Utilizing Change Management Skills to Support and Integrate Harm Reduction Approaches

The philosophy and implementation of harm reduction strategies is an emerging approach that is effective in engaging people who use drugs. This webinar will begin to explore how we can utilize change management approaches to support the implementation of harm reduction strategies to support people who use drugs, reduce overdose death, and more effectively address and treat addiction. We will discuss the wide spectrum of harm reduction strategies that support the mantra of meeting people “where they are” with compassion and humility. We will discuss and provide specific skills and approaches that communities can take to implement harm reduction strategies into existing practices.

Learning Objectives

• Participants will explore the philosophy of harm reduction.
• Participants will learn how harm reduction supports health equity and health engagement.
• Participants will learn specific harm reduction approaches that can be integrated into their existing practice and community to help support people with substance use disorders.
• Participants will learn how harm reduction approaches and philosophies are a support to people in recovery, enhance engagement in treatment and can elevate the effectiveness of existing evidenced based practices.