Modular Curriculum
20-50 minute event/conference talks available on all subjects
Staff/Management full-day training (7.5 hours including breaks)
Supporting People Who Use Drugs – A Harm Reduction Pathway
Defining Harm Reduction
Harm Reduction in History
Harm Reduction Strategies for a Variety of Drugs
Advocacy and Harm Reduction
Reducing Harm With Words
Harm Reduction Specific Resources
Training Modules (2 hours)
WHY Harm Reduction I
- Humanistics and the influence of culture, economics, and lifestyle
- Understand historical examples of stigma and systemic racism
- Generational trauma & persistent inequity
- What is culture?
WHY Harm Reduction II
- Culture and communication
- Resistance/ambivalence to seeking information/help
- Leveraging introductions and authenticity
- Managing hard discussions
Cultural Humility and Building Trust
- Cultural Competency vs. Humility
- Examples of Cultural Responses
- Community Engagement
- Levels of Trust
Multiple Pathways to Recovery
- Contributing Factors to SUD
- What is Person-Centered Care?
- Co-occurring Disorders
- Inspiring change
Co-occurring Disorders
- Intersections of SUD, mental health, and trauma
- Building trust in triage
- Creating a safety net
- System partners and ROIs
Trauma-Informed Care
- Generational Trauma
- What is (C)PTSD?
- Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
- Trauma-Informed Care
Levels of Care and Stigma in Recovery
- Treatment culture, philosophies, and biases
- Acute care, step-down processes, and ongoing recovery
- Medication assisted treatment (MAT)
- Managing expectations and tracking outcomes
Recovery Oriented Systems of Care (ROSC)
- Availability of Resources
- Systemic Obstacles
- Cultural Obstacles
- Communication with System Partners
Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) as Organizational Culture
- Company culture, supervision, and reporting
- Staff safety and wellbeing
- Morale, compassion fatigue, and burnout
- Ethics and professionalism
The Case for Multidisciplinary Case Management
- Team dynamics, facilitation, and case notes
- Analogies, anecdotes, and evidence-based data
- HIPPA, confidentiality, and documentation
- Ethical practice in imperfect systems
Leadership/Conference Workshops (2 hours)
Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) as a Culture
- Effective supervision and understanding roles
- Collective Confidence, Decision Fatigue, and Morale
- Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, and Moral Distress/Injury
- Facilitation, Collaboration, and Feedback Loops
Optimizing Roles and Teamwork
- Setting and Communicating Workplace Culture
- Talent Management: Personnel Capability, Capacity, and Deployment
- Onboarding and Continuing Education
- Performance Planning Efficiencies
Regulatory Environment, Professionalism, and Ethics
- Regulatory frameworks, expected practice, and quantifying outcomes
- Professional standing and position descriptions
- What makes a good supervisor?
- Upward and downward reporting