Adolescents who use substances often face stigma, mistrust, and limited access to developmentally appropriate care. This presentation introduces harm reduction principles tailored to adolescents and explores how to build trust, reduce risk, and support safety across clinical, school, and community settings.
Objectives
- Define harm reduction and its application to adolescent substance use along with other adolescent risk behaviors that can be associated with substance use
- Identify strategies to engage youth in nonjudgmental, developmentally appropriate conversations about substance use.
- Apply harm reduction approaches to reduce risk and support safety in adolescents across settings.
When: Oct 8, 2025 10:30 AM
Where: Virtual
Provided by the Opioid Response Network and the West Virginia Behavioral Health Training Center