AODtraining@MHC – Register Now
AODtraining@MHC - Register Now
The Semester 1 2023 AODtraining@MHC and AODwebinars@MHC calendars are now open for registrations. Both calendars include new alcohol and other drug training events as well as popular and foundational events – please see the below lists for a sample.
NEW
- ST345 Trauma Informed Care and Practice with young people
- From MDMA to Psilocybin: What is Substance-Assisted Psychotherapy? (webinar)
- Supporting sustained behaviour change over time (relapse prevention) (webinar)
- Working with young people with co-occurring mental health and alcohol and other drug issues (webinar)
POPULAR
- KA/ST027 Ways of working with Aboriginal people – Part 1
- ST284 Motivational Interviewing – Part 1
- ST326 Trauma Informed Care and Practice
- ST343 Emotion Regulation
- An introduction to coercive control (webinar)
- An introduction to emotion regulation (webinar)
FOUNDATIONAL
- ST284 Motivational interviewing part 1
- ST222 Induction training for new AOD workers
- ST334 AOD skills foundation
- ST338 Working with clients who use AOD with co-occurring mental health issues
For further information and to register head to the AODtraining@MHC calendar or the AODwebinars@MHC calendar.
If you are not able to make it to training, MHC also has a variety of online learning programs available. Topics include Introduction to alcohol and other drugs, Opioid overdose and the use of naloxone, AOD prevention, and Needle and syringe programs.
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