This webinar will explore how substance use disorder (SUD) treatment providers can utilize harm reduction strategies to support people who use drugs (PWUD) and more effectively address and treat addiction. The webinar will provide specific skills and approaches to implement harm reduction strategies into existing practices.

This training will provide tips on how to be inclusive toward anyone who identifies as LGBTQI2+, particularly younger persons. Some questions that will be discussed include: What does it mean to be welcoming to younger LGBTQI2+ humans? What actions or words should professionals working with youth avoid? How does the absence of legal rights in many states play ... read more

This training will teach participants how to recognize individuals at risk for suicide and learn strategies for connecting them to help.

This training is designed for clinicians at any experience level seeking to improve their understanding of how mental health issues interact with a client’s use of stimulants. During this training, participants will learn how stimulants such as Cocaine, Amphetamines and PCP are related to and can exacerbate mental health issues.

This innovative four-day training, combining online and in-person components, offers practitioners a comprehensive introduction to the substance misuse prevention field. Grounded in current research and SAMHSA’s Strategic Prevention Framework, the SAPST is designed to help practitioners develop the knowledge and skills needed to implement effective, data-driven prevention that reduces behavioral health disparities and improves wellness. It ... read more

Stimulants have become increasingly prevalent in overdoses and addiction throughout our communities. Counterfeit prescription pills are being laced with illicit drugs in alarming amounts. We can’t afford to lose more ground, for more lives to be lost. Now in its fifth year, the Cocaine, Meth & Stimulant Summit is the only educational event focused on finding ... read more

This training will be remote only. Research evidence will be presented to demonstrate the populations and settings where CM has been used. There are some critically important considerations in successfully implementing CM. These include rigorous protocols, fraud prevention “guardrails” and fully developed training and implementation plans to ensure fidelity to CM procedures.

Research confirms that ongoing training is critical to the success of treatment courts. Operational tune-up training challenges seasoned court teams to self-assess and provides assistance in taking corrective steps to improve policy, practice, and outcomes. Operational tune-up training is designed for adult drug treatment courts and veterans treatment courts with at least two years’ operating ... read more

The NH Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association will meet for their annual membership and business meeting.  All interested persons are welcome to attend.  Association business will include updates and exciting changes within NHADACA, introductions to new staff, professional and community recognition awards, and board of director election results. Following the business meeting, there will ... read more

REGISTER NOW! This introductory webinar orients participants to the factors beyond funding that impact a program’s capacity for sustainability. The Program Sustainability framework identifies eight theory and evidence-based domains, critical to public health programs’ long-term capacity for sustainability, namely: Environmental Support, Funding Stability, Partnerships, Organizational Capacity, Program Evaluation, Program Adaptation, Communications, and Strategic Planning. Participants ... read more

This 6-hour training will provide an overview of how opioid use changes the brain and effects behavior, as well as brain injury resulting from opioid poisoning.