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
- Harm Reduction
- HIV/AIDS Care Integration
- Infectious Disease Prevention
- Opioid Overdose Prevention
- Viral Hepatitis Care Integration
- Sexually Transmitted Infections (coming Spring/Summer 2021)
- Tuberculosis (TB) Infection (coming Spring/Summer 2021)
Praxis is no longer offering free trainings on Co-Occurring Disorders or Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT). For information on MAT training, please contact OBAT TTA. To request a training on co-occurring disorders or free trainings not listed above, please fill out this BSAS training request form. You can still access Co-Occurring Disorders and Medication-Assisted Treatment resources from Praxis.
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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
- Spectrum Health Using New Smartphone App to Help People in Recovery (Spectrum News 1, 3/26/21)
- Grant to support substance use, mental health response teams at Mahar Regional, Athol High schools (Greenfield Recorder, 3/18/21)
- Harm Reduction, By Mail: the Next Step in Promoting the Health of People Who Use Drugs (Journal of Urban Health, 3/12/21
- Winthrop Police Participating in One2One Program to Support Fatal Overdose Prevention (Winthrop Police Department, 3/8/21)
- Novel HIV vaccine approach shows promise in “landmark” first-in-human trial (European Pharmaceutical Review, 2/5/21)
- State commission recommends piloting supervised injection sites for illicit drug users (MassLive, 3/3/19)
- Increase in Newly Diagnosed HIV Infections among Persons who Inject Drugs in Boston (Boston Public Health Commission, 1/25/19)
