Training & Presentations
The Centre for Youth AOD Research and Practice offers high qaulity, evidanced based training opportunities to the Youth AOD workforce and related communties.
Our Trainers:
Our trainers are current youth work practitioners with extensive field experience, and they bring that deep understanding and applied knowledge to their delivery.
The training opportunities that are avaliable are:
- Workforce training
- School presentations (Teachers/Students)
- Parent & Community sessions
- Workshops, seminars and conferences
- Panel presentations
Examples of Learning Outcomes:
- Understand the effects of drugs that are commonly used by young people; including intoxication, come-down, withdrawal, risks and other effects
- Learn the street names of drugs, the amounts and costs, methods of use, nature of trade
- Develop an understanding of the function of drug use for young people, and how it relates to adolescent development
- Learn the skills on how to actively engage with young people and communicate about drug use, including how to respond when a young person is intoxicated
- Understand how to address myths and the concerns of parents about young people’s drug use
- Gain knowledge of harm reduction strategies
- Learn the Stages of Change concept, and how it relates to young people
- Acquire practical knowledge of the youth AOD support and treatment syste
For further information contact our training team or 03 9415 8881.
