Remembering Those We've Lost

With International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) coming up at the end of August this training will be focused on helping individuals and organizations think about how to remember folks who have died from overdose as well as other substance related causes. There has been a marked increase in people dying from overdose and other substance related causes over the past decade. We will discuss the increase in substance related deaths and introduce ways that we can recognize these losses to help us all process grief on a personal as well as an organizational level. This training is geared towards direct service providers as well as anyone hosting an IOAD event.

After the workshop participants will be able to:

• Discuss grief and loss as it applies to service providers
• Identify areas where they can recognize and process loss
• Examine current events and processes to recognize loss
• Implement various activities and events to recognize those we’ve lost