Community Health Worker Training
The Florida AHEC Network provides in-person and online trainings, which offer CEUs, on evidence-based best practices for recognizing and responding to Opioid Use Disorder.
The trainings are appropriate for a wide range of disciplines, including, but not limited to, community connectors, and community members or individuals who will become CHWs.
If you would like to request a training or education materials, please contact your local AHEC. You can view a list of AHECs by area by clicking here.
Below is a list of available trainings:
Opioid Use and Misuse for Community Health Workers and Community Connectors
·Be able to define Opioids
·Become educated about the scope of the problem
·Learn how to recognize and respond to Opioid
overdose
·Learn about Florida’s Overdose Prevention Laws
·Learn how Naloxone is administered
·Learn how to safely store and dispose of prescription
drugs
To access our free online courses, visit www.aheceducation.com and use activation code DCF001
Contact Us
If you would like to learn more about the services available in your area, or would like to request a training or education materials, please contact your local AHEC. You can view a list of AHECs by area by clicking here.
Sponsored by Florida Alliance for Healthy Communities, Inc. and the State of Florida, Department of Children and Families
