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Prevention Strategies & HIV Positive Clients – Webinar

Monday, December 30th, 2013

Prevention Strategies and HIV Positive Clients

January 10th, 2014, 10 am – 12 pm

During this 2 hour webinar we will discuss strategies to help people living with HIV achieve behavioral changes that can prevent negative health outcomes for themselves and avoid transmission to others.

This Webinar will allow participants to:

 

Define “primary” and “secondary” prevention in HIV;

Explore current “Best Practices” in Prevention with HIV-Positive clients presented by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;

Examine the growing role of HIV treatment in the prevention of HIV transmission;

Discuss the importance of provider client relationship in addressing prevention issues with their HIV positive clients;

Review specific strategies for working with special populations; and

Examine prevention resources and be able to make referrals for prevention services.

 

Please note that this is a DUAL registration process. You must sign up at BOTH

 

https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/597823399

 

and www.hivtrainingny.org.

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ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE FOR BEST PRACTICES WITH LGBTQI POPULATIONS IN A CHANGING LANDSCAPE

Tuesday, September 24th, 2013

Hosted by NASW-NYS  Hudson Valley Division

Laura Eastman Follis, LCSW, HudsonValley Division Director
hudsonvalley@naswnys.org

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE FOR BEST PRACTICES WITH LGBTQI
POPULATIONS IN A CHANGING LANDSCAPE

October 4, 2013
8:30am – 12:30pm

The Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library & Home
Hyde Park, NY
Free admission to the FDR Library and Museum with conference fee

DETAILS AND REGISTRATION

HVCS will be tabling at this event.

The FDR Library:
4079 Albany Post Road
Hyde Park, New York 12538

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Active Drug Users and HIV/HCV Retention in Care and Treatment Adherence

Tuesday, September 10th, 2013

Active Drug Users and HIV/HCV Retention in Care and Treatment Adherence

This one-day training is designed to assist health and human services providers in promoting retention in care and treatment adherence with active substance users.  Providers that are aware of effective strategies for working with active substance users can play a vital role in assisting clients with retention and treatment adherence. Topics to be covered during the training include: defining active substance use, including levels of use; strategies for talking with clients about the importance of maintaining healthcare; harm reduction strategies and tools for working with active substance users.

As a result of this training, participants will be able to:

•Increase their knowledge of issues related to active substance use and HIV/HCV retention in care and treatment adherence;

•Recall the definition of active substance use and recognize various forms of substance use and stages of use;

•Recognize strengths of substance users and identify ways to use those strengths to achieve retention in care and treatment adherence

•Recognize strategies employed by providers to work with active substance users;

•Describe strategies for supporting retention in care and treatment adherence during periods of chaotic use, relapse and transitions in and out of drug treatment

To register, visit www.hivtrainingny.org.

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Working with Older Adults Living with HIV/AIDS

Tuesday, September 10th, 2013

Working with Older Adults Living with HIV/AIDS

This one day training will provide an overview of the NY State epidemiological trends of HIV in older adults, an overview of sexual activity, social isolation, mental health and substance use issues and the impact of co-morbid conditions among those aging with HIV. This information will then be related to the HIV prevention, treatment and care needs of older adults living with and at risk for HIV.

As a result of this one day training, participants will be able to:

•Recall NY State epidemiology in adults over 50;

•State the most prevalent co-occurring illness and co-morbid conditions among older adults living with HIV;

•Describe ways to address Sex and Prevention Burnout Among Older Adults with HIV;

•Identify strategies that providers can use to address treatment and care issues for adults 50 and over living with HIV;

•Identify social isolation, mental health and substance use issues, that affect older adults living with HIV; and

•Offer strategies that address mental health, substance use, sexual risk, social isolation within this population.

To register, visit www.hivtrainingny.org.

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More Choices, Safer Sex: What the Female Condom Can Do

Tuesday, September 10th, 2013

This one-day training will provide current data on female condom efficacy and acceptability, hands-on practice that addresses proper female condom insertion and use-related challenges, and strategies and skills to help participants provide clients with effective condom negotiation skills.

As a result of this training, participants will be able to:

• Identify values and attitudes that impact provider ability to effectively promote the female condom;

• Identify the advantages of female condom use and importance of promotion;

• Address barriers and strategies to female condom use as related to insertion difficulties and problems with use during sex;

• Provide clients with strategies for negotiating female condom use with partners; and;

• Describe ways to integrate the female condom into risk reduction counseling within the context of different client situations.

Prerequisite: None

Audience: All health and human service providers that provide risk reduction counseling.

To register, visit www.hivtrainingny.org.

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Positive Prevention: Connecting Care and Prevention

Tuesday, September 10th, 2013

This one day training will provide participants with updated information and strategies for promoting prevention among people living with HIV/AIDS. The latest research demonstrates that early initiation of treatment, retention in care and viral load suppression are critical to the health of people with HIV and also play a key role in reducing new infections. Participants will learn strategies for coupling messages about the importance of clinical care with behavioral interventions to address the risks associated with sexual and substance using behaviors.

Prerequisite: It is strongly recommended that participants have previous knowledge or training on basic HIV/AIDS information.

Audience: All non-physician health and human services providers who work directly with people living with HIV including: case managers, counselors, nurses, support services providers and others.

To register, visit www.hivtrainingny.org.

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Intro to Co-Occurring Disorders for Clients with HIV/AIDS

Tuesday, September 10th, 2013

Intro to Co-Occurring Disorders for Clients with HIV/AIDS

This one-day training will introduce non-physician providers to co-occurring disorders (substance abuse and mental illness) and their impact on people living with HIV/AIDS. The training will also review trauma and its impacts on care as well as “red flags” or warning signs that might indicate a problem with substance abuse and/or mental health. Participants will also be offered tools for making referrals for appropriate treatment for clients who may be experiencing co-occurring disorders.

As a result of this training, participants will be able to: •Define the term “co-occurring disorders” as it applies to substance abuse and mental illness;

•Define the term “trauma” and how it impacts substance abuse, mental illness, and HIV/AIDS;

•List qualities important for a provider in working with people with co-occurring disorders;

•Define the term “red flag” and give examples from case studies; and

•Identify communication skills that help a provider make a referral for co-occurring disorders.

To register, visit www.hivtrainingny.org.

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Building Bridges to Cultural Competency

Tuesday, September 10th, 2013

6.5 OASAS credits

This one-day training explores the broad definition of culture and its relationship to competent and effective health care and human service delivery.

As a result of this training, participants will be able to:

• Discuss invisible privilege and its affect on both receiving and providing services;

• Explore potential obstacles to providing effective services; and

• Describe how these obstacles are created when diverse cultures, Western medicine and human service deliveries collide.

Prerequisite: None

Audience: All health and human service providers.

To register, visit www.hivtrainingny.org.

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Building Bridges to Cultural Competency

Tuesday, September 10th, 2013

6.5 OASAS credits

This one-day training explores the broad definition of culture and its relationship to competent and effective health care and human service delivery.

As a result of this training, participants will be able to:

• Discuss invisible privilege and its affect on both receiving and providing services;

• Explore potential obstacles to providing effective services; and

• Describe how these obstacles are created when diverse cultures, Western medicine and human service deliveries collide.

Prerequisite: None

Audience: All health and human service providers.

To register, visit www.hivtrainingny.org.

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Supporting Sexual Health Among Young MSM of Color

Tuesday, September 10th, 2013

This one-day training will explore the social factors that impact sexual and substance use behaviors among young men who have sex with men (MSM) of color. Health and human services provider will examine how these factors contribute to high rates of sexual and substance use risk behaviors among HIV positive and HIV negative MSM of color.

Prerequisite: Although there is no prerequisite for this course, it is strongly recommended that participants have previous knowledge or training on basic HIV/AIDS information.

Audience: All health and human service providers.

To register, visit www.hivtrainingny.org.

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