https://learnsfdph.org/event/boundaries-and-disclosure-hrti/
LOCATION:online
ORGANIZER;CN="Harm Reduction Training Institute (HRTI)":MAILTO:HRTI@sfdph.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240612T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240612T113000
DTSTAMP:20240415T214843Z
CREATED:20240415T214843Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240415T214843Z
UID:41651-1718184600-1718191800@learnsfdph.org
SUMMARY:Improving Health Care for People that Use Drugs (HRTI)
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview:\nThis 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. The training will provide tools and strategies to offer clients when navigating the health care system\, highlighting ways to strengthen and build a more positive relationship between clients who use drugs and their health care providers. \nBy the end of the training\, participants will be able to: \n\nIdentify some of the unique health care needs of PWUD\nIdentify different points of access to Healthcare for PWUD.\nDescribe the institutional\, social and behavioral factors that influence this\, including drug related stigma.\nDefine Patient – EASE in measuring the attributes of effective healthcare provision– Patient centered\, Efficient and coordinated\, accessible\, safe and confidential\, and Effective and competent.\nDevelop strategies to assist PWUD in preparing for healthcare visits including decisions around when and how to disclose their drug use to medical providers.\nIdentify strategies and tools to help clients who use drugs to build positive\, trusting relationships with their health care provider.\n\nOrganized by: The Harm Reduction Training Institute and the National Harm Reduction Coalition.
URL:https://learnsfdph.org/event/improving-health-care-for-people-that-use-drugs-hrti/
LOCATION:online
ORGANIZER;CN="Harm Reduction Training Institute (HRTI)":MAILTO:HRTI@sfdph.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240606T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240606T130000
DTSTAMP:20240415T215155Z
CREATED:20240415T215155Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240415T215155Z
UID:41654-1717671600-1717678800@learnsfdph.org
SUMMARY:Harm Reduction and Safety Planning (HRTI)
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview:\nThis 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 have the opportunity to develop a safety plan outline. \nBy the end of the training\, participants will be able to: \n\nDefine violence.\nIdentify three strategies to build rapport with program participants.\nReview the steps for creating a safety plan.\n\nOrganized by: The Harm Reduction Training Institute and the National Harm Reduction Coalition.
URL:https://learnsfdph.org/event/harm-reduction-and-safety-planning-hrti/
LOCATION:online
ORGANIZER;CN="Harm Reduction Training Institute (HRTI)":MAILTO:HRTI@sfdph.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240522T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240522T153000
DTSTAMP:20240415T214441Z
CREATED:20240415T214441Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240415T214441Z
UID:41648-1716384600-1716391800@learnsfdph.org
SUMMARY:Harm Reduction Services and Supports for People who Engage in Sex Work (HRTI)
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview:\nThe 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 who are actively engaged in sex work. The hope is that through evaluation of one’s own potential role in perpetuating sex work-related stigma\, providers will develop new strategies for building more authentic and productive relationships with participants. \nBy the end of the training\, participants will be able to: \n\nDiscuss how to make services more accessible for sex workers at the program.\nIntegrate harm reduction for sex workers into programming.\nProvide services for people who engage in sex work\, more effectively.\n\nOrganized by: The Harm Reduction Training Institute and the National Harm Reduction Coalition.
URL:https://learnsfdph.org/event/harm-reduction-services-and-supports-for-people-who-engage-in-sex-work-hrti/
LOCATION:online
ORGANIZER;CN="Harm Reduction Training Institute (HRTI)":MAILTO:HRTI@sfdph.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240502T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240502T120000
DTSTAMP:20240415T212738Z
CREATED:20240415T212422Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240415T212738Z
UID:41642-1714644000-1714651200@learnsfdph.org
SUMMARY:Trauma Informed Care (HRTI)
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview:\nThis 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 work. Case examples highlighting realistic expectations and effective responses will be discussed\, with particular attention to people with co-occurring disorders (mental illness and substance use) in the context of harm reduction programs and settings. \nBy the end of the training\, participants will be able to: \n\nDefine trauma.\nIdentify three different mental health symptoms as it relates to drug use.\nIdentify risk factors for substance use as it relates to people living with mental.illness or with other mental health conditions.\nIdentify three strategies for working with substance users experiencing trauma.\n\nOrganized by: The Harm Reduction Training Institute and the National Harm Reduction Coalition.
URL:https://learnsfdph.org/event/trauma-informed-care-hrti/
LOCATION:online
ORGANIZER;CN="Harm Reduction Training Institute (HRTI)":MAILTO:HRTI@sfdph.org
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