Dismantling Drug Related Stigma (Large group) 4/20/23

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Thursday, April 20th, 10:30am-12:30pm

Training Overview:

This two hour training will introduce the concepts of social inequalities faced by people who use drugs, the stigma they experience, and how this impacts their ability to access services. Through evaluation of one’s own potential role in perpetuating drug-related stigma, participants will develop new strategies for building more authentic and productive relationships with clients, as well as dismantling stigma related to drug use in their day-to-day lives.

By the end of the training, participants will be able to:

  • Recall the meaning of stigma & related concepts
  • Identify three ways in which drug users experience stigma and discrimination
  • Identify two consequences of drug-related stigma and discrimination on access to services
  • Identify conceptual and practical tools to challenge stigma and support the needs of people who use drugs
  • Explain three ways to address stigma at individual and agency levels

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87098725025?pwd=Um5DY0FTZmFZTGZUaWxZTldtcnRxdz09

Meeting ID: 870 9872 5025
Passcode: 411708

Continuing education units (CEUs) are available thanks to the Center for Learning and Innovation (CLI) for the following disciplines:  

  • Registered Nurses (RN)
  • Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW)
  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFT)
  • Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors (LPCC)
  • Licensed Educational Psychologists (LEP)

In order to receive your CEUs, you must complete the following:

  • Sign in and sign out of the training using the chat in Zoom.
  • Complete the evaluation after the training AND complete the 5 post-question quiz
  • You will receive a certificate of completion at the end of the training if you fill out the evaluation.
  • CEUs will be emailed to you within 1 month.

Equity Statement

The San Francisco Department of Public Health is committed to leading with race and prioritizing Intersectionality, including sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, class, nationality, language, and ability. SFDPH strives to move forward on the continuum of becoming an anti-racist institution through dismantling racism, building, building solidarity among racial groups, and working towards becoming a Trauma-Informed/Trauma Healing Organization in partnership with staff, clients, communities, and our contractors. When attending, SFDP trainings, events, and/or meetings, we uphold expectations and standards of rules of engagement for our employees and contractors. We expect that all participants operate in professional integrity and adhere to the DPH Employee Code of Conduct or their employee conduct. Participants will be accountable for upholding any group agreements provided by the trainer or host and uphold principles of transparency, confidentiality and respect. We support respectful participation across intersecting identities and experiences including race, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, class, nationality, religion, language, physical and mental ability, and political ideology. While we strive to make an space of inclusivity, belonging, and hub for various perspective, we do not tolerate any inappropriate behavior or comments rooted in anti-blackness, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, sexism, or any comments or behavior that is discriminatory, disruptive, or divisive. If participants cannot abide by these expectations, they will be removed from the training or event and will not be allowed to attend any additional DPH trainings, event, and/or meetings. Trainers have been informed to notify DPH of any misconduct and a DPH representative will follow up with that employee’s supervisor or participant’s agency regarding the misconduct.

Dismantling Drug Related Stigma (Small group) 4/13/23

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Thursday, April 13th, 10:30am-12:30pm

Training Overview:

This two hour training will introduce the concepts of social inequalities faced by people who use drugs, the stigma they experience, and how this impacts their ability to access services. Through evaluation of one’s own potential role in perpetuating drug-related stigma, participants will develop new strategies for building more authentic and productive relationships with clients, as well as dismantling stigma related to drug use in their day-to-day lives.

By the end of the training, participants will be able to:

  • Recall the meaning of stigma & related concepts
  • Identify three ways in which drug users experience stigma and discrimination
  • Identify two consequences of drug-related stigma and discrimination on access to services
  • Identify conceptual and practical tools to challenge stigma and support the needs of people who use drugs
  • Explain three ways to address stigma at individual and agency levels

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89132891542?pwd=SXhwY0k2TnhPbjJLSFR0cmQwL1AvZz09

Meeting ID: 891 3289 1542
Passcode: 918899

Continuing education units (CEUs) are available thanks to the Center for Learning and Innovation (CLI) for the following disciplines:  

  • Registered Nurses (RN)
  • Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW)
  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFT)
  • Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors (LPCC)
  • Licensed Educational Psychologists (LEP)

In order to receive your CEUs, you must complete the following:

  • Sign in and sign out of the training using the chat in Zoom.
  • Complete the evaluation after the training AND complete the 5 post-question quiz
  • You will receive a certificate of completion at the end of the training if you fill out the evaluation.
  • CEUs will be emailed to you within 1 month.

Equity Statement

The San Francisco Department of Public Health is committed to leading with race and prioritizing Intersectionality, including sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, class, nationality, language, and ability. SFDPH strives to move forward on the continuum of becoming an anti-racist institution through dismantling racism, building, building solidarity among racial groups, and working towards becoming a Trauma-Informed/Trauma Healing Organization in partnership with staff, clients, communities, and our contractors. When attending, SFDP trainings, events, and/or meetings, we uphold expectations and standards of rules of engagement for our employees and contractors. We expect that all participants operate in professional integrity and adhere to the DPH Employee Code of Conduct or their employee conduct. Participants will be accountable for upholding any group agreements provided by the trainer or host and uphold principles of transparency, confidentiality and respect. We support respectful participation across intersecting identities and experiences including race, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, class, nationality, religion, language, physical and mental ability, and political ideology. While we strive to make an space of inclusivity, belonging, and hub for various perspective, we do not tolerate any inappropriate behavior or comments rooted in anti-blackness, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, sexism, or any comments or behavior that is discriminatory, disruptive, or divisive. If participants cannot abide by these expectations, they will be removed from the training or event and will not be allowed to attend any additional DPH trainings, event, and/or meetings. Trainers have been informed to notify DPH of any misconduct and a DPH representative will follow up with that employee’s supervisor or participant’s agency regarding the misconduct.

Foundations of Harm Reduction 4.27.23 (Small group)

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Thursday, April 27th,  10:30am-12:30pm

Training Overview:

This training will provide a foundation in the principles of harm reduction and define harm reduction as an intervention, philosophy, and movement that participants can incorporate into their own work to better support people who use drugs. This training will give participants an opportunity to explore the principles of harm reduction and strategies for implementing them into their day-to-day work

By the end of this training, you will be able to:

  • Explore 2-3 common motivations of drug use
  • Define 3 key principles of harm reduction
  • List at least three harm reduction options for substance use behaviors
  • Identify 2-3 harm reduction services

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86570441094?pwd=OGk1NUJ2MVFqdkJYYXYrYXJjdkxUUT09

Meeting ID: 865 7044 1094
Passcode: 457120

Continuing education units (CEUs) are available thanks to the Center for Learning and Innovation (CLI) for the following disciplines:  

  • Registered Nurses (RN)
  • Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW)
  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFT)
  • Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors (LPCC)
  • Licensed Educational Psychologists (LEP)

In order to receive your CEUs, you must complete the following:

  • Sign in and sign out of the training using the chat in Zoom.
  • Complete the evaluation and the post-test after the training
  • You will receive a completion certificate at the end of the training if you fill out the evaluation.
  • CEUs will be emailed to you within 1 month.

Attending one of these trainings fulfills the annual harm reduction training contract requirement, which is part of the SFDPH Declaration of Compliance for SFDPH systems of care and funded agencies that provide direct service to clients.  

Equity Statement

The San Francisco Department of Public Health is committed to leading with race and prioritizing Intersectionality, including sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, class, nationality, language, and ability. SFDPH strives to move forward on the continuum of becoming an anti-racist institution through dismantling racism, building, building solidarity among racial groups, and working towards becoming a Trauma-Informed/Trauma Healing Organization in partnership with staff, clients, communities, and our contractors. When attending, SFDP trainings, events, and/or meetings, we uphold expectations and standards of rules of engagement for our employees and contractors. We expect that all participants operate in professional integrity and adhere to the DPH Employee Code of Conduct or their employee conduct. Participants will be accountable for upholding any group agreements provided by the trainer or host and uphold principles of transparency, confidentiality and respect. We support respectful participation across intersecting identities and experiences including race, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, class, nationality, religion, language, physical and mental ability, and political ideology. While we strive to make an space of inclusivity, belonging, and hub for various perspective, we do not tolerate any inappropriate behavior or comments rooted in anti-blackness, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, sexism, or any comments or behavior that is discriminatory, disruptive, or divisive. If participants cannot abide by these expectations, they will be removed from the training or event and will not be allowed to attend any additional DPH trainings, event, and/or meetings. Trainers have been informed to notify DPH of any misconduct and a DPH representative will follow up with that employee’s supervisor or participant’s agency regarding the misconduct.

The War on Drugs 3/21/23

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Tuesday, March 21st, 10:30am-12:30pm

Training Overview:

This training is designed for people with harm reduction training and experience who are looking to take their programming and care to the next level. Through a combination of history, shared experiences, case studies, and discussion, training participants will explore the ways that criminalization and exploitation has created a system that causes certain groups to have worse health outcomes and a lower quality of life. Participants will learn how they can use this knowledge to build programming that interrupts these oppressive systems and angle their services towards being as open and inclusive as possible.

By the end of this training participants will be able to:

  1. Define what the prison industrial complex and the war on drugs are and how they impacted communities of color from the 1970’s to the present
  2. Identify three ways different behaviors and drugs are treated differently within the justice system and what those differences stem from
  3. Explore the ways that the harm reduction can be used through direct service, policy, and community organizing to reduce the harms that stemmed from the racialized war on drugs
  4. Identify 3 ways that their program can change in order to resist further oppressing marginalized people and create spaces from healing and growth

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88407608308?pwd=YlUyeWkxSFdpN1E1Yk9kMUxiQ2dEdz09

Meeting ID: 884 0760 8308
Passcode: 052971

Continuing education units (CEUs) are available thanks to the Center for Learning and Innovation (CLI) for the following disciplines:  

  • Registered Nurses (RN)
  • Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW)
  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFT)
  • Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors (LPCC)
  • Licensed Educational Psychologists (LEP)

In order to receive your CEUs, you must complete the following:

  • Sign in and sign out of the training using the chat in Zoom.
  • Complete the evaluation after the training- including the three post questions
  • You will receive a certificate of completion at the end of the training if you fill out the evaluation.
  • CEUs will be emailed to you within 10 business days.

Equity Statement

The San Francisco Department of Public Health is committed to leading with race and prioritizing Intersectionality, including sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, class, nationality, language, and ability. SFDPH strives to move forward on the continuum of becoming an anti-racist institution through dismantling racism, building, building solidarity among racial groups, and working towards becoming a Trauma-Informed/Trauma Healing Organization in partnership with staff, clients, communities, and our contractors. When attending, SFDP trainings, events, and/or meetings, we uphold expectations and standards of rules of engagement for our employees and contractors. We expect that all participants operate in professional integrity and adhere to the DPH Employee Code of Conduct or their employee conduct. Participants will be accountable for upholding any group agreements provided by the trainer or host and uphold principles of transparency, confidentiality and respect. We support respectful participation across intersecting identities and experiences including race, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, class, nationality, religion, language, physical and mental ability, and political ideology. While we strive to make an space of inclusivity, belonging, and hub for various perspective, we do not tolerate any inappropriate behavior or comments rooted in anti-blackness, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, sexism, or any comments or behavior that is discriminatory, disruptive, or divisive. If participants cannot abide by these expectations, they will be removed from the training or event and will not be allowed to attend any additional DPH trainings, event, and/or meetings. Trainers have been informed to notify DPH of any misconduct and a DPH representative will follow up with that employee’s supervisor or participant’s agency regarding the misconduct.

Conflict Management and De-Escalation 3/28/23

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Tuesday, March 28th, 2022 10:30am-12:30pm

Training Overview:

The goal of this training is to provide general guidelines for the prevention and management of conflict, as well as a plan everyone can use to navigate conflict when it arises. We will discuss what conflict looks like and strategies for navigating it, as well as discuss building personal skills in self-management during conflict and safety.

By the end of this training participants will be able to:

    • Define conflict, escalation, and de-escalation
    • Discuss how systems of power and privilege can influence conflict
    • Explore their own relationship to conflict including triggers, challenges, and strategies for self-management
    • Explain 3 strategies for working with an escalated person

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83874439118?pwd=QmFwdlMybTY1T29JcUowdWtiWTNodz09

Meeting ID:  838 7443 9118

Passcode: 452678

Continuing education units (CEUs) are available thanks to the Center for Learning and Innovation (CLI) for the following disciplines:  
    • Registered Nurses (RN)
    • Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW)
    • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFT)
    • Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors (LPCC)
    • Licensed Educational Psychologists (LEP)
In order to receive your CEUs, you must complete the following:
    • Sign in and sign out of the training using the chat in Zoom.
    • complete the evaluation AND the 5 question post-test
You will receive a completion certificate at the end of the training if you fill out the evaluation. CEUs may take up to one month to receive

Attending one of these trainings fulfills the annual harm reduction training contract requirement, which is part of the SFDPH Declaration of Compliance for SFDPH systems of care and funded agencies that provide direct service to clients.

Equity Statement

The San Francisco Department of Public Health is committed to leading with race and prioritizing Intersectionality, including sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, class, nationality, language, and ability. SFDPH strives to move forward on the continuum of becoming an anti-racist institution through dismantling racism, building, building solidarity among racial groups, and working towards becoming a Trauma-Informed/Trauma Healing Organization in partnership with staff, clients, communities, and our contractors. When attending, SFDP trainings, events, and/or meetings, we uphold expectations and standards of rules of engagement for our employees and contractors. We expect that all participants operate in professional integrity and adhere to the DPH Employee Code of Conduct or their employee conduct. Participants will be accountable for upholding any group agreements provided by the trainer or host and uphold principles of transparency, confidentiality and respect. We support respectful participation across intersecting identities and experiences including race, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, class, nationality, religion, language, physical and mental ability, and political ideology. While we strive to make an space of inclusivity, belonging, and hub for various perspective, we do not tolerate any inappropriate behavior or comments rooted in anti-blackness, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, sexism, or any comments or behavior that is discriminatory, disruptive, or divisive. If participants cannot abide by these expectations, they will be removed from the training or event and will not be allowed to attend any additional DPH trainings, event, and/or meetings. Trainers have been informed to notify DPH of any misconduct and a DPH representative will follow up with that employee’s supervisor or participant’s agency regarding the misconduct.

RESCHEDULED for March 16th Advanced Motivational Interviewing: MI part 2 – 3/16/23

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Thursday, March 16th, 10:30am-12:30pm

Training Overview

In this two-hour online training, participants will build their Motivational Interviewing skills and knowledge by focusing on understanding MI’s 5 clinical principles and strategies (reflective listening, open questions, affirmations, summarizing, and eliciting self-motivational statements). This session will also include roadblocks to reflective listening, the use of additional readiness tools, such as assessing importance and confidence, the two phases of MI, such as building motivation and strengthening client’s commitment to change, and handling resistance. This workshop will give participants the space to exercise their Motivational interviewing skills through discussion, scenarios and role plays.

PREREQUISTE: Prior to attending this training, participants should have participated in at least one Motivational Interviewing workshop or class or have comparable experience.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

  • Explain the 5 Motivational Interviewing clinical principles and learn the 5 Motivational Interviewing strategies.
  • Learn and practice what not to do, including roadblocks to reflective listening.
  • Practice using MI strategies to elicit and reinforce change talk surrounding harm reduction, infectious disease prevention, and managing substance use, among other range of behaviors impacting health and wellness.
  • Enhance knowledge of motivational techniques and readiness for change by learning and using other tools, such as the assessment of importance and confidence about particular changes.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85247958904?pwd=RXdLUlhxTWRFZTZjNENlRjF4ME5TZz09

Meeting ID: 852 4795 8904
Passcode: 314424

Continuing education units (CEUs) are available thanks to the Center for Learning and Innovation (CLI) for the following disciplines:

  • Registered Nurses (RN)
  • Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW)
  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFT)
  • Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors (LPCC)
  • Licensed Educational Psychologists (LEP)

You can receive two (2) CEUs total at no cost.  

In order to receive your CEUs, you must complete the following:

  • Sign in and sign out of the training using the chat in Zoom (especially if you are sharing an account with a coworker)
  • Complete the evaluation AND the 5-question post-test available on the course page
  • You will receive a completion certificate at the end of the training only if you complete the evaluation
  • CEUs will be emailed to you within 1 month.

Attending one of these trainings fulfills the annual harm reduction training contract requirement, which is part of the SFDPH Declaration of Compliance for SFDPH systems of care and funded agencies that provide direct service to clients. 

Equity Statement

The San Francisco Department of Public Health is committed to leading with race and prioritizing Intersectionality, including sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, class, nationality, language, and ability. SFDPH strives to move forward on the continuum of becoming an anti-racist institution through dismantling racism, building, building solidarity among racial groups, and working towards becoming a Trauma-Informed/Trauma Healing Organization in partnership with staff, clients, communities, and our contractors. When attending, SFDP trainings, events, and/or meetings, we uphold expectations and standards of rules of engagement for our employees and contractors. We expect that all participants operate in professional integrity and adhere to the DPH Employee Code of Conduct or their employee conduct. Participants will be accountable for upholding any group agreements provided by the trainer or host and uphold principles of transparency, confidentiality and respect. We support respectful participation across intersecting identities and experiences including race, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, class, nationality, religion, language, physical and mental ability, and political ideology. While we strive to make an space of inclusivity, belonging, and hub for various perspective, we do not tolerate any inappropriate behavior or comments rooted in anti-blackness, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, sexism, or any comments or behavior that is discriminatory, disruptive, or divisive. If participants cannot abide by these expectations, they will be removed from the training or event and will not be allowed to attend any additional DPH trainings, event, and/or meetings. Trainers have been informed to notify DPH of any misconduct and a DPH representative will follow up with that employee’s supervisor or participant’s agency regarding the misconduct.

RESCHEDULED for March 9th- The Spirit of Motivational Interviewing: MI part 1- 3/9/23

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RESCHEDULED- Thursday March 9th,  10:30am-12:30pm

Training Overview:

In this two-hour online training, participants will learn about the foundations of Motivational Interviewing (MI), understand the process of change, key motivational areas, and differences between MI and other models, and deepen their knowledge and best practices for appropriate counseling interventions under the Stages of Change model. This session will also focus on the value of ambivalence and relapse/recycling in change processes, how to best help others who are not ready for change, and shared strategies to assist others (and ourselves) to increase motivation, self-efficacy and optimism towards health.

By the end of this training, you will be able to
    • Discuss factors that influence one’s ability to change
    • Explain the Stages of Change
    • List at least two strategies a provider can try when incorporating Motivational Interviewing with a client
    • Describe one approach or response to avoid when trying MI

Join Zoom Meeting

Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81932359084?pwd=cHhDZzRhclArdlBxTWFqRElmYUZLdz09 Meeting ID: 819 3235 9084 Passcode: 007972

Continuing education units (CEUs) are available thanks to the Center for Learning and Innovation (CLI) for the following disciplines:  
    • Registered Nurses (RN)
    • Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW)
    • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFT)
    • Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors (LPCC)
    • Licensed Educational Psychologists (LEP)
In order to receive your CEUs, you must complete the following:
    • Sign in and sign out of the training using the chat in Zoom.
    • Complete the evaluation after the training- including the three post questions
    • You will receive a certificate of completion at the end of the training if you fill out the evaluation.
    • CEUs will be emailed to you within 1 month

Attending one of these trainings fulfills the annual harm reduction training contract requirement, which is part of the SFDPH Declaration of Compliance for SFDPH systems of care and funded agencies that provide direct service to clients.

Equity Statement

The San Francisco Department of Public Health is committed to leading with race and prioritizing Intersectionality, including sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, class, nationality, language, and ability. SFDPH strives to move forward on the continuum of becoming an anti-racist institution through dismantling racism, building, building solidarity among racial groups, and working towards becoming a Trauma-Informed/Trauma Healing Organization in partnership with staff, clients, communities, and our contractors. When attending, SFDP trainings, events, and/or meetings, we uphold expectations and standards of rules of engagement for our employees and contractors. We expect that all participants operate in professional integrity and adhere to the DPH Employee Code of Conduct or their employee conduct. Participants will be accountable for upholding any group agreements provided by the trainer or host and uphold principles of transparency, confidentiality and respect. We support respectful participation across intersecting identities and experiences including race, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, class, nationality, religion, language, physical and mental ability, and political ideology. While we strive to make an space of inclusivity, belonging, and hub for various perspective, we do not tolerate any inappropriate behavior or comments rooted in anti-blackness, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, sexism, or any comments or behavior that is discriminatory, disruptive, or divisive. If participants cannot abide by these expectations, they will be removed from the training or event and will not be allowed to attend any additional DPH trainings, event, and/or meetings. Trainers have been informed to notify DPH of any misconduct and a DPH representative will follow up with that employee’s supervisor or participant’s agency regarding the misconduct.

Advanced Motivational Interviewing: MI Part 2- 2/28/23

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Tuesday, February 28th, 10:30am-12:30pm

Training Overview

In this two-hour online training, participants will build their Motivational Interviewing skills and knowledge by focusing on understanding MI’s 5 clinical principles and strategies (reflective listening, open questions, affirmations, summarizing, and eliciting self-motivational statements). This session will also include roadblocks to reflective listening, the use of additional readiness tools, such as assessing importance and confidence, the two phases of MI, such as building motivation and strengthening client’s commitment to change, and handling resistance. This workshop will give participants the space to exercise their Motivational interviewing skills through discussion, scenarios and role plays.

PREREQUISTE: Prior to attending this training, participants should have participated in at least one Motivational Interviewing workshop or class or have comparable experience.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

  • Explain the 5 Motivational Interviewing clinical principles and learn the 5 Motivational Interviewing strategies.
  • Learn and practice what not to do, including roadblocks to reflective listening.
  • Practice using MI strategies to elicit and reinforce change talk surrounding harm reduction, infectious disease prevention, and managing substance use, among other range of behaviors impacting health and wellness.
  • Enhance knowledge of motivational techniques and readiness for change by learning and using other tools, such as the assessment of importance and confidence about particular changes.

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81771762766?pwd=UWtTNlMzZEo0T1NCQzhrZ3Z0L05hZz09

Meeting ID:  817 7176 2766

Passcode: 199299

Continuing education units (CEUs) are available thanks to the Center for Learning and Innovation (CLI) for the following disciplines:

  • Registered Nurses (RN)
  • Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW)
  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFT)
  • Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors (LPCC)
  • Licensed Educational Psychologists (LEP)

You can receive two (2) CEUs total at no cost.  

In order to receive your CEUs, you must complete the following:

  • Sign in and sign out of the training using the chat in Zoom (especially if you are sharing an account with a coworker)
  • Complete the evaluation AND the 5-question post-test available on the course page
  • You will receive a completion certificate at the end of the training only if you complete the evaluation
  • CEUs will be emailed to you within 1 month.

Attending one of these trainings fulfills the annual harm reduction training contract requirement, which is part of the SFDPH Declaration of Compliance for SFDPH systems of care and funded agencies that provide direct service to clients. 

Equity Statement

The San Francisco Department of Public Health is committed to leading with race and prioritizing Intersectionality, including sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, class, nationality, language, and ability. SFDPH strives to move forward on the continuum of becoming an anti-racist institution through dismantling racism, building, building solidarity among racial groups, and working towards becoming a Trauma-Informed/Trauma Healing Organization in partnership with staff, clients, communities, and our contractors. When attending, SFDP trainings, events, and/or meetings, we uphold expectations and standards of rules of engagement for our employees and contractors. We expect that all participants operate in professional integrity and adhere to the DPH Employee Code of Conduct or their employee conduct. Participants will be accountable for upholding any group agreements provided by the trainer or host and uphold principles of transparency, confidentiality and respect. We support respectful participation across intersecting identities and experiences including race, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, class, nationality, religion, language, physical and mental ability, and political ideology. While we strive to make an space of inclusivity, belonging, and hub for various perspective, we do not tolerate any inappropriate behavior or comments rooted in anti-blackness, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, sexism, or any comments or behavior that is discriminatory, disruptive, or divisive. If participants cannot abide by these expectations, they will be removed from the training or event and will not be allowed to attend any additional DPH trainings, event, and/or meetings. Trainers have been informed to notify DPH of any misconduct and a DPH representative will follow up with that employee’s supervisor or participant’s agency regarding the misconduct.

The Spirit of Motivational Interviewing: MI part 1- 2/23/23

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Thursday February 23rd, 10:30am-12:30pm

Training Overview:

In this two-hour online training, participants will learn about the foundations of Motivational Interviewing (MI), understand the process of change, key motivational areas, and differences between MI and other models, and deepen their knowledge and best practices for appropriate counseling interventions under the Stages of Change model. This session will also focus on the value of ambivalence and relapse/recycling in change processes, how to best help others who are not ready for change, and shared strategies to assist others (and ourselves) to increase motivation, self-efficacy and optimism towards health.

By the end of this training, you will be able to:

  • Discuss factors that influence one’s ability to change.
  • Explain the Stages of Change.
  • List at least two strategies a provider can try when incorporating Motivational Interviewing with a client.
  • Describe one approach or response to avoid when trying MI.

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83552848374?pwd=S0dMdUtOYzZueVZlTnZ2M05VKzd3dz09

Meeting ID: 835 5284 8374
Passcode: 371528

Continuing education units (CEUs) are available thanks to the Center for Learning and Innovation (CLI) for the following disciplines:  

  • Registered Nurses (RN)
  • Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW)
  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFT)
  • Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors (LPCC)
  • Licensed Educational Psychologists (LEP)

In order to receive your CEUs, you must complete the following:

  • Sign in and sign out of the training using the chat in Zoom.
  • Complete the evaluation and the post-test after the training
  • You will receive a completion certificate at the end of the training if you fill out the evaluation.
  • CEUs will be emailed to you within 1 month.

Attending one of these trainings fulfills the annual harm reduction training contract requirement, which is part of the SFDPH Declaration of Compliance for SFDPH systems of care and funded agencies that provide direct service to clients.

Equity Statement

The San Francisco Department of Public Health is committed to leading with race and prioritizing Intersectionality, including sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, class, nationality, language, and ability. SFDPH strives to move forward on the continuum of becoming an anti-racist institution through dismantling racism, building, building solidarity among racial groups, and working towards becoming a Trauma-Informed/Trauma Healing Organization in partnership with staff, clients, communities, and our contractors. When attending, SFDP trainings, events, and/or meetings, we uphold expectations and standards of rules of engagement for our employees and contractors. We expect that all participants operate in professional integrity and adhere to the DPH Employee Code of Conduct or their employee conduct. Participants will be accountable for upholding any group agreements provided by the trainer or host and uphold principles of transparency, confidentiality and respect. We support respectful participation across intersecting identities and experiences including race, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, class, nationality, religion, language, physical and mental ability, and political ideology. While we strive to make an space of inclusivity, belonging, and hub for various perspective, we do not tolerate any inappropriate behavior or comments rooted in anti-blackness, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, sexism, or any comments or behavior that is discriminatory, disruptive, or divisive. If participants cannot abide by these expectations, they will be removed from the training or event and will not be allowed to attend any additional DPH trainings, event, and/or meetings. Trainers have been informed to notify DPH of any misconduct and a DPH representative will follow up with that employee’s supervisor or participant’s agency regarding the misconduct.

Conflict Management and De-Escalation 2/2/23

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Thursday, February 2nd, 2022 10:30am-12:30pm

The goal of this training is to provide general guidelines for the prevention and management of conflict, as well as a plan everyone can use to navigate conflict when it arises. We will discuss what conflict looks like and strategies for navigating it, as well as discuss building personal skills in self-management during conflict and safety.

By the end of this training participants will be able to:

    • Define conflict, escalation, and de-escalation
    • Discuss how systems of power and privilege can influence conflict
    • Explore their own relationship to conflict including triggers, challenges, and strategies for self-management
    • Explain 3 strategies for working with an escalated person

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83952279765?pwd=VGVoVWVXUmZiWWJ2L2V2eG9rUFJiZz09

Meeting ID: 839 5227 9765 Passcode: 678004

Continuing education units (CEUs) are available thanks to the Center for Learning and Innovation (CLI) for the following disciplines:  

      • Registered Nurses (RN)
      • Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW)
      • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFT)
      • Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors (LPCC)
      • Licensed Educational Psychologists (LEP)

In order to receive your CEUs, you must complete the following:

    • Sign in and sign out of the training using the chat in Zoom.
    • complete the evaluation AND the 5 question post-test

You will receive a completion certificate at the end of the training if you fill out the evaluation.

CEUs may take up to one month to receive

Attending one of these trainings fulfills the annual harm reduction training contract requirement, which is part of the SFDPH Declaration of Compliance for SFDPH systems of care and funded agencies that provide direct service to clients.

Equity Statement

The San Francisco Department of Public Health is committed to leading with race and prioritizing Intersectionality, including sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, class, nationality, language, and ability. SFDPH strives to move forward on the continuum of becoming an anti-racist institution through dismantling racism, building, building solidarity among racial groups, and working towards becoming a Trauma-Informed/Trauma Healing Organization in partnership with staff, clients, communities, and our contractors. When attending, SFDP trainings, events, and/or meetings, we uphold expectations and standards of rules of engagement for our employees and contractors. We expect that all participants operate in professional integrity and adhere to the DPH Employee Code of Conduct or their employee conduct. Participants will be accountable for upholding any group agreements provided by the trainer or host and uphold principles of transparency, confidentiality and respect. We support respectful participation across intersecting identities and experiences including race, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, class, nationality, religion, language, physical and mental ability, and political ideology. While we strive to make an space of inclusivity, belonging, and hub for various perspective, we do not tolerate any inappropriate behavior or comments rooted in anti-blackness, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, sexism, or any comments or behavior that is discriminatory, disruptive, or divisive. If participants cannot abide by these expectations, they will be removed from the training or event and will not be allowed to attend any additional DPH trainings, event, and/or meetings. Trainers have been informed to notify DPH of any misconduct and a DPH representative will follow up with that employee’s supervisor or participant’s agency regarding the misconduct.