# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Supporting People With Addictions (Virtual)
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 24 Nov, 2026 at 03:00 pm – Tue, 24 Nov, 2026 at 10:00 pm (+00:00)
- **Event Description**: Learn how to support individuals who experience addictions to drugs and alcohol. This training emphasizes harm reduction and trauma-informed perspectives.

OUTLINE

Conceptualizing Addiction
   - Substance use spectrum
   - Diagnostic criteria for a substance use disorder
   - The role of trauma
   - The physiology of addiction
   - Helpful metaphors
   - Dismantling stigma
   - Harm reduction

Trauma-Informed Assessment
   - Principles of motivational interviewing
   - Conversational guide to assessment
   - Stages of change
   - Relapse management
   - Holistic signs of recovery

Empathetic Intervention
   - The importance of empathy
   - Trauma-informed principles
   - Mapping triggers
   - Boundaried empathy
   - Moral injury

About the Facilitator:
April is a registered social worker, therapist, and mental health educator. April’s approach to facilitation is both trauma-informed and culturally responsive. She enjoys the interaction and engagement of facilitating and believes every opportunity to teach is an opportunity to learn.

Register Here: https://oaksmentalhealth.ca/public-training/supporting-people-with-addictions-virtual-5/
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/saskatoon-saskatchewan/supporting-people-with-addictions-virtual/200030514909819
- **Event Categories**: workshops, health-wellness, virtual, mental-health
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 4

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
- **location**: Online event
- **full address**: Online event, 1120 20th St W, Saskatoon, SK S7M 0Y8, Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Supporting People With Addictions (Virtual) being held?
  - **A:** Supporting People With Addictions (Virtual) takes place on Tue, 24 Nov, 2026 at 03:00 pm to Tue, 24 Nov, 2026 at 10:00 pm at Online event, 1120 20th St W, Saskatoon, SK S7M 0Y8, Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Supporting People With Addictions (Virtual)?
  - **A:** Supporting People With Addictions (Virtual) is organized by Oaks Mental Health.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Supporting People With Addictions (Virtual) is ideal for curious learners, students, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Supporting People With Addictions (Virtual) sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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