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Workforce Solutions hosts Opioid, Stimulant, and Overdose Prevention training

by northeastnation

October 30, 2024

Northeast State Community College’s Office of Workforce Solutions announces a free course designed to help individuals respond and prevent opioid overdoses.

Opioid, Stimulant, and Overdose Prevention Training is a course that educates community members on opioid overdose and overdose prevention through the distribution of Naloxone. The Regional Overdose Prevention Specialists work with their assigned communities to help to reduce harm, address stigma, and increase public awareness, including the brain science of addiction, compassion fatigue, and how to administer Naloxone.

Date: November 18

Time: 10:00 a.m. to noon

Location: Blountville campus, 2425 Highway 75, Technical Education Complex, Room TE027

Fee: Free to the community

Course instructor Frankie Nunley is a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist (CPRS) in 2013, in 2021 was trained as Recovery Coach, Certified Peer Recovery Supervisor (CPRS Supervisor), then in 2022 also became a Certified Men’s Health Educator (CMHE). Nunley presently serves as a Region 1 Regional Overdose Prevention Specialist (ROPS) providing education, training, outreach, and referrals. She also works closely and implementing the “Leave Behind” program with the region’s first responders.

To register online visit https://www.northeaststate.edu/business-community/workforce-solutions/professional-development-workshops.html.

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