HIV Connection Courses
The Texas HIV Connection's primary service is providing trainings relating to HIV/AIDS and other communicable diseases. These trainings are targeted to persons who work in the fields of substance abuse, mental health, and HIV Early Intervention throughout the state of Texas. Please see “Our Calendar” for a current listing of scheduled HIV Connection trainings.
Some of our most requested courses include:
• Motivational Interviewing
• Treatment Planning with the Client: Enhancing Motivation for Change in Substance Abuse Treatment
• HIV/AIDS Update
• Hepatitis C (A&B): Basic Knowledge
and many more!
Generally, courses offered by the Texas HIV Connection:
- meet DSHS licensure and funding requirements;
- provide professional continuing education credits;
- include certificates of completion and/or attendance;
- include participant manuals and resources;
- include opportunities for education in a variety of advanced HIV and other infectious diseases, and substance abuse topics; and
- are made available in Spanish (limited to certain courses).
To see the full listing of our courses, please download the pdf version here.
The primary target populations for HIV Connection Services include DSHS MHSA funded treatment providers; DSHS MHSA funded HIV Early Intervention providers; DSHS MHSA licensed substance abuse treatment providers; other DSHS funded providers; persons seeking to become Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselors (LCDCs); other social service agencies and organizations that target substance abuse populations; and other persons in the alcohol and substance abuse field.
There are no training charges for DSHS MHSA funded agencies seeking to sponsor an HIV Connection training event. Non-funded organizations seeking to sponsor a training event will be charged a fee per day of training, plus travel expenses for each trainer. Please contact the HIV Connection for more information on sponsoring a training.
Protocol Based Counseling Training
Starting January 1, 2010 the Texas HIV Connection will no longer provide Protocol Based Counseling Training (PBC) in conjunction with the Department of State Health Services HIV/STD.
For more information about PBC, please follow the link below: http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/hivstd/training/courses.shtm#pbc
For question general questions about PBC you can e-mail Cindi Blair at DSHS or call her at (512) 533-3026.
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