Group Facilitation Skills for STD/HIV Prevention Interventions

This two-day training will help to increase providers’ confidence, knowledge and practice skill in facilitating groups, such as the Centers for Disease Control’s evidence-based behavioral intervention VOICES/VOCES. As a result of this training, participants will be able to: increase their understanding of group process and how it influences behavior change; identify qualities of an effective group facilitator; increase skills in facilitating STD/HIV prevention intervention groups; identify strategies for handling group problems; and learn the importance of training, supporting and evaluating group facilitators.
Prerequisite: None.
Audience: Group facilitators, counselors, health educators, peer educators, health care professionals and other public health prevention providers who conduct group level STD/HIV prevention interventions.
Fall 2011 Dates: September 21 & 22, 2011 (9am-5pm daily) Hawthorne

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