Bespoke training, education and consultancy, tailored to your agency, your workforce and your setting.
Australian Drug Education & Consultancy, founded in 2014, was formed by three great mates. With specialist knowledge in drugs and harm reduction, counselling, and responding to behavioural health crises, we wanted to offer the sector something different.
We deliver contemporary, bespoke workshops tailored to your service and workforce. Our approach is hands on, interactive and creates space for meaningful learning and real conversations
We hold an unshakeable belief in the resilience of our shared clients, and hold hope that building a workforce, which is trauma aware, compassionate and curious, will cultivate safety, wellbeing, connection and healing in our community.
Hold a safe, inclusive and culturally secure learning space.
Provide contemporary education and training, to develop and strengthen the skills and practice, of drug and alcohol, mental health, community service, school education, first responders, justice, mining safety and wellbeing workers.
Work in partnership with key stakeholders, to develop and implement harm reduction initiatives, to reduce drug related harms and deaths in our community.
Supporting services to rethink, strengthen and evolve their alcohol, drug and harm reduction policies, approaches and practice.
We honour and respect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, as the rightful Custodians of Country.
We pay respects to Elders past and present, and to their continued care for song lines and the land and waterways on which we work and live.
Explore practical, evidence based approaches to preventing and responding to behavioural health crises. This interactive workshop builds worker confidence and skills in recognising crisis behaviours, understanding triggers, assessing risk, communicating effectively and using trauma informed de escalation strategies.
Through practical activities and real conversations, participants develop strategies for safe crisis response, emergency interventions, post incident debriefing and supporting client and worker recovery and re engagement.
“The key to responding to the unpredictable is having a predictable approach: minimising the impact, harm and shame associated with behaviours that feel out of control.”
Explore how trauma shapes the way we think, feel, behave and connect with the world around us. This interactive workshop examines trauma’s impact on the mind, body and nervous system, including how coping strategies such as drug and alcohol use can play a role in survival.
Through reflection, experiential activities and real conversations, participants explore how to embed trauma awareness into everyday interactions, strengthen service responses and support the wellbeing of both clients and workers.
‘Building understanding, connection and possibilities for healing, transformation and hope.’
Explore contemporary harm reduction approaches to creating safer festival, event and night venue environments. This interactive workshop explores current and emerging drug trends, patterns of use, and the signs and symptoms of drug toxicity and overdose.
Participants build the skills and confidence to recognise distress, respond effectively and provide safe, supportive care to patrons experiencing negative drug related effects, helping to prevent harm and save lives.
Specialist consultancy is available to support event organisers in planning safer event spaces and developing contemporary, evidence based harm reduction messaging for patrons.
Designed for: Event promoters, organisers, staff and first responders.
Explore Australian drug trends, new and emerging substances, patterns of use, prevalence, harms and effects. This interactive workshop explores practical harm reduction approaches, including responding to drug toxicity and overdose, strengthening engagement skills, exploring drug refusal strategies, motivational interviewing and understanding stages of change.
‘Hands on Drug Kit’: View common drug appearances and weights, injecting equipment and other drug use implements to support informed, practical harm reduction conversations.
Interested in finding out more?
Here’s how we work.
Face to face training and working collaboratively is central to our work, so let’s meet.
We want to get to know you, your service and your needs, to create bespoke workshops to build a sustainable and skilled workforce. We look forward to hearing from you.
