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For anyone who wants to:

• Increase their knowledge about HIV
• Find out what they can do to help prevent new HIV infections\
• Help educate your peers and community

For more information and to register for trainings contact Jason Rivera: jrivera@saaf.org

All traings are held at the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation (SAAF) at 375 S Euclid Ave, Tucson.

 

Trainings and Schedules:

Peer Educator Training

Outreach Educator Training

Community Educator Training

 

Peer Educator Training Schedule

This training will teach you about:

• HIV infection, transmission, prevention and testing
• The most common bacterial and viral sexually transmitted infections
  
• The connection between substance use and HIV infection
• Introduce the harm reduction philosophy and behavior change model
• Skill building and speaking with your peers about their sexual health

This training is highly interactive to fit with a variety of learning styles and will prepare the participant to speak with and educate their peers.

8:30 to 5:30
We request that participants arrive at 8:30AM so we can begin on time.
Training includes lunch and refreshments.

• 2010
  • 22 May
  • 10 July
  • 25 September
  • 6 November

 

Outreach Educator Training Schedule

This training will teach you about:

• The lifecycle of HIV and the human immune system
• How medications disrupt the lifecycle of HIV
• Awareness of culture, ethnicity and race when conducting outreach and presenting to groups from backgrounds other than your own
• Preparing for and conducting outreach
• Creating and building relationships with community leaders
• Getting to know your target audience
• Skill building and practicing outreach

Once you have completed this training, you’ll be able to assist staff and other trained volunteers in conducting outreach at testing events, social service agencies, community health fairs and other locations where target populations can be reached.

8:30 to 5:30
We request that participants arrive at 8:30AM so we can begin on time.
Training includes lunch and refreshments.

• 2010
  • 24 July
  • 20 November

Volunteer Orientation and Peer Educator Training are prerequisites.

 

Community Educator Training Schedule

This training will teach you about:

• Viral hepatitis, the liver, treatments and connection to HIV
• Different methods of giving a presentation
• Dffective presentation techniques
• How to assess your audience
• How to handle problematic situations and disruptive participants
• The importance of audience evaluations
• How to plan and prepare an effective HIV 101 presentation
• Skill building and practicing giving an HIV 101 presentation

This training prepares you to give effective HIV 101 and/or Living with HIV presentations, with the assistance of SAAF staff and other trained volunteers, to community groups, high school and college classes and SAAF’s volunteer orientations.

8:30 to 5:30
We request that participants arrive at 8:30AM so we can begin on time.
Training includes lunch and refreshments.

• 2010
  • 7 August
  • 4 December

Volunteer Orientation, Peer Educator Training and Outreach Educator Training are prerequisites.