CE / Trainer course
Guide to Harm Reduction
Course Overview
The purpose of this harm reduction training course is to convey a working understanding of harm reduction as it is applied to substance use disorder.
Harm reduction incorporates a spectrum of evidence-based and evidence-informed strategies from safer use, to managed use, to abstinence to meet drug users “where they’re at” and addressing conditions of use along with the use itself.
In this training course you will learn the benefits of harm reduction and how harm reduction strategies can be applied to reduce harm and further complications from drug use and reduce the harm and risks to the community. The course will dispel some common myths of harm reduction and illustrate where it fits within the continuum of substance use (SUD) treatment and recovery. Participants will gain and understanding of harm reduction principles and services and be able to define what it means to “practice” harm reduction.
What You Will Learn
- Define harm reduction as it is used in engaging people who use drugs into services and support.
- List a minimum of four benefits of harm reduction for the individual and/or community.
- Discuss the history of harm reduction and where it fits today in the continuum of SUD treatment and recovery.
- Identify the principles and philosophy of harm reduction and examples of harm reduction tools and services.
- Recognize an effective harm reduction practice in contrast to a practice which does not apply harm reduction principles to the services / tools.
Course Outline
Harm Reduction Terminology, Definition and Philosophy
a. Terminology
b. What is Harm
c. Definition and Philosophy
d. Harm Reduction Versus Harm Elimination
e. Community and Benefits of Harm Reduction
f. Who are Harm Reductionists and What they Do?History of Harm Reduction and the Criminalization of Drugs
a. History
b. Criminalization of Drugs
c. Connection to Structural Inequalities and RacismFoundations in Harm Reduction Approaches
a. Evidence-based and Evidence Informed Approaches
b. Harm Reduction Strategies
c. Continuum of Substance Use
d. Substance Use Management (SUM)
e. Stages pf Change Model and Harm Reduction
f. Assessing Areas for Improvement: Drug, Set, and Setting
g. Ideal Model for Harm ReductionPracticing Harm Reduction
a. Introduction to: Principles + Tools = Practicing
b. Harm Reduction Principles
c. Harm Reduction Services and ToolsHarm Reduction Myths
Examples of Harm Reduction in Action
Next Steps and Resources
Online CE Course
Online, self-paced continuing education.
3.0 CE Credits
Clinician and layperson accreditation through Purdue University, College of Pharmacy, Office of Continuing Education.
Fees
Individual Course: $45
Prerequisites
None
Onsite and Virtual Training
On-site and virtual training available for groups of five or more.
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Trainer Program
Get certified to deliver course within your community. Pricing includes a training and a licensing fee.
Prerequisite
The Opioid Public Health Crisis
Training Fee: $255/person
- Prerequisite course: $45 pp
- Course Training: $150 pp
- Course Kit: $60 pp
Program License Fee: $200/per person
- Access one trainer to use the materials. Annual renewal.
Group Program License: $400/per group
- Access for two or more trainers within an organization to use the materials. Annual renewal.