Developing a Shared Language for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery will provide you with an opportunity to enhance your knowledge and awareness of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) issues. We will explore the potential impact of these issues on our beliefs towards those with backgrounds different from our own and how those beliefs can impact the people we serve and the continuum of care for substance use disorder. This training is an opportunity o reflect on ways to create more welcoming and inclusive places of business for our staff and clients, as well as look at ways organizations can support DEI efforts.

This behavioral specialist will provide information which will allow participants to:

(1) Review baseline language to ground us in a shared understanding of DEI issues and social determinants of health and explore equity data on the impact of DEI issues on health care access, experiences, and outcomes and unpack myths of DEI and those impacted by these issues; and,

(2) Review situational examples and their implications for opioid, stimulant, and substance use disorder treatment and recovery and identify ways to practice cultural humility and engage in DEI work both individually and organizationally.