Praxis: Training for MA Addiction Professionals
Praxis provides free training and technical assistance to all Massachusetts Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (BSAS) funded addiction treatment programs. We support professionals in delivering recovery-oriented, trauma-informed services to people living with substance use disorder and related challenges. We use the latest research to deliver cutting edge training and technical assistance. Our staff is comprised of experienced public health professionals with a deep commitment to and understanding of trauma-informed, person-centered models of care as well as research-based service delivery. Praxis is a project of C4 Innovations with support from BSAS.
Areas of Expertise
Journey Recovery Project
Journey is an interactive web resource for pregnant and parenting women who have questions or concerns about opioid and other substance use. Journey focuses on the stories of women with lived experience, offering information, hope, encouragement, and resources for every step of their perinatal journey. With videos, informational slideshows, resource links, and worksheets, Journey Recovery Project seeks to empower and inform women about opioid and other substance use during and after pregnancy. More resources on pregnancy and recovery.
Featured News
- 28 Percent of HIV-Negative Millennials Avoid Hugging People With HIV (Advocate, 11/25/19)
- Scientists discover first new HIV strain in nearly two decades (CNN Health, 11/7/19)
- UMass Medical study shows how family impacts drug use (Western Mass News, 10/31/19)
- Drug Overdoses Rise In Natick, New Health Outreach Planned (Patch, 10/28/19)
- National Roadmap on State-Level Efforts to End the Opioid Epidemic: Leading-edge Practices and Next Steps (American Medical Association, September 2019)
- Nurses grapple with the opioid crisis as hospitals tighten rules (Boston Herald, 9/19/19)
- Mass. AG refuses to join other states in Purdue Pharma settlement (WCVB Boston, 9/11/19)
- How the opioid crisis impacts western Mass. differently (WWPL, 9/6/19)
- Buprenorphine (Suboxone), but not naltrexone or its extended release version Vivitrol, is associated with reduced overdose risk (Recovery Research Institute, 2019)
- Increase in Newly Diagnosed HIV Infections among Persons who Inject Drugs in Boston (Boston Public Health Commission, 1/25/19)
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