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ONLINE | Building a safe and inclusive practice and successfully coordinating care. A workshop for community-based AOD and mental health workers.

This free, online session will provide an overview of strategies for building a safe and inclusive practice and successfully coordinating care in the AOD and mental health sectors. It is aimed at community-based AOD and mental health workers. This workshop is offered by Hamilton Centre and funded by the Victorian Department of Health. Date: Thursday, 13th March

Free

Stepping Forward: Families and Methamphetamine

Online via Zoom

A FREE educational and reality-based information session for families and friends supporting someone using alcohol and/or other drugs. Stepping Forward Sessions are FREE educational meetings for families, friends and supporters delivering useful information and strategies to those supporting someone using alcohol and other drugs. These sessions aim to increase people's confidence and competence in managing

Free

The Brain Workshop

Online via Zoom

Understand the inner workings of the brain on drugs and how to work effectively with cognitive impairment Alcohol and other drugs can affect the brain in both consistent and idiosyncratic ways. Up to 70% of people in alcohol and other drug treatment have significant temporary or long-term cognitive impairment related to drug use, lifestyle, or

Talking Point: Gender differences in substance use disorders: Implications for treatment, presented by Dr Shelly Greenfield, MD, MPH.

Online

Gender differences in substance use disorders: Implications for treatment, presented by Dr Shelly Greenfield, MD, MPH. This presentation will review trends in the epidemiology of gender differences in the prevalence of substance use and substance use disorders in the U.S. . New data from a community survey of women (18-70 years) and substance use patterns

Free

Best Practices for AOD Services in Media Engagement and Lived and Living Experience Storytelling

Online

Lived and living experience of alcohol and other drug (AOD) use are frequently featured in media reporting. While these accounts can challenge stereotypes, media coverage often stigmatises AOD issues, leading to negative outcomes for those involved. The event showcases a new resource developed by AADC to support best practices in AOD services when approached by

Emotion Regulation: Skills for managing client distress

Online via Zoom

Help your clients to manage strong emotions We all have strong emotions from time to time. People in alcohol and other drug treatment often experience significant difficulties with recognising and self regulating distress. The good news is that being able to recognise and self regulate emotions is a skill that can be learned. Emotion regulation

VSURF: Oisin Stronach – An age–period–cohort–interaction analysis of methamphetamine-related deaths in Australia, 2001-2020

BurnetInstitute Commercial Road, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Victorian Substance Use Research Forum (VSURF) - April Seminar - Oisin Stronach - An age–period–cohort–interaction analysis of methamphetamine-related deaths in Australia, 2001-2020 Please join us on 11th April for our next VSURF seminar, which will be delivered by Oisin Stronach from the Burnet Institute. Oisin will be presenting his work examining trends methamphetamine-related deaths in

Tuesdays with Nexus 15 April 2025

Online

Topic: Better Health and Housing Program: Lessons Learnt Speaker: Jacqui Garbett, Team Leader, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne Tuesdays with Nexus is a monthly interactive online session. It is an invitation to connect professionally and share information. Register for Tuesdays with Nexus sessions at the link below.

Free
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SHARC Peer Worker Training – April 2025

Online via Zoom

Hello from the Team here at Peer Projects! We are thrilled to announce that registrations for our next Peer Worker Training are open. Eligibility: This training is free for paid AOD Peer Workers in state-funded services in Victoria. Duration: 6 days, 9:30am - 3:00pm each day. Dates:  16th,17th,18th, 22nd, 23rd & 24th of April 2025 Where: Online via

Recurring

SHARC Peer Worker Training – April 2025

Online via Zoom

Hello from the Team here at Peer Projects! We are thrilled to announce that registrations for our next Peer Worker Training are open. Eligibility: This training is free for paid AOD Peer Workers in state-funded services in Victoria. Duration: 6 days, 9:30am - 3:00pm each day. Dates:  16th,17th,18th, 22nd, 23rd & 24th of April 2025 Where: Online via