Program: Harm Reduction Learning Institute
Health Equity in Overdose Prevention and Response Activities Certificate
This certificate track explores how social determinants, stigma, and systemic inequities shape health outcomes for people who use drugs. Learners will gain a deep understanding of trauma-informed care, medical mistrust, cultural competence, and faith-based healing as foundations for equitable service delivery.
Comprehensive, Evidence-Based, Consensus Guidelines for Prescription of Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain from the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP)
This webinar offers a focused overview of the 2023 Clinical Practice Guidelines from the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP), highlighting evidence-based strategies for prescribing opioids to manage chronic non-cancer pain.
Collaborating with CBOs to Enhance Harm Reduction Initiatives and Close Gaps in Services
This webinar will explore how community-based organizations can strengthen harm reduction efforts by working together to create a seamless network of support. By identifying service gaps and forming strategic partnerships within their immediate region, CBOs can offer a more comprehensive, wraparound approach to care—ensuring that individuals have continuous access to essential services like overdose prevention, housing support, healthcare navigation, and peer-led interventions.
Stimulants and Psychosis: Prescription Stimulant Misuse and Abuse
This course gives providers the tools necessary to better identify prescription stimulant misuse and abuse and how to address these concerns before they develop into chronic issues.
Stimulants and Psychosis: Etiology, Epidemiology, and Management
This course highlights the prevalence and causes of stimulant-based psychosis, describes how to care for a patient experiencing stimulant-based psychosis, and provides resources for individuals who experience this type of psychosis.
Needs of Returning Citizens with Substance Use Disorders
This module covers the various health and social needs of previously incarcerated individuals with substance use disorders upon returning home to their Washington, D.C. communities.
Cocaine and Methamphetamine Use: Strategies for Addressing Acute Intoxication and Withdrawal
This course discusses the addiction hypothesis behind cocaine and methamphetamine use in order to provide strategies for addressing intoxication and withdrawal.
Integrative Harm Reduction Psychotherapy: The Seven Therapeutic Tasks, Skills and Strategies
Integrative Harm Reduction Psychotherapy consists of seven therapeutic tasks: managing the therapeutic alliance, the therapeutic relationship heals, enhancing self-management, assessment as treatment, embracing ambivalence, harm reduction goal setting and personalized planning for positive change.
CDC Clinical Practice Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Pain
This webinar will cover the CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain, focusing on key recommendations, patient safety strategies, and practical approaches for effective pain management.
Faith in Action: Alternative Harm Reduction Strategies for Youth
Join us for an insightful and transformative presentation as we explore the intersection of faith, community support, and youth well-being. In this panel discussion, we will examine alternative harm reduction strategies for addressing substance use, mental health challenges, and risky behaviors among young people in our congregational settings.