Training Overview:
This 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.
At the conclusion of this training, participants should be able to:
- Define three key principles of harm reduction.
- Explore the harm reduction premise that the client is the expert and is responsible for choosing the type and timing of behavior change.
- List at least three harm reduction options for substance use behaviors.
- Describe ways in which they can incorporate harm reduction skills into their relationships with clients.
Facilitator: Alixe Dittmore
Organized by: The Harm Reduction Training Institute and the National Harm Reduction Coalition.
