Time: 9:00am to 4:30pm
(Registration from 8:45am)
Lunch, morning and afternoon tea will be provided.

Cost 

Early Bird Price - $330

Group (3+) - $320 per person

Professional Member** - $310

Standard Price - $350

*The early bird price applies to all bookings for workshops made 8 weeks or more ahead of the training date.
**You must be logged in as a Blue Knot Foundation professional member to be eligible for this price. Click here to become a professional member.

Integrating trauma-informed practice when working with clients affected by AOD

This training, informed by current research, introduces the universal trauma-informed care and practice principles which underpin contemporary practice for trauma survivors. It also focuses on the physiological impact of psychoactive substances, which clients may use, to manage their trauma-related symptoms and distress. 

Participants will acquire insights and tools to support clients who present with challenges related to ‘adaptive’ coping strategies, arousal, emotional regulation, attachment and safety. The training promotes a strengths-based approach that minimises retraumatisation, fosters a therapeutic relationship and enhances possibilities for recovery. 

By participating in this professional development training, learners will:

1. Utilise knowledge of the types, prevalence, and impacts of individual, complex and collective trauma, the stress response, attachment and neurobiology and adaptive responses to understand AOD use by trauma survivors 
2. Increase awareness, and the clinical implications, of the interconnectedness of complex trauma and problematic AOD use 
3. Using case scenarios, apply the five principles of trauma-informed practice in your role to enhance safety, minimise retraumatisation and support recovery of people with complex trauma 

Who should attend?

Professionals working with adults affected by AOD including caseworkers, counsellors, intake assessment clinicians, support workers, AOD workers, telephone and online counsellors working in diverse settings including, but not limited to, hospital and community health services, therapeutic communities, specialist alcohol and other drug services, the forensic system, Aboriginal health services, dual diagnosis services, homelessness and outreach services.