Past Events

Presenter: Andrew Reynolds MORE INFO COMING SOON! Register Organizer: The Academy

Training Overview: Facing death and the grief that comes with death is never easy. When the death is due to an overdose, or happens to a person who uses drugs, the death is often met with lack of understanding and sympathy. In this two-hour training we will hold space for unpacking complex feelings around grief […]

Training Overview: In this panel, we will hear from seasoned experts on best practices for outreach, engagement and follow-up with people experiencing homelessness and people who use drugs in street-based settings. We will also have time for questions and answers and opportunities to network with our community partners. Registration is open to all CHEP-funded partners’ […]

Training Overview: In this two hour training participants will have the opportunity to explore what communication is, how our identity and our experience intersects/impacts our ability to communicate. They will also unpack and discuss the concept of power in communication and how to apply a harm reduction approach when communicating with others. By the end […]

Presenter: Jasper Ayres MORE INFO COMING SOON! Register Organizer: The Academy

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 […]