Understanding Stigma: Promoting Inclusive Attitudes and Practice

This facilitator led course will give participants a distinct set of knowledge and skills to help them understand and address alcohol and drug-related stigma. 

Course objectives:  

• Describe the impact of stigma on people who use substances, people in treatment or in recovery from substance use  

• Recall language which de-stigmatises people affected by substance use 

• Describe how stigma and discrimination impact on the quality and effectiveness of service delivery   

• Identify institutional and structural stigma attached to people who use substances, people in treatment or in recovery from substance use. 

Informed Level: The informed level specifies the baseline practice-specific knowledge and skills every worker in the drugs and alcohol sector should be developing upon entering employment.