Seminars and Short Courses

Seminars and short courses can be customised or developed according to the specific needs and preferences of agencies or groups seeking training. Below is a list of existing seminars and short courses offered by YSAS.

Working with young people
•    Young person-centred practice
•    The pathways approach: adolescent development and the life cycle
•    Indicators of healthy development
•    Risk assessment and management.

Harm reduction and health promotion
•    Harm reduction: theory and practice
•    Blood Borne Viruses (BBV) pre & post-vention
•    Effective primary health care for marginalised young people.

Alcohol and other drugs (AOD)
•    Practical pharmacology
•    Substance specific seminars
•    Harm minimisation
•    Responding to intoxicated clients
•    Overdose response
•    AOD treatment approaches
•    The AOD service system.

AOD practice
•    Working with active AOD users
•    Working with AOD users in the process of change
•    AOD casework (including assessment)
•    Motivational interviewing
•    Relapse prevention
•    Cognitive-behavioural and narrative approaches to AOD work.

Complex and challenging issues
•    Becoming a trauma informed service
•    Suicide pre & post-vention
•    Dealing effectively with self-injury
•    Dealing effectively with aggressive and potentially violent clients.

Generalist practice
•    Practical counselling
•    Crisis intervention
•    Conflict resolution
•    Group facilitation
•    Critical reflection on practice.

CRITICAL THINKING ABOUT DRUGS SEMINAR SERIES
•    Consumed with not consuming: becoming a trauma informed service
•    Inhalants: from ‘genteel affair’ to gutter drug
•    Reefer madness: exploring the links between cannabis and psychosis
•    Hormone inferno: alcohol, adolescent development & public health
•    Ice: beyond the hype
•    Journeys in inner space:  ketamine & the NMDA antagonists.

How to access YSAS education and training services [Adobe Acrobat PDF - 15.66 KB]