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Integrating Harm Reduction into Drug and Alcohol Treatment
Workshop Description
Harm Reduction is a public health approach that helps people identify and reduce the harm in
their life caused by drug and/or alcohol use. This course is designed to reinforce your
knowledge about the principles of harm reduction and to help you take those principles and
incorporate them into your work. The course provides an opportunity to identify the challenges
to practicing harm reduction in drug and alcohol treatment. It identifies several harm
reduction skills that can be adapted to the drug and alcohol treatment setting. Participants will also have an
opportunity to become familiar with internet-based tools and resources that can further help
integrate harm reduction into their work.
Intended Audience
This course is designed for people who work in a variety of drug and alcohol treatment
modalities, primarily as counselors working one-on-one to support individuals seeking to
change their behavior and reduce the harms associated with their substance use. Counselors
will be a combination of nurses, certified addictions counselors, licensed mental health
counselors and social workers. We think other health and human service workers (including
community health workers, family planning counselors, HIV service workers, and outreach
workers) may be able to adopt the content of this course to their work.
Learning Objectives
As a result of this workshop, participants will be able to:
1. Define the principles of harm reduction;
2. Assess the compatibility of harm reduction approaches and existing services;
3. Clarify facts and myths about harm reduction in drug and alcohol treatment;
4. Identify two (2) harm reduction skills to use in drug and alcohol treatment;
5. Create a harm reduction referral listing; and
6. Develop a personal action plan for implementing harm reduction at work.
7. Familiarize participants with internet-based harm reduction materials and resources.
Cost for the Course
The cost for this course is $70.00 and $10.00 for continuing education units (CEUs). Click
here for
more information on CEUs.
Instructors
Mindy Domb
Jim Hogan
Thank You
HCSM, Inc. gratefully acknowledges the generosity of The Ittleson Foundation
in supporting the development of SPHERE’s online harm reduction course.
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