Modules
Each of these sections contains a diversity of information, heaps of potential discussion topics and frameworks, and a living library of external resources including powerpoint presentations, youtube videos and web and print resources.
The ways that each of these collections will be assembled into use, can vary widely depending on variables of your specific programs. This collection was assembled from a framework built and practiced in Victoria and Vancouver Island, with some considerations added to provide relevance to the BC Interior. This, of course, comes with the understanding that within the BC Interior, there is a near-infinite variation of specifics from community to community. The ways that a Street College program will look in Nelson, is different than it may look in a larger centre like Kamloops or Kelowna, as well as in comparison to smaller centres like Elkford, Kaslo or Radium. Each of our communities is unique, and the way this content is gathered together leaves lots of space for the specific needs of every group using the material to influence the specific assembly of pieces.
The ways that each of these collections will be assembled into use, can vary widely depending on variables of your specific programs. This collection was assembled from a framework built and practiced in Victoria and Vancouver Island, with some considerations added to provide relevance to the BC Interior. This, of course, comes with the understanding that within the BC Interior, there is a near-infinite variation of specifics from community to community. The ways that a Street College program will look in Nelson, is different than it may look in a larger centre like Kamloops or Kelowna, as well as in comparison to smaller centres like Elkford, Kaslo or Radium. Each of our communities is unique, and the way this content is gathered together leaves lots of space for the specific needs of every group using the material to influence the specific assembly of pieces.
This curriculum is more like this:
Some suggestions of how to put together a session for the various suggested levels (Street School, Street College (Essentials and beyond), Street College Leadership ) follow. Some of these names and package specifics come from AVI. You may find that in your home community the actual offering looks like a middle ground or combination of these suggested structures.
Street School 8-16 weeks 20-30 minute sessions In a drop-in setting |
Session Theme |
Guests, resources, options variations, key activities (Pick one or two max from this list) |
Opening |
Introduction to the series Establishing group agreements Refining of topics to explore within series |
What is Harm Reduction? |
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Stigma |
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Safer Injection |
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Safer Injection |
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The Hepatitises |
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Overdose Prevention |
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Health Care Navigation |
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First Aid |
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Living Outside & Getting In |
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Communication |
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Street College (Essentials) 8 weeks 2.5-hour sessions with a 20-minute break In a comfortable “classroom” setting |
Session Theme |
Specific Details (In this “essentials” offering, this column reads like a class agenda) |
Week 1 Group Agreements, Basics of Harm Reduction |
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Week 2 Hepatitis A, B and C |
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Week 3 HIV/AIDS and HCV/HIV Co-Infection |
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Week 4 Health and Wellness |
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Week 5 Stigma |
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Week 6 Peer Education |
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Week 7 Healthy Sexuality & Gender Identity |
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Week 8 Wrap Up, Evaluation, Graduation, Next Steps |
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Street College 8+ weeks 2.5-hour sessions with a 20-minute break In a comfortable “classroom” setting |
Theme Topics The suggested themes are just suggestions to give a range of what is possible; topics should be selected based on interest and relevance to participants. For example, this demo setup doesn’t have a section on safer inhalation, if there are folks in the program who are smokers, rather than injectors, customize accordingly. If the group is a mix, or participants use includes injection AND inhalation, make sure the content fits their needs. |
Variations on the Theme The content sections below have these and many other potential discussion topics. These suggestions are just a primer to give a range of what is possible. |
Week 1 Introduction week |
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Week 2 Safer Injection |
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Week 3 Drugs in Prohibition |
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Week 4 Advocacy |
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Week 5 First Aid |
With Guest trainers where appropriate
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Week 6 Blood Borne Illness |
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Week 7 Communication |
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Week 8 Closing Week |
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Modules
Blood Borne Infections
Getting Tested
Navigating Health Care
Party Safe - Integrating Harm Reduction Into How We Use
Overdose Prevention & Naloxone
Safer Injection Practices
Safer Inhalation Practices
First Aid
Stigma
Living Outside
Drug Checking
Communication
Peer Support
- HIV
- HCV
- MRSA, cellulitis, endocarditis
Getting Tested
- Types of Tests
- Ways to Access
- Window Periods
- Testing “Clear” or “Undetectable”
Navigating Health Care
- Personal Advocacy Skills
- Working with an Advocate
- Care Provider Stigma
- Rights + Responsibilities
Party Safe - Integrating Harm Reduction Into How We Use
- Researching
- Planning
- Safe Consumption sites
Overdose Prevention & Naloxone
- Dosing
- Identifying Opioid Overdose
- Safe Use of Naloxone
Safer Injection Practices
- Using New Gear
- Hand-washing
- Finding Veins
- Vein Care
- Preventing Cotton Fever
- Preventing Abscesses
- Using a Tie
Safer Inhalation Practices
- Gear Options and Care
- Glass Stems
- Plastic Mouth Pieces
- Filters
- Foil Kits
- Bubbler Pipes
- Lung Care
First Aid
- Making a Kit
- Wound Care
- Treating Shock
- Mental Health
- Getting Help & Good Samaritan Law & Fentanyl Dealing Laws
Stigma
- Drug War Hurts Drug Users
- Intersectional Impacts
- Internalized Messaging
Living Outside
- Shelter
- Fire Safety
- Bear & Wildlife Safety
- Maintaining a Low Profile
- Personal Hygiene
- Security
Drug Checking
- Reagent Kits
- Fentanyl Test Strips
- Spectrometry
- Test Dosing
- Peer Reporting
- What is it? Why do it?
Communication
- Non-violent Communication
- Listening
- Being Heard
- Timing
- Boundaries
- Community resources
Peer Support
- Helping Friends
- Community Organizing
- Facilitation Skills
- Event Production
- Resource Production