Trainings for HIV Counselors and Mental Health Providers

Quality client care begins with professionals who are well trained

The AHP Training Program is integral to AHP’s goal of transforming research and experience into continuing education for HIV service providers. AHP created its first trainings in 1985 and 1986 after developing the first HIV counseling and testing protocol in the world. Since that time, AHP has become the largest provider of counseling and testing training in California and is a leader in HIV-related trainings for social service providers working on the front lines of the epidemic.

AHP trainings are guided by adult education principles. They are designed to be interactive, challenging, and thought-provoking. They focus on building knowledge, insight, and practical counseling skills. And they incorporate didactic components and experiential exercises that encourage providers to examine their own values and beliefs on a range of issues such as sexuality, sexual behavior and the meaning of sex, partner relations, grief and loss, substance use, and HIV stigma. The trainings also examine the role of contextual issues such as race, poverty, and sexual orientation on behavior, and the challenges of disclosing HIV status.

Currently, AHP provides:

HIV Counseling and Testing Training
California Office of AIDS-mandated certification trainings for all HIV test counselors working in OA-funded test sites, including rapid test training and both live and online trainings.

Outreach Worker and Outreach Supervisor Trainings
California Office of AIDS-mandated trainings for Outreach staff working in programs funded for Targeted Prevention Activity (TPA) or NIGHT Program Services. A training program for outreach workers and their supervisors working in programs funded to conduct outreach by the California Office of AIDS, including both live and online trainings.

Trainings for Providers Funded by SF Community Behavioral Health Services
A four-course training program designed to improve the HIV knowledge and skills of peer counselors working in drug treatment services in San Francisco.

Risk Reduction Counseling Training
Training for risk reduction counselors working in San Francisco agencies that provide Health Education and Risk Reduction (HERR) and Prevention with People with HIV (PWP) services.

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