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| The course I attended provided great information and useful tips for conducting counseling sessions with my clients. I've been working in prevention for a short time, so the training I received helped me tremendously. |
| – | Sterling Terry
Outreach Specialist
AIDS Project Quad Cities
Rock Island IL | |
Behavioral Training
The behavioral interventions training program offers a range of courses to teach evidence-based interventions. We also offer program support courses that are designed to improve agency capacity and to increase the quality of services delivered in community settings. Our current behavioral training courses are listed below. Use the box to select a different sub-category or to view the complete course catalog. Learn more about the Behavioral training program. Contact us for more detailed information about any course.
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| Comprehensive Introduction to Effective STD/HIV Behavioral Interventions
(5 days)
This five-day course is designed for STD/HIV health and prevention professionals who plan, design, and implement STD/HIV interventions. The course provides an introduction to behavioral theories that support HIV/STD prevention; an overview of effective prevention strategies; the social context of HIV risk; individual-level interventions (including Partner Counseling and Referral Services and Comprehensive Risk Counseling and Services with a focus on client-centered approaches); group-level interventions; community-level interventions; prevention with persons living with HIV; epidemiological data usage in program design; and program evaluation. Three of the five days include field practicum with 50% of the course spent in interactive and skills-based training.
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| Comprehensive Risk Counseling and Services
(3 days)
This three-day course is intended for STD/HIV health professionals who plan to conduct HIV Comprehensive Risk Counseling and Services (CRCS). This course is targeted to those who have already decided to implement CRCS and is in search of skills-based training on the CRCS process. It is not intended for the general public or paraprofessionals. The course includes an overview of the CRCS model and the role of the CRCS counselor; legal and ethical issues; cultural competence; theories that underlie CRCS; program components and standards; and tasks that include recruitment, engagement, screening, enrollment, assessment, prevention planning, risk-reduction counseling, referrals and active coordination, monitoring, and discharge.
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| Facilitation Skills for Group-Level STD/HIV Interventions
(2 days) The primary goal of this two-day training is to enhance participant's group facilitation skills relevant to group-level STD and HIV prevention interventions. There are components of this course that will focus on the development of new skills, as well as the enhancement of existing skills, hence making it appropriate for an audience of varying experience. Participants will also have the opportunity to assess their own skills and understand where their strengths lie and where some of their skills could be fortified. |
| RESPECT: 2-Session HIV Prevention Counseling Model
(2 days) This two-day training is intended to train experienced HIV prevention counselors and supervisors to deliver the 2-Session RESPECT model. RESPECT is a brief counseling and testing model to help clients at increased risk for STD/HIV identify the circumstances in which their personal, high-risk behaviors occur, and develop realistic goal behaviors and action steps to accomplish them. This model is based on Project RESPECT, a multi-site randomized research study that examined the effectiveness of client-centered counseling. Content will focus on the RESPECT model of counseling, and will provide practice of those skills necessary to implement RESPECT. |
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