AOD Education & Training

NCETA can provide alcohol and other drugs (AOD) knowledge and awareness training to your staff. Our foundation awareness training known as ABC of AOD training package provides participants with an understanding of the types of AOD in Australia and the problems that may be associated with their use - see more information on the right.

Other training packages can also be customised to suit your organisation’s needs.

Training packages can include any of the foundation topics, any of the following topics below or other specific AOD information:

  • Pain and opioid dependence – preventing the development of dependence and helping patients with pain who are already opioid dependent.
  • Harm reduction in the GP consult room with patients who don’t necessarily want to stop drinking or using
  • Motivational interviewing skills in 90 minutes
  • Managing alcohol dependence & withdrawal in the community
  • Managing benzodiazepine dependence in the community
  • AOD in older adults
Feedback from ABC of AOD Training
"Lots of good information and an update on "introduction to AOD" again. Some good examples/stories" - Participant
Feedback from ABC of AOD Training
“LOVED getting to listen to two incredibly knowledgeable people.” - Participant

About ABC of AOD Training

Our foundational AOD awareness training, called 'The ABC of AOD' is usually provided face-to-face for 3.5 hours to up to 20 people. It is co-presented by a researcher and a clinician. This training is priced at $6,300 (excl. GST and travel expenses).

The session covers the following topics:

  • The various types of drugs and emerging drugs
  • Rates of consumption
  • Health impacts of consumption
  • Reasons people use alcohol and drugs
  • Alcohol and other drug dependence, the who and why
  • Stigma and the impact on help seeking
  • Strategies to reduce harms from alcohol and other drugs
  • Treatment options for people and their families affected by alcohol and other drug dependence
 

Following the training, participants should have an increased:

  • Awareness of drugs that are most commonly used in Australia
  • Understanding of why people first use and continue to use drugs and or alcohol
  • Understanding of stigma and the impacts it has on people seeking help
  • Knowledge of strategies and options available in South Australia to reduce an individuals harms from alcohol and drugs
  • Understanding of treatment options and interventions

 

For more information about the ABC of AOD
Training package or to customise training to suit
your organisation’s needs, please email us at
nceta@flinders.edu.au.