IHRC offers continuing education units (CEUs) for all California calendar trainings to Certified Addiction Treatment Specialists through the CA Association of Alcohol and Drug Educators, to RNs through the Board of Registered Nursing, and LCSW's and MFT's through the CA Board of Behavioral Sciences.
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VICARIOUS TRAUMA
Friday, September 4
Trainer: Val Robb, RN
Registration and Coffee 8:30am - 9:00am
Course time: 9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Training Site: HRC 1440 Broadway, Ste 510 Oakland, CA 94612
Cost: $40 (To register & pay by credit card, click HERE)
Vicarious Trauma, or "Second-Hand Shock", refers to the cumulative impact of distress that clients' trauma content stories have on the professional. Vicarious Trauma has the potential to exact a huge toll on the caring listener: physiologically, emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually, if not recognized and addressed. This training will allow participants to define 'vicarious trauma' and how it may be experienced. We will briefly go over the biology of stress and how to recognize symptoms. We will also focus on parallel process in the way we as workers experience similar somatic and psychological symptoms to the clients, how we can use that to inform our work, and increase self care and well-being.
HARM REDUCTION PHILOSOPHY: THEORY AND PRACTICE FOR PROGRAM MANAGEMENT & DIRECT SERVICE
Friday, September 11
Trainer: Cyndee Clay, Executive Director of HIPS (Helping Individual Prostitutes Survive), Washington DC
Registration and Coffee 8:30am - 9:00am
Course time: 9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Training Site: HRC 1440 Broadway, Ste 510, Oakland, CA 94612
Cost: $40 (To register & pay by credit card, click HERE)
The workshop, designed for both direct service and management staff will explore Harm Reduction as a philosophy for dealing with the day to day issues faced by direct service organizations. How can we use the concept and philosophy of harm reduction to deal with daily challenges of supervising, supporting, and managing staff, volunteers, participants and other stakeholders? We'll take "meeting people where they're at" to another level and use it as a basis to discuss best practices in program and policy development and staff/participant/volunteer supervision.
WORKING WITH SEX WORKERS
Friday, September 11
Trainer: Cyndee Clay, Executive Director of HIPS (Helping Individual Prostitutes Survive), Washington DC
Course time: 1:30 am - 5:00 pm
Training Site: HRC 1440 Broadway, Ste 510, Oakland, CA 94612
Cost: $40. (To register & pay by credit card, click HERE.)
Does your organization come into contact with sex workers? Are you sure? Individuals that may be trading sex for shelter, food, drugs or other necessities? In this workshop you'll learn how to address common barriers that sex workers report in accessing both traditional and harm reduction programs. Participants will receive ideas for creating a sex worker-safe space, easy ways to integrate sex worker programming into any agency, and address staff training and cultural competency needs to effectively help sex-trade or other individuals reduce risk associated with exchanging sex for gain.
OVERVIEW OF HARM REDUCTION
Friday, September 18
Trainer: Micah Frazier, HRC Trainer
Registration and Coffee 9:00am - 9:30am
Course time: 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
Training Site: HRC 1440 Broadway, Ste 510 Oakland, CA 94612
Cost: $70. (To register & pay by credit card, click HERE.)
This course provides a one-day survey of the history, philosophy, and strategies of the harm reduction model as it has evolved in the United States. Included are discussions of the harm reduction's understanding of drug use in the context of people's lives, traditional drug treatment and drug use management. This course is a foundation for all people from all disciplines interested in harm reduction.
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND SKILLS PRACTICE
Friday, October 9
Trainer: Veronica Neal
Registration and Coffee 9:00am - 9:30am
Course time: 9:30 am - 5 pm
Training Site: HRC 1440 Broadway, Ste 510 Oakland, CA 94612
Cost: $70 (To register & pay by credit card, click HERE.)
Note: Completion of Introduction to Leadership in Harm Reduction based agencies or Harm Reduction Overview should be completed before taking this course.
Harm Reduction Leadership Skills Development workshop is a follow-up course to the Leadership Introduction class. This workshop is designed to address critical core competencies of managers/ supervisors working in Harm Reduction based agencies. The overall intent of this session is to provide small group skills practice and one-on-one consulting. Specific areas explored will include communication skills, facilitation, coaching, group dynamics/team building, support & supervision. Issues of cultural diversity in the workplace will be addressed throughout the workshop series. Please bring your challenges, questions and case studies for discussion. This workshop is highly interactive and fun! Bring your leadership team.
STAYING ALIVE: TOOLS FOR OVERDOSE INTERVENTION AND SURVIVAL
Friday, October 16
Trainer: Eliza Wheeler, Drug Overdose Prevention & Education (DOPE) Project
Course time: 1 pm - 5 pm
Training Site: HRC 1440 Broadway, Ste 510 Oakland, CA 94612
Cost: FREE (To register online, click HERE.)
This half-day training is for anyone working with opiate users who may be at risk for overdose. Family members, friends, partners and loved ones of opiate users who are interested in learning about overdose prevention and response are also welcome. Opiates include drugs like heroin and prescription drugs like Oxycontin or Percocet. Training participants will learn the skills necessary to respond to an overdose, including rescue breathing and Narcan administration. At the finish of the training, participants will be certified overdose responders and will receive an overdose response kit if they choose. This training will also cover overdose risk factors, recognizing an overdose, important prevention tips. Learn how your agency can develop an overdose protocol and provide the best care to drug using program participants. We will explore how to effectively engage and talk to program participants and friends about overdose. Participants will leave with a solid foundation around overdose prevention, recognition, and response and a plan to practice overdose prevention in their work, or with friends and family.
UNDERSTANDING & WORKING WITH CHALLENGES FACED BY TRANSGENDER CLIENTS
Friday, October 23
Trainer: Tiffany Woods, TransVision Program Coordinator, Tri-City Health Center
Registration and Coffee 9:00am - 9:30am
Course time: 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
Training Site: HRC 1440 Broadway, Ste 510 Oakland, CA 94612
Cost: $70. (To pay by credit card, click HERE.)
Working with transgender clients can be challenging. Transgender people are highly vulnerable and marginalized in the United States. Multiple issues such as society stigma, depression, unemployment, substance use, lack of support system, identity documents, housing, and transportation are all barriers that many transgender people experience when trying to access services.
This training will provide insight into challenges faced daily by transgender people. We will gauge participant's knowledge and comfort level in understanding transgender identities and develop skills to effectively work with transgender clients. We will also explore the reasons why transgender women are particularly vulnerable to HIV/STD infection, substance use, and sex work and how harm reduction strategies can work in eliminating barriers to HIV and other services.
Learning Objectives
* Define transgender terminology and be able to identify four different trans identities
* Become more comfortable in working with transgender clients
* Increase your understanding and awareness of the multiple issues that prevent transgender people from accessing health care services; develop strategies that can make healthcare settings more trans friendly, supportive, and inclusive
* Identify at least three barriers to health care and HIV/STD Prevention and care services and offer workable solutions to eliminate the barriers
* Develop at least three harm reduction strategies that will help your transgender client reduce their risk for HIV/STD infection
MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING, NEGOTIATING CHANGE
Tuesday, October 27
Trainers: Jagadisa-devasri Dacus & Camille Abrahams
Registration and Coffee 9:00am - 9:30am
Course time: 9:30 am - 5 pm
Training Site: HRC 1440 Broadway, Ste 510 Oakland, CA 94612
Cost: $70. (To pay by credit card, click HERE.)
Note: This training requires completion of either Overview of Harm Reduction or Intro to Harm Reduction
Motivational interviewing is an effective, evidence-based approach to overcoming the ambivalence that keeps many people from making desired changes in their lives, even after being referred to professional treatment. Motivational Interviewing is a client-centered counseling style that strategically directs clients to examine, explore, and resolve ambivalence to change certain behaviors. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
. Identify ways that Motivational Interviewing may assist in service provision to clients
. List at least three of the five Key Motivational Areas
. Discuss factors that impact people's ability to change
. Discuss some of the key influencing factors that affect clients' sex and drug risk-taking behaviors
. Explain and apply the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change ("Stages of Change")
. Describe and apply the five Clinical Principles and Strategies of Motivational Interviewing
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AND HIV PREVENTION WITH LGBT PEOPLE
Wednesday, October 28
Trainers: Jagadisa-devasri Dacus & Adam Viera
Registration and Coffee 9:00am - 9:30am
Course time: 9:30 am - 5 pm
Training Site: HRC 1440 Broadway, Ste 510 Oakland, CA 94612
Cost: $70. (To register & pay by credit card, click HERE.)
This training is intended to encourage service providers to consider the link between intimate partner violence (IPV) and HIV prevention when working with LGBT people. Additionally, this workshop aims to inform participants of the client-centered strategies available to meet the needs of clients while recognizing the diversity of their experiences.
HARM REDUCTION CASE MANAGEMENT
Friday, November 6
Trainer: Dara Papo
Registration and Coffee 9:00am - 9:30am
Course time: 9:30 am - 5 pm
Training Site: HRC 1440 Broadway, Ste 510 Oakland, CA 94612
Cost: $70. (To register & pay by credit card, click HERE.)
Note: This training requires completion of either Overview of Harm Reduction or Harm Reduction Philosophy
This training workshop will be both didactic and interactive and will identify the various steps and practical interventions involved in harm reduction case management. The training will cover outreach/ engagement, assessment, treatment planning, and strategies for motivating clients to follow through with accessing services/meeting their stated goals. In addition, the training will review guidelines for assessing for safety issues for clients and strategies to ensure staff safety. Harm reduction case management obtains successful outcomes through an empowerment approach rather than fostering client/consumer dependency upon agencies for their needs. Case examples will be offered and participants are also encouraged to discuss successful or challenging cases of their own.
CONFLICT PREVENTION, INTERVENTION, & DE-ESCALATION Wednesday, November 11
Trainer: Laura Guzman
Registration and Coffee 9:00am - 9:30am
Course time: 9:30 am - 5 pm
Training Site: HRC 1440 Broadway, Ste 510, Oakland, CA 94612
Cost: $70. (To register & pay by credit card, click HERE.)
Note: This training requires completion of either Overview of Harm Reduction or Intro to harm Reduction
This workshop seeks to enhance staff abilities in addressing conflict and de-escalating situations with clients in the street and within a community service setting. The overall goal of the workshop is for staff to learn and share skills to continue to build a safe and healthy community of staff, participants and clients. In the workshop we will review basic "customer service 101," including the role of professionalism, boundaries and improving communications and trust levels with clients and team members. We will also discuss tips for preventing and responding to conflict and some principles of the Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Model, designed to help staff provide for the best possible care and welfare of disruptive or out-of-control clients. The workshop seeks to be highly interactive and fun. Come ready!
UNDERSTANDING THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN TRAUMA AND SUBSTANCE USE
Thursday, November 19
Trainer: Micah Frazier
Registration and Coffee 9:00am - 9:30am
Course time: 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
Training Site: HRC 1440 Broadway, Ste 510 Oakland, CA 94612
Cost: $70. (To register & pay by credit card, click HERE.)
Substance use and thus drug related harm occur within the context of people's lives including their experiences of trauma. As harm reduction service providers we must include a trauma analysis when working with people around their substance use and potential harm, continuing to locate our work within a harm reduction framework. This training is intended to support providers working with drug users in exploring and addressing the impact of trauma including sexual abuse on people's lives, families and communities. We will:
* Introduce the impact of trauma on individuals, families and communities and relevant ways to integrate our understanding of trauma into harm reduction work
* Explore the intersections between child sexual abuse, other forms of violence, drug use, harm reduction & systemic oppression
* Support individual and community resiliency-based work as key to social change and transformation
* Introduce participants to the principles and practices of Transformative Justice, exploring their relation to the principles and practices of Harm Reduction and how both work to respond to and prevent future incidences of child sexual abuse and other forms of intimate violence.
* Introduce and invite specific ways to integrate CSA response and prevention into harm reduction programs and organizing.
TIME FOR A TUNE-UP - STRESS REDUCTION AND BURNOUT PREVENTION THROUGH HYPNOSIS AND SELF HYPNOSIS
Friday, December 4
Trainer: Rose May Dance, CCHT
Registration and Coffee 9:00am - 9:30am
Course time: 9:30 am - 5 pm
Cost: $70.(To register & pay by credit card, click HERE.)
Working in Harm Reduction is not without its stresses, because of intense client contact, unusual working conditions, on-the-job pressures, grief and loss, and other reasons. Being able to give to ourselves, and then to each other as co-workers, is essential in engendering emotional and mental health. In this workshop we identify good sources of renewal, and learn self-hypnosis as a tool for change. Group hypnosis is also offered, with great suggestions for relaxation, self-appreciation, and renewal. Through lecture, discussion, small group work, and exercises we explore methods for avoiding burnout in the first place, bouncing back from burnout, building stress-reduction into our workday and into our leisure time. We explore interactions which could have gone better from our work-life, and actually bring healing energy to our own past, letting it move forward nourishing us in the present and setting new healthy patterns for the future. At the end of this workshop we will feel that we've had a nice vacation, in a way, and things will get easier for us.
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