Duration:  1 Day (1 day face-to-face or 2 half days online)

Number of DHHS funded courses run each financial year: 8

Maximum number of attendees: 15

Advanced AOD Forensic Training Summary

Advanced AOD Forensics is one-day (spread across 2 days) online clinical training for experienced drug and alcohol clinicians working with forensic clients.

Learning Outcomes

Advanced AOD Forensics training is targeted at senior AOD clinicians working with forensic clients presenting with multiple complexities, including personality disorders, severe mental health issues, and other co morbidities which present in addition to significant AOD use.

The training is delivered by experienced forensic psychologists and provides knowledge and skills for working with the most complex forensic clients in AOD settings.

What is covered?

This training will cover the below learning outcomes:

• Identification and discussion of the key challenges in working with complex forensic clients.
• Increased knowledge and understanding of some of the complexities associated with the
• treatment of forensic AOD clients and practical strategies about how to respond to these.
• Increased knowledge on how to work safely with complex forensic AOD clients including
• those who have committed violent and sexual offences.
• Opportunities to apply learning to your own practice using case examples and group discussion exercises.