Table 1 BeHERE training module titles and descriptions [25]
Training title | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
Opioid overdose rescue training (Part 1) | Teaches about opioids and risk factors for overdose, explores strategies for rescues, and allows participants to practice strategies through scenarios | 2 h |
Opioid overdose prevention: harm reduction and safety planning with clients (Part 2) | Explores strategies to address overdose risks with a harm reduction approach and includes scenario-based discussions and practice opportunities related to safety, grief, and moving toward behavior change | 2 h |
Working with people who use stimulants | Teaches participants that, as drug use changes and evolves in Massachusetts and beyond, we need to be prepared to support clients no matter what substance they use. The training teaches the basics of what stimulants are, what they do in the body, and how to support people who use stimulants | 3 h |
Addressing drug-related stigma and bias | Explores barriers drug-related stigma present to effectively supporting clients who use drugs, identifies the biases in our culture that stigmatize drug use and ostracize those with substance use disorders, and discusses actions to overcome biases and stigma | 3 h |
Exploring pathways of recovery | Teaches participants that recovery looks different for every person and introduces the various forms of recovery, from medication to 12-step programs to cognitive-based therapies. Participants also explore stigma around recovery and how best to support clients | 3 h |
Analyzing the US war on drugs and racist drug policies | Explores the historical sources of criminalization and punitive attitudes surrounding drug use in the USA, including in-depth examination of racialized drug policies of the War on Drugs | 3 h |
Best supervisory practices: working through incidents and crises | Provides supervisors with non-clinical best practices and tools for nurturing and supporting staff who work in substance use, harm reduction, homeless services, and other social service fields, with a particular emphasis on supervisory support following workplace incidents | 3 h |
Secondary trauma and helping professionals | Covers secondary trauma and cumulative stress with a specific focus on wellness and safety for service providers working in direct care with people who use drugs. Training topics include resilience, PTSD, compassion fatigue, and burnout | 3 h |