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Tue 14 September 2010

How to Run Effective Groups

Running groups is a growing and cost efficient way of working with drug users. This course will ... more

Wed 15 September - Fri 17 September 2010

Sexual Abuse and Drug Use

The Sexual Abuse course on 15-17 September 2010 is now full. The next available ... more

Tue 21 September - Wed 22 September 2010

An Introduction to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Drug Users

Those working with drug users need to continually broaden and develop their skills base. CBT is a ... more

Wed 29 September 2010

What Do We Really Know about Cannabis?: International Trends and the Latest Cannabis Interventions

Australia has one of the highest rates of cannabis use in the world, with over one third of the ... more

Mon 11 October - Tue 12 October 2010

Safer Injecting & Hygienic Drug Use

Injecting drug users continue to be vulnerable to a wide range of risk. While the overall trend and ... more

Wed 03 November 2010

Gone to Pot: Young People and Cannabis

Cannabis is the most commonly used illicit drug in Britain, and the first illegal substance that ... more

Thu 11 November 2010

Counting Heads: Producing and Assessing Estimates of the Local Prevalence of Drug Use

This one-day course introduces participants to the six main methods currently used to make estimates ... more

Wed 24 November - Thu 25 November 2010

Blood Borne Viruses and Sexual Health

An estimated 83,000 are now living with HIV in the UK – 27% are unaware of their infection ... more

Fri 26 November 2010

Training Tips for Trainers

This is a practical course for anyone who is leading drug training courses for professionals, young ... more

Tue 30 November - Wed 01 December 2010

Drugs Awareness

Over two days, this course explores the social, cultural, legal and health aspects of drug use in ... more

Mon 06 December - Tue 07 December 2010

Motivational Interviewing

The MI course on 1/2 September 2010 is now full. The next available course is on 6/7 December ... more

Wed 08 December 2010

Drug Futures: New & Emerging Synthetic Drugs

Mephedrone recently grabbed media attention, with a flurry of sensational news stories dubbing it ... more

Tue 14 December 2010

Assessment, Care Planning and Treatment Review

Four out of five of the 200,000 individuals in contact with the drug treatment system in England ... more

Tue 25 January 2011

Does it Work? Models and Methods for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Services for Drug Users

There is a growing demand for drug strategies and drug services to be evidence-based, and a key ... more

Wed 26 January 2011

Alcohol Awareness

Concern about binge drinking by the young and alcohol dependence amongst the older population seems ... more

Thu 27 January 2011

Polydrug Use: Crack Cocaine and Speedball Injecting

In many areas of the UK, contemporary drug use is characterised by patterns of combination drug use. ... more

Tue 01 February - Wed 02 February 2011

Tripology: Dr Nuke’s Guide to Mind-Bending Drugs

History shows that the use of hallucinogens is an ancient practice, and since the 1960s there has ... more

Thu 03 February 2011

Needle and Syringe Programmes: Issues in Policy and Practice

In 1988 The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) argued that a reduction in the spread of ... more

Tue 08 February 2011

Effective Drug Education: Theory and Good Practice

For the past 30 years there have been a plethora of drug education programmes, most targeted at ... more

Wed 09 February 2011

Drugs, Alcohol and Women’s Health: Fact ’n’ Fiction

The National Treatment Agency is working to improve the availability and effectiveness of drug ... more

Wed 23 February 2011

Drugs & Sex: Making the Connections

Drug use can have a big impact on people’s sexual experiences – for better or for worse ... more

Mon 28 February 2011

An Introduction to Harm Reduction

This one day course is ideal for people new to the concepts of harm reduction. The session will ... more

Tue 01 March 2011

Using Social Media to Get Your Message Through

Wondered what all the fuss was about Twitter? Been told you should have a Facebook page for your ... more

Wed 02 March 2011

Alcohol & the Family: Enhancing Parenting Skills

This one-day course is designed for anyone working with families where alcohol is an issue, to help ... more

Fri 04 March 2011

Pathways to Recovery

Contemporary drug treatment is now characterised by a focus on recovery orientated integrated ... more

Thu 10 March - Fri 11 March 2011

Crack Cocaine: Harm Reduction, Self-Control and Treatment

Crack cocaine is widely viewed as a drug that creates unmanageable cravings. Compulsive patterns of ... more

Tue 15 March 2011

How to Run Effective Groups

Running groups is a growing and cost efficient way of working with drug users. This course will ... more

Wed 16 March - Thu 17 March 2011

Drugs Awareness

Over two days, this course explores the social, cultural, legal and health aspects of drug use in ... more

Wed 23 March 2011

Behind Closed Doors: HIV and Family Health

HIV is a life threatening illness for which there is still no cure.  While several decades have ... more

Thu 24 March 2011

Service Provision to Anabolic Steroid Injectors

The utilisation of syringe exchange services by anabolic steroid (AS) injectors has increased over ... more

Mon 28 March 2011

Prisons, Drugs and Drug Treatment

There are currently more than 82,000 people in prison within the 136 adult prisons throughout ... more

Tue 29 March 2011

Peer Mentoring in Support of Recovery

By taking part in this course participants will: • Be given the opportunity to develop ... more

Wed 30 March - Thu 31 March 2011

Personality Disorder and Complex Case Management

In both alcohol and drug service populations, personality disorder is associated with significantly ... more

Tue 05 April 2011

More than Methadone: Treatment Options and Interventions for Problem Drug Users

With a commitment from the National Treatment Agency to meet the treatment requirements and needs of ... more

Wed 06 April - Thu 07 April 2011

Motivational Interviewing

The MI course on 1/2 September 2010 is now full. The next available course is on 6/7 December ... more

Fri 08 April 2011

DRUG NEWS RADAR: Networked Early Warning Systems for the Rapid Assessment of Drug-related Activities and Risks

The DRUG NEWS RADAR course is designed to provide an introduction to network-based early-warning ... more

Tue 12 April 2011

Safer Sex: The Whole Story

Some people believe that talking to young people about sex encourages early sexual activity, but in ... more

Wed 13 April - Fri 15 April 2011

Sexual Abuse and Drug Use

The Sexual Abuse course on 15-17 September 2010 is now full. The next available ... more

Tue 19 April 2011

Young People & Pornography

More young people, especially but not only young men, are regularly viewing (hard core) pornography, ... more

Wed 20 April - Thu 21 April 2011

Cognitive Behavioural Approaches

This course introduces a social learning approach to substance misuse problems and the principles of ... more

Thu 05 May - Fri 06 May 2011

Safer Injecting & Hygienic Drug Use

Injecting drug users continue to be vulnerable to a wide range of risk. While the overall trend and ... more

Tue 10 May 2011

A Cause for Concern? Women & Alcohol

Recent decades have seen fundamental changes in the role of women in society.  These have ... more

Wed 11 May 2011

New Directions in Drug Services: Promoting Personalisation and a Gateway to Social Care

The UK government has recently announced that the functions of the National Treatment Agency and the ... more

Thu 12 May 2011

Training Tips for Trainers

This is a practical course for anyone who is leading drug training courses for professionals, young ... more

Tue 17 May 2011

Gone to Pot: Young People and Cannabis

Cannabis is the most commonly used illicit drug in Britain, and the first illegal substance that ... more

Thu 19 May 2011

For Boys: Working with Young Men on Sexual Health Issues

Most sex and relationships education (SRE) is targeted at young women and fails to address the needs ... more

Wed 25 May - Thu 26 May 2011

An Introduction to Drugs Research

There is now a growing recognition by national and international authorities that drug strategies ... more

Wed 01 June - Fri 03 June 2011

Foundation Course in Structured Motivational Practice

This is a four-day course, with the fourth day due to take place on 26th July 2011. This course ... more

Wed 08 June 2011

Lapse & Relapse Prevention

Relapse prevention is one of the main cognitive behavioural approaches used in the UK among ... more

Mon 13 June - Tue 14 June 2011

Blood Borne Viruses and Sexual Health

An estimated 83,000 are now living with HIV in the UK – 27% are unaware of their infection ... more

Tue 21 June 2011

Everybody’s Business: Routine Enquiry into Domestic Abuse

The Home Office (2006) defines domestic abuse as, “Any incident of threatening ... more

Thu 23 June 2011

Alcohol Awareness

Concern about binge drinking by the young and alcohol dependence amongst the older population seems ... more

Wed 29 June - Fri 01 July 2011

Working with Self-Injury

Many substance workers encounter self-injury in the course of their work, but feel challenged, ... more

Tue 05 July - Wed 06 July 2011

Advanced Drugs Awareness: Working with Problem Drug Use

Those working in generic services (Tiers 1 and 2) need to have a good understanding of the complex ... more

Fri 08 July 2011

Models of Care for Alcohol and Alcohol Treatment Pathways

Models of Care for Alcohol Misuse (MoCAM) aims to help in the development of integrated local ... more

Thu 01 September - Fri 02 September 2011

Motivational Interviewing

The MI course on 1/2 September 2010 is now full. The next available course is on 6/7 December ... more

Thu 08 September 2011

Service Provision to Anabolic Steroid Injectors

The utilisation of syringe exchange services by anabolic steroid (AS) injectors has increased over ... more

Wed 14 September - Thu 15 September 2011

ITEP Mapping and Psychosocial Interventions

The International Treatment Effectiveness Project (ITEP) has one simple aim – to improve ... more

Tue 20 September - Wed 21 September 2011

Drugs Awareness

Over two days, this course explores the social, cultural, legal and health aspects of drug use in ... more

Tue 27 September - Wed 28 September 2011

Cognitive Behavioural Approaches

This course introduces a social learning approach to substance misuse problems and the principles of ... more