Highlights:
- Provides participants with information about Hepatitis A, B and C
- Includes risk factors, modes of transmission, signs and symptoms,
epidemiology, primary prevention, treatment overview and the relationship between HIV and Hepatitis

Highlights: After attending this training, participants will be able to:
- Define steps required to implement an evidence-based research intervention in a program setting
- Define common terminology of evidence-based interventions: core elements, adaptation, tailoring, adoption, efficacy
-Define different levels of interventions and identify current evidence-based interventions that have been researched at the individual, dyad/group, and community level
-Understand the core elements and key characteristics of several interventions, and the process by which they were evaluated and determined to be effective
-Assess agency or organizational capacity to implement a particular intervention, including required resources, recruitment strategies, QA guidelines, staff skills and abilities, and how to use this information in an implementation plan
-Choose an intervention to adapt for implementation in a public health or community-based practice setting, including how to evaluate its efficacy
-Know how to inform researchers and funders of potential barriers/facilitators to implementation at the program level, and to encourage increased participatory research to increase communication and effectiveness studies

Highlights:
- Psychosocial issues that can make it difficult for people living with HIV to change sexual and substance using behaviors associated with HIV transmission
- Provider values and beliefs about addressing prevention issues with HIV positive clients
- Practice using a booklet that helps people living with HIV consider issues related to disclosure to sexual and needle sharing partners
- Practice skills associated with working one on one with HIV positive clients on prevention issues
- Explore specific strategies for working with the special populations
- Be familiar with prevention resources and be able to make referrals for prevention services

Audience: All health and human service providers, especially those who work directly with HIV-positive clients

Note: Staff who work in case management programs should attend the training titled, "Addressing Prevention in HIV Case Management"

Highlights:
- Learn behavioral change theories derived from social & behavioral science (SBS)
- Learn the Influencing Factors of behavior change
- Learn how science-based prevention interventions strengthen existing HIV and STD prevention programs and services
- Develop skills in using a logic model to select or design a science-based prevention intervention for your special population

Audience: Program managers, supervisors, outreach workers, health educators, counselors, health care professionals and others who want to increase their knowledge and skills of designing STD/HIV behavioral interventions

Highlights:
 - Explores the broad definition of culture and its relationship to competent and effective health care and human service delivery
- Discusses invisible privilege and its effect on both providing and receiving services
- Encourages self reflection and exploration of potential obstacles to the provision of effective services

Highlights:
- Define the Relational Outreach Engagement Model
- Identify key outreach messages for targeted populations
- Summarize the stages of enhanced outreach
- Describe how multiple encounters is an effective approach to outreach
- List the stages of change
- State at least 3 concepts of motivational interviewing

Highlights:
- Provides an in-depth look at the Do Right By Kids Web Site - http://www.dorightbykids.org - a user-friendly tool for Mandated Reporters of Child Abuse and Neglect
- Opportunity to develop skills to correctly recognize cases for which there is a reasonable suspicion of child abuse and neglect, and to correctly report those cases to the Child Abuse Hotline, so that Child Protective Services (CPS) can respond
- Interactive discussion of the question, concerns and frustrations Mandated Reporters have about their mandated role

This two-day training provides participants with a framework for delivering effective Comprehensive Risk Counseling & Services (CRCS) to HIV positive and high-risk HIV negative clients, who are experiencing multiple, complex issues. This course focuses on the CDC Procedural Guidance for CRCS programs.
Highlights:
- Overview of the Core Elements and programmatic structure of CRCS, including recruitment, engagement, screening, assessment, prevention planning, risk-reduction counseling, monitoring, reassessment and discharge
- Differentiate between CRCS and other client services & interventions
- Introduction to the provision of integrated prevention services

Highlights:
- Increase understanding of group process and how it influences behavior change
- Identify qualities of an effective group facilitator
- Increase skills in facilitating STD/HIV Prevention Intervention Groups. Opportunities to practice are included
- Identify strategies for handling group problems
- Learn the importance of training, supporting and evaluating group facilitators

Highlights:
Provides updated information for non-clinical providers about advances in HIV/AIDS treatment. Programs are updated regularly to address emerging issues and will cover various topics ranging from:
- New developments in Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART)
- Newly approved (or soon to come) medications
- Vaccine research
- Drug resistance and resistance testing
- Updates to treatment guidelines

Audience: Health and human service providers, and interested others
Participants should have attended a basic training, such as Overview of HIV Infection and AIDS, or have basic information about HIV/AIDS.

Highlights:
- Describes the benefits of ongoing assessment and discussion around disclosure
- Outlines a format to help clients with effective decision-making about HIV/AIDS status disclosure, listing the benefits and limitations
- Explains the value of supporting a client's decision regarding disclosure
- Discusses the steps involved in making the decision to disclose HIV/AIDS status to family, friends and service providers

This one-day training is to inform providers about the culture of corrections as it relates to HIV-infected inmates needs upon community re-entry. Best practices will be reviewed to assist formerly incarcerated clients living with HIV/AIDS establish and maintain linkages to care, as well as maneuver through the system and access needed services.

Highlights:
- Identify the roles and responsibilities of HIV transitional case managers prior to an inmates release.
- Describe the distinction between jail and prison custodial settings and how HIV transitional planning services differ.
- Outline the challenges that HIV-infected inmates face upon release.
- Describe effective engagement techniques for working with inmates who are transitioning into community systems of care.
- Discuss strategies for conducting assessments with former inmates who are living with HIV/AIDS to learn about their needs and to create appropriate linkages and referrals.
- Identify support services and resources for HIV-infected inmates who have left the correctional system.

Provided by the Center of Expertise in Program Evaluation at the University of Rochester, in consultation with the Center of Expertise in Social and Behavioral Science at the Center for Health and Behavioral Training, Rochester NY. Registration for, and questions about, this course should be directed to Ann Dozier at URMC, phone: (585) 273-2592.
Highlights:
-Overview of principles of program evaluation with in-class work on
objectives, measures and indicators, project plan development and data
collection tools
-Additional material on evaluation methods, qualitative and quantitative
approaches and organizing and interpreting program data

Audience: All health and human service providers including; project directors, program coordinators, evaluators, planning and QA staff

Highlights:
- Learn basic facts about hepatitis A, B, and C including:

- Epidemiology
- Transmission
- Spectrum of illness
- Prevention strategies
- Vaccine recommendations
- Treatment options

- Build skills in offering viral hepatitis prevention and harm reduction messages
- Discuss and receive practical tips, models and tools for integrating hepatitis screening, counseling, vaccination, treatment and referrals for care into your current work setting
- Identify resources to support you in your work

Many Men, Many Voices (3MV) is a seven-session, group level STD/HIV prevention intervention for men who have sex with men (MSM) of color. Highlights:
- In Level One, participants will experience the intervention as a client; the seven sessions will be conducted over 3 days by group facilitators
- Participants will learn how each session addresses influencing factors, risk behaviors for MSM of color, including sexual relationship dynamics, and the cultural/social influences of racism and homophobia
- Core elements of this intervention include education, risk personalization, risk reduction strategies, behavioral skills, sexual assertiveness, and social support with relapse prevention
- Sessions are highly interactive, incorporating group exercises, behavioral skills practice, group discussions, and role play

Highlights:
- In Level Two, participants will learn to facilitate the Many Men, Many Voices Group intervention for men who have sex with men of color

Highlights:
- List the four steps in selecting an evidence-based behavioral intervention (EBI)
- Describe how behavioral interventions work to change behaviors
- Use community assessment results to identify intervention population and risk factors
- Examine EBI-specific behavior change logic models to assess behavioral interventions
- Assess agency capacity in relation to EBI-specific implementation plans
- Match the results of community assessment, intervention assessment, and agency capacity assessment to select the appropriate EBI
- Identify available technical assistance resources

This course:
- prepares case management staff to conduct thorough HIV/AIDS case management Comprehensive Needs Assessments and develop effective Service Plans
- Increases participants' skill in completing the AIDS Institute COBRA and grant-funded case management Assessment Form
- Provides an in-depth examination of service plan development and focuses on developing measurable goals and fostering goal achievement
Highlights:
- purpose and elements of the assessment and service plan
- direct observations vs. personal judgment
- interviewing and question-framing skills
- documentation techniques
- distinction between goals, objectives and tasks
- incorporating assessment into the development of goals and objectives
- using clients' strengths and assets in developing a service plan
- tips for successful outcomes

Highlights:
- Increase awareness about the range of clients' sexual and gender identities
- Describe how homophobia and other forms of stigma and discrimination can impact a client's sexual behaviors and ability to practice sexual risk reduction
- Increase their comfort in discussing sexual and gender identity with clients
- Describe how sexual trauma can impact a client's sexual behaviors and risk for HIV/STD
- Offer clients harm reduction options for sexual behaviors

This two-day training provides participants with the information and materials needed to implement the VOICES/VOCES intervention. As a result of this training, facilitators will be prepared to:
- Identify the Core Elements of VOICES/VOCES intervention
- Conduct the single-session, video-based group level intervention
- Improve condom negotiation skills among African-American and Latino adults
- Practice facilitating gender and ethnic-specific groups of 4-8 participants and encourage discussion about condoms use and other barriers
- Utilize CDC-approved materials on HIV risk behavior and condom use in both English and Spanish

Highlights:
Provides updated information for non-clinical staff about advances in a wide range of issues related to HIV/AIDS, including:
- Changes in policy and regulations
- Advances in care and treatment
- New information about prevention strategies and programs
- Other critical issues in HIV/AIDS care and support services