ICAAT: Calendar of Events

July 31, 2008
START AN OPIOID OVERDOSE PREVENTION PROGRAM AT YOUR AGENCY
Opioid Overdose – Build Your Skills & Knowledge – Get the SKOOP!
Time: 10:00am-1:15pm, New York, NY
Sharon Stancliff, M.D., Medical Director, Harm Reduction Coalition
Caroline Rath, RPA-C, Physician Assistant, Harm Reduction Coalition
Course Fee: FREE : Registration form click here
CASAC credits are available for this course

*Please Note: Individuals should register for this course only if you are a director, supervisor or program coordinator whom is interested in setting up an Opioid Overdose Prevention (SKOOP) program at your agency.

August 7, 2008
BECOME A TRAINED OPIOID OVERDOSE RESPONDER
A Brief Overview of Opioid Overdose Prevention & Response
6:30pm-7:45pm, New York, NY
Caroline Rath, RPA-C, Physician Assistant, Harm Reduction Coalition
Course Fee: FREE : Registration form click here

*Please Note: This course is for anyone in the community who wishes to be trained as an opioid overdose responder. Learn how to prevent heroin and other opioid related deaths among your clients and in the community. This course will present an overview on opioid overdose – the scope of the problem, risk factors, prevention, how to recognize an overdose and the actions to take to save someone’s life, including the administration of Naloxone (Narcan). Participants will receive a certificate as a Trained Overdose Responder.

22-23-24 Oct 2008
First International Francophone Conference on the Treatment of Opioid Dependence
Organized in the context of CRAN’s Seventh Edition
Interdisciplinary Substitution Treatment Symposium
Montréal (Québec, Canada)
Many Practices –One Place : Networking for Better Treatment
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