AOD issues in refugee and asylum seeker background communities eLearning

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AOD issues in refugee and asylum seeker background communities online learning

This eLearning is based on the guide ‘Helping asylum seeker and refugee background communities with problematic alcohol and other drug use’, produced by QNADA and the Drug and Alcohol Multicultural Education Centre (DAMEC) in 2015, and face to face training developed in partnership with the Queensland Program of Assistance to Survivors of Torture and Trauma (QPASTT) in 2021. We also gratefully acknowledge the contribution of specialist alcohol and other drugs treatment and multicultural community services who provided expert advice and feedback as part of the Brisbane Multicultural AOD Reference Group.

If you are a multicultural community worker, select ‘multicultural community worker training’ and if you an an AOD worker select ‘AOD worker training’ below.

Multicultural community worker training

This training is divided into two parts (modules). The modules are interactive and contain embedded resources, videos, and other items you can activate to explore more information. Be sure to click around to get the most out of the modules! 

Module 1 – Alcohol and other drugs concepts

  • Australia’s drug policy approach of ‘harm minimisation’
  • what a drug is and some commonly used types of drugs in Australia
  • common terms used in alcohol and other drugs (AOD) treatment
  • models of understand  AOD use and problems.

Module 2 – Treatment, support, and care

  • the experience of people from refugee and asylum seeker background
  • ways of understanding trauma
  • how AOD problems might be identified
  • an overview of AOD treatment options.

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AOD worker training

This training is divided into two parts (modules). The modules are interactive and contain embedded resources, videos, and other items you can activate to explore more information. Be sure to click around to get the most out of the modules!

Module 1 – Improving AOD service access

  • key terminology
  • barriers to AOD service access for people from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds
  • strategies for overcoming access barriers and improving services provided.

Module 2 – Working with trauma experienced by people of refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds

  • key understandings of torture and trauma
  • foundational methods of working with trauma experienced by refugee and asylum seeker populations
  • core elements of trauma recovery
  • elements of cultural competence.

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