Learn how to maximise the impact of your interventions when you only have limited time with people who may be using AOD. This one-day introductory course will best suit workers whose role is more suited to AOD brief interventions.

*This training is blended with an online learning prerequisite. 
 

Motivational interviewing (MI) is an established client-centred, evidence-based practice for AOD treatment. Participants will be introduced to the theoretical framework of MI and further develop practical skills to engage in collaborative 'change conversations', which will help clients identify and examine their ambivalence around AOD use.

This two-day advanced MI workshop will review the theoretical framework of MI, then explore core skills and intervention strategies in-depth.

This workshop provides an overview of trauma, describes the principles of trauma-informed care and practice, and offers participants the opportunity to consider how trauma-informed care and practice could be incorporated into their work. 

This training aims to assist workers to develop an increased understanding of emotions and emotional regulation, gain skills to support clients to better identify, understand and manage their emotions, as well as assist clients with strategies to respond to overwhelming emotions in constructive ways.

This one-day workshop offers knowledge and skills to support AOD treatment service workers to identify more accurately, and where appropriate, address the needs of people presenting with co-occurring mental health and AOD issues.

This workshop will provide participants with an understanding of the principles and models for AOD prevention strategies, prevention theory and resources to support the implementation of AOD prevention strategies.

The workshop will provide a comprehensive overview of VSU effects, risks and harms and best-practice strategies to respond.

This one-day event is designed to support the planning and delivery of localised FASD prevention activities. 

This one-day course, aimed specifically at mental health workers in not-for-profit or non-government services and workers in Licensed Psychiatric Hostels, is designed to build on existing skills and develop new practices for working with people with AOD issues combined with mental health issues.

This half-day training aims to increase the confidence and competence of workers in the mental health and AOD specialist sectors to appropriately respond to disclosures of FDV within a framework of trauma-informed care and practice.

This 3.5-hour intensive training session will explore male perpetrator psychopathology and typology, current masculinities in Australia along with practical applications of non-collusive practice, and case noting and documenting as a primary way to make perpetrator behaviour and the impact on victim/survivors visible.

This training is a two-day event to build worker confidence to deliver FASD prevention. The training content covers:

• reflective practice as a tool to improve working with community members
• trauma-informed care and practice to help recognise why alcohol use may happen during pregnancy
• motivational interviewing to express partnership, acceptance, compassion, and empowerment
• FASD prevention approaches
• resources that to integrate new knowledge into brief interventions. 

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This one-day workshop is designed to strengthen communities to deliver FASD prevention. The workshop content:

• introduces FASD for stakeholders
• outlines FASD prevention
• identifies possible community and/or regional FASD prevention activities 
• explains the Commission’s FASD Prevention Funding Program (workshop completion is a funding program requirement)
• aims to build a local FASD prevention network.

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