MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING Tuesday, May 13, 2008 Course Time: 10:00am-5:00pm Marion Riedel, Ph.D., C.S.W., Associate Professor of Professional Practice, Columbia University School of Social Work Course Fee: $70 CASAC credits are available for this course Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a collaborative approach to working with people experiencing negative consequences from substance use and other challenging behaviors. It is a style of counseling that helps the person develop a schema about the positive and negative effects of their behavior, which facilitates readiness for change. Participants will learn MI techniques such as reflective listening, delivering feedback, summarizing, decisional balancing, and developing change plans. Strategies for translating MI principals in action will be discussed (e.g. expressing empathy, developing discrepancy, avoiding argument, and dealing with resistance). This session will also focus on the use of ambivalence in the counseling process and strategies for increasing motivation, self-efficacy and optimism. This workshop will utilize case examples, role-playing, and peer feedback as methods to incorporate new skills learned.

Friday, May 16 Trainer: Val Robb, RN Registration and Coffee 9:00am – 9:30am Course time: 9:30 am - 1 pm Training Site: HRC 1440 Broadway, Ste 510 Oakland, CA 94612 Cost: $50.
To Register Online and Make Payment Please Click HERE Every drug has its side effects. For those who use ‘Illegal Drugs’ the side effects are multiplied by all sorts of complications: jail, overdose, lack of syringes, lack of pure drugs, exposure to HIV and Hepatitis C. The purpose of this course is to explore the range of medical complications from overdose and abscess to chronic Hepatitis C or HIV. We will spend some time looking at prevention methods, including how to teach safer injection techniques and ways to access medical care effectively. Participants will have the opportunity to learn injection techniques, tips, and information. Issues like “Speed Psychosis,” self-medication for anxiety and depression and other mental health issues will also be discussed. This course is for anyone who uses drugs or is affected by drug use as well as service providers. Medical and non-medical providers are welcome.

HEPATITIS C PREVENTION: BEYOND THE BASICS Tuesday, May 20, 2008 Course Time: 10:00am-5:00pm Narelle Ellendon, HCV Director, Harm Reduction Coalition Course Fee: $70 This training is for service providers who work with current and former drug users to describe the mechanics of injection and identify potential transmission points of Hepatitis C. Effective prevention requires new models capable of addressing difficult real world challenges of injection drug users. This training will provide realistic strategies for preventing Hepatitis C with injection drug users who continue to share drugs, as well as those who do not have clean equipment, focusing on both short-term and long-term injectors, including those diagnosed with Hepatitis C.

Thursday, May 22, 2008 Trainer: Jagadisa-devasri Dacus, LMSW, Senior Director, HRC Training & Capacity Building Programs 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 Online and Make Payment Please Click HERE As a process that develops and evolves over an extended period of time, cultural competency, involves the increase of awareness, knowledge, and skills that enable social service providers to translate HIV prevention intervention messages to their clients. Cultural competence is commonly understood as the integration and transformation of knowledge about individuals and groups of people into specific standards, policies, practices, and attitudes used in appropriate cultural settings to increase the quality of services; thereby producing better prevention outcomes. The goals of this training are to increase participants' understanding of how culture impacts their work with clients and increase participants' level of cultural competence. By the end of this training, participants will be able to: -Define culture, cultural diversity, and cultural competence. -Explain and discuss the impact of their own and their clients' culture on HIV prevention work. -Discuss the impact of culture on risk-taking behavior. -Assess their own level of cultural competence. -Discuss how they can actively work to increase their cultural competence.

Friday, May 23 Trainer: Jagadisa-devasri Dacus, LMSW, Senior Director, Training & Capacity Building Programs, Harm Reduction Coalition, NYC 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 Online and Make Payment Please Click HERE 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

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: HARM REDUCTION & LAW ENFORCEMENT Tuesday, May 27, 2008 Course Time: 10:00am-1:00pm Kamau Karl Franklin, Racial Justice Fellow, Center for Constitutional Rights, Member, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement Thenjiwe Tameika McHarris, International Coordinator, Peoples Hurricane Relief Fund/Oversight Coalition, Member, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement Course Fee: $50 Thousands of people encounter improper “Stop and Frisk” activity, and are unwarrantedly stopped, detained, brutalized, and even murdered by law enforcement. According to The Center for Constitutional Rights, more than half a million people were stopped and frisked in 2006 where 89% were non-white and 90% were never charged with a crime. In addition, young people are also frequent targets of law enforcement—their legal rights are often disrespected and disregarded. Participants of this training will gain knowledge on how to mitigate situations of misconduct by law enforcement, and also develop their knowledge of how to properly inform clients on basic ways to handle misconduct while attempting to maintain safety and well-being. Attendees will participate in group activities, role play exercises, and will be provided with basic knowledge of the process of searches and "probable cause.”

HEPATITIS C COINFECTION Wednesday, May 28, 2008 Course Time: 2:00pm-5:00pm Tracy Swan, Hepatitis/HIV Coinfection Project Director, Treatment Action Group Course Fee: $50 Due to overlapping modes of transmission, HIV and Hepatitis C virus (HCV) coinfection is common among current and former injection drug users. This interactive training, with a special emphasis on medical and policy issues specific to the drug-using community, provides an overview of the prevalence and natural history of, and diagnostics and treatment for, HIV/ HCV coinfection.

AFRICAN AMERICANS & HARM REDUCTION Thursday, May 29, 2008 Course Time: 10:00am-5:00pm Camille Abrahams, Director, AACBI, Harm Reduction Coalition Dorcey Jones, CBA Specialist, AACBI, Harm Reduction Coalition Course Fee: FREE The goal of this training is to provide participants with a context in which harm reduction can be applied to African American communities. At the conclusion of this training, participants will have a working definition of harm reduction and gain a basic understanding of the context in which harm reduction has been developed and implemented in the United States within African American communities. Participants will also be able to outline some of the influencing factors that impact African Americans’ engagement in high-risk sexual and drug-use behaviors and discuss how they can apply harm reduction techniques and/or strategies within their agencies.

Friday, May 30 Trainer: Dara Papo, LCSW 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 Online and Make Payment Please Click HERE 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

HIV MEDS & STREET DRUGS Wednesday, June 4, 2008 Course Time: 10:00am-1:00pm Mark Kinzly, HRC Consultant Course Fee: $50 In this current “abstinence only” culture, there has been minimal research conducted on how HIV medications and street drugs interact. This half-day training will take an honest look at how ecstasy, marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamines can potentially have a negative interaction with HIV/AIDS medications. This course is a must for HIV/AIDS case managers!

Friday, June 6 Trainer: Laura Guzman, JD, Director, Mission Neighborhood Resource Center 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 Online and Make Payment Please Click HERE 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!

IDU’S FOR NON-IDU’S Tuesday, June 10, 2008 Course Time: 10:00am-5:00pm Pam Lynch, HRC Consultant Course Fee: $70 In recent years, agencies funding HIV prevention and care require staff to have higher levels of formal education. Consequently, the number of workers who have personal experience and understanding of how drugs are prepared and injected has decreased. This lack of insight means important nuances of IDU risk and prevention are overlooked, and has also led to a disregard of the culture of injection drug use. Through this training participants will: enhance their cultural proficiency of injection drug use and its related health issues, further their prevention work with IDUs, and experience the preparation and administration of injection drug use through a mock injection demonstration.

Friday, June 13 Trainer: Emalie Huriaux, MPH 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 Online and Make Payment Please Click HERE Community health outreach workers are vital gatekeepers in some communities and often the primary link these communities have to health and social services. This training is an overview of how to approach and build relationships with populations at high risk for experiencing drug-related harm. We will discuss engagement, trust-building, boundaries, and safety. Through discussion, small group activities and sharing our experiences, we will explore creative approaches to meeting communities where they are.

HEPATITIS C PEER TRAINING Wednesday, June 18, 2008 Course Time: 10:00am-5:00pm Narelle Ellendon, HCV Director, Harm Reduction Coalition Course Fee: $70 This training is geared towards staff and experienced peers that work with drug users in harm reduction programs, drug treatment, correctional health, HIV services or other community-based services. The Frontline Hepatitis Training Curriculum is designed to help peers working with active or former drug users to integrate Hepatitis C into their work. This train-the-trainer will enable staff to incorporate the interactive HCV Peer Outreach training into their existing programs, and enhance outreach activities to participants who are affected by Hepatitis C.

SAFETY & EMPOWERMENT FOR YOUTH WHO TRADE SEX Thursday, June 19, 2008 Course Time: 10:00am-5:00pm Shira Hassan, HRC Consultant Course Fee: $70 This full day training will discuss the complexity of trading sex for money, drugs, safety, and survival needs for youth, and will explore the practice of reducing harm for this particular community. The training will introduce a range of ideas for improving physical safety, sexual, emotional, and physical health, as well as dealing with trauma, empowerment and social justice issues youth face. Participants will develop a greater understanding of the intricacies of the range of ways that youth can be involved in trading sex, including dealing with pimps, gangs, ritual abuse, survival sex and self-employment. Participants will increase their knowledge of available harm reduction techniques, empowerment strategies and legal rights.

Friday, June 20 Trainer: Dee-Dee Stout, MA, CADC II 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 Online and Make Payment Please Click HERE In the world of alcohol and other drug treatment there are several common modalities. This course will attempt to discuss these modalities, their commonalities and differences, etiologies, and possible usefulness. Course will include videos of treatment facilities, documentary film, and possible guest speakers.