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SUMMARY:Continuum of Care in Recovery (virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview:\nHarm reduction has its origins in grassroots social justice and mutual aid. The Spirit of Harm Reduction examines the history and state of the four-part U.S. harm reduction movement and its impact on the creation and current use of Harm Reduction Therapy (HRT). This training explores beliefs systems\, countertransference\, and basic assessment models for working with people that use substances.\nA high number of people that use or abuse substances or have a substance use disorder also deal with mental health symptoms or have mental health diagnosis. It has become more essential for health care providers to become adept at working with people who use substances and or have a dual diagnosis. Harm Reduction Therapy helps to equip providers with the tools to work with people who use substances\, people who have mental health symptoms\, and those who have a comorbid occurrence of these two. \nBy the end of this training\, participants will be able to: \n\nRecognize at least one reason how stigmatizing language contributes negatively to clinician countertransference.\nIdentify at least two parts of the four parts of the U.S. harm reduction movement.\nIndicate at least two levels of substance use on the continuum drug.\nUtilize the harm reduction perspective to identify at least two reasons why people use substances.\n\nFacilitator: Maurice Byrd\, LMFT (He/Him)\, Harm Reduction Therapy Center \nOrganized by the Health and Recovery Training Institute
URL:https://learnsfdph.org/event/continuum-of-care-in-recovery-virtual/
LOCATION:online
ORGANIZER;CN="Health and Recovery Training Institute (HRTI)":MAILTO:HRTI@sfdph.org
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SUMMARY:Working with Clients Returning to Drug Use (In-Person)
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview:\nThis training addresses the challenges frontline workers often experience when working with clients who return to drug use after an extended period of abstinence. Throughout the course of the training\, participants will have the opportunity to review the research underscoring the chronic nature of problematic substance use and define transference and counter transference in the client/provider relationship. Through a series of interactive exercises and discussions\, participants will examine their own responses and develop tools to support clients who have recently returned to substance use by helping them reflect on their circumstances\, plan for safety\, and consider their goals. \nBy the end of this training\, participants will be able to: \n\nUnderstand key data points related to the chronic nature of substance use disorders.\nDefine the term transference in relation to front line workers’ experiences when clients return to substance use following a period of abstinence.\nOffer support and interventions with clients who have recently returned to substance use after a period of abstinence.\nIdentify at least three best practices to support a client who has recently returned to substance use after a period of abstinence.\n\nFacilitator: Katie Burk\, MPH\, (she/her)\, Facente Consulting and Savannah O’Neill\, MSW\, CATC\, (she/her)\, Facente Consulting \nLocation: 25 Van Ness Ave.\, Room TBA \nOrganized by the Health and Recovery Training Institute
URL:https://learnsfdph.org/event/working-with-clients-returning-to-drug-use-in-person/
LOCATION:SFDPH\, 25 Van Ness Ave Room 610\, San Francisco\, 94102
ORGANIZER;CN="Health and Recovery Training Institute (HRTI)":MAILTO:HRTI@sfdph.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270414T130000
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SUMMARY:Motivational Interviewing 201 (virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview:\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. \nBy the end of this training\, participants will be able to: \n\nAnalyze and respond to client sustain talk without inducing defensiveness.\nEvoke and Strengthen Complex Change Talk (DARN-CAT).\nUse targeted OARS (Open questions\, Affirmations\, Reflective listening\, Summarization).\nIntegrate Harm Reduction Philosophy with Client-Led Change Planning.\n\nFacilitator: Tanagra Melgarejo\, MSW\, National Harm Reduction Coalition \nOrganized by the Health and Recovery Training Institute
URL:https://learnsfdph.org/event/motivational-interviewing-201-virtual/
LOCATION:online
ORGANIZER;CN="Health and Recovery Training Institute (HRTI)":MAILTO:HRTI@sfdph.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270504T100000
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SUMMARY:De-Escalation & Conflict Management (virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview:\nThe goal of this training is to provide general guidelines for the prevention and management of conflict\, as well as concrete and practical strategies to address conflict when it arises. We will discuss what conflict looks like\, the role of stigma and trauma in conflict\, as well as how to build personal skills in self-management during conflict and safety. \nBy the end of this training\, participants will be able to: \n\nExplain the definitions of conflict\, escalation\, and de-escalation.\nExplore two common sources of conflict in a direct service setting\, including trauma\, stigma and unmet needs.\nDescribe three early signs of escalation and conflict.\nIdentify two strategies for managing conflict at both early and later stages.\nDiscuss de-escalation conversation strategies and safety.\n\nFacilitator: Tanagra Melgarejo\, MSW\, National Harm Reduction Coalition \nOrganized by the Health and Recovery Training Institute
URL:https://learnsfdph.org/event/de-escalation-conflict-management-virtual/
LOCATION:online
ORGANIZER;CN="Health and Recovery Training Institute (HRTI)":MAILTO:HRTI@sfdph.org
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SUMMARY:Dual Diagnosis (virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview:\nMore 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 the age of 30. Who are they? Who doesn’t? And how can we help increase the likelihood that they will? This workshop will focus on the unique interactions between individual’s drugs and mental health – highlighting the medicinal and social benefits as well as the harms. \nBy the end of this training\, participants will be able to: \n\nRecognize at least one reason how stigmatizing language contributes negatively to clinician countertransference.\nIdentify at least two mental conditions closely associated with substance use.\nDescribe what adverse childhood experiences are.\nIdentify effects of at least two substances on a person’s mental health.\n\nFacilitator: Maurice Byrd\, LMFT (He/Him)\, Harm Reduction Therapy Center \nOrganized by the Health and Recovery Training Institute
URL:https://learnsfdph.org/event/dual-diagnosis-virtual/
LOCATION:online
ORGANIZER;CN="Health and Recovery Training Institute (HRTI)":MAILTO:HRTI@sfdph.org
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SUMMARY:Engaging Young People Who Use Drugs (virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview:\nThis 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.\nParticipants will gain a foundational understanding of how to adapt lifesaving overdose prevention interventions to adolescent and young adult populations\, alongside key insights from cultural humility to teen development that directly impact engagement\, communication\, and risk-taking behavior. This training highlights how factors such as identity formation\, peer influence\, heightened sensitivity to judgment\, adultism\, and power imbalances shape our care and interventions with youth.\nThrough a combination of real-world examples\, interactive discussion\, and skill-building exercises\, participants will learn actionable strategies to build trust\, navigate conversations about substance use\, and implement practical harm reduction techniques. The training also incorporates the unique context of San Francisco and surrounding communities\, including local substance use trends\, cultural considerations\, and available resources.\nBy the end of the session\, participants will feel more confident engaging youth in honest\, nonjudgmental conversations and integrating a harm reduction framework into their everyday work with adolescents.\nPrerequisite: Participants should have a baseline understanding of harm reduction principles. \nLearning Objectives: \n\nReview harm reduction principles\, development theory\, and cultural humility frameworks specific to youth who use drugs.\nExplore the current challenges of youth-focused harm reduction service provision.\nPractice skills for engaging youth in conversations about safer drug use in empowering and developmentally appropriate ways.\n\nFacilitators: Alex Filippelli\, MSW (Center for Applied Research Solutions) and Danielle Raghib\, PPSC\, LCSW (Center for Applied Research Solutions) \nOrganized by the Health and Recovery Training Institute
URL:https://learnsfdph.org/event/engaging-young-people-who-use-drugs-virtual/
LOCATION:online
ORGANIZER;CN="Health and Recovery Training Institute (HRTI)":MAILTO:HRTI@sfdph.org
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SUMMARY:Incorporating Person-Centered Care in Substance Use Treatment (virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Training Overview:\nThis training will discuss the application of person-centered care 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. \nBy the end of this training\, participants will be able to: \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.\n\nFacilitator: Tanagra Melgarejo\, MSW\, National Harm Reduction Coalition \nOrganized by the Health and Recovery Training Institute
URL:https://learnsfdph.org/event/incorporating-person-centered-care-in-substance-use-treatment-virtual/
LOCATION:online
ORGANIZER;CN="Health and Recovery Training Institute (HRTI)":MAILTO:HRTI@sfdph.org
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