[VIRTUAL] Addressing Drug-Related Stigma & Bias (CEUs)

Drug-related stigma presents barriers to effectively supporting clients who use drugs. Our biases are learned from a culture that stigmatizes drug use and ostracizes those with substance use disorders. This three-hour training will focus on identifying our biases and societal stigma surrounding people who use drugs and actions we can take to address them.

Participants will:

1. Unpack drug-related stigma at the community, individual, and structural level 
2. Gain a framework (ladder of inference) and tools to examine personal biases and unpack them 
3. Learn about the manifestations of drug-related stigma in media, policies, politics, etc. 
4. Develop strategies to challenge workplace/community policies and culture that perpetuate stigma 
5. Build skills to interrupt/challenge drug-related stigma at the interpersonal level 

The following continuing education units (CEUs) will be offered in partnership with Adept Educational Institute: CADC/CAC, LADC I, LADC II, LADC Assistant, RN/LPN, SW, LMHC

For questions about this training, please contact Michael Leonard at mleonard@hria.org.

For questions about CEUs or training logistics, please contact Jennifer Fahey at jennifer@adepteducational.org.