Before starting virtual or live training sessions:

• Read and link to resources in the latest POCA training manual

WATCH THE FOLLOWING ZOOM SESSIONS PRIOR TO IN-PERSON TRAINING:

• Lecture:  History, Pivotal Studies Libby Stuyt, MD

• Lecture:  Public Health, Regulatory, Confidentiality, Legal/Ethical Concerns, Consents plus general Q&A. Beth Howell, MD and others

Further Training Resources

• Further resources including Spotify playlist available here
  All sessions, readings, video viewings, evaluations, etc must be completed to be eligible for your Acudetox certificate and reimbursement.

Complete self-directed reading and videos:

• Self-directed work takes 14-20 hours of reading and viewing, so please allow sufficient time for this material!​

• Read all pages and link to all resources in the latest POCA training manual.  

• Invite family, friends and community to Community Volunteer Sessions (schedule: 2-3 p.m. on Day 1, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 2-3 p.m. on Day 2)

• Watch the following videos:

  • Demonstration treatments (video1 and video2)

  • NYHRE (6’30”) 

  • Points to Change (26’49”)

  • Unimagined Bridges (17’27”)

  • Dope is Death (1hr19’15”)(optional commentary lasts another 35’) 

  • Restorative Justice Project (22’05”)

More Virtual Lectures:

• To be added

Recorded Lectures

• Lecture:  Neurobiology/Behavioral Changes of Addiction (or pre-recorded)--Beth Howell, MD

• Lecture:  Integrative Behavioral Health and the 5 Needle Protocol--Amy de la Garza, MD