AHP SERVICES
- Getting an HIV Test
- Getting an HIV Test
- Understanding HIV Testing Options
- Making an HIV Test Appointment
- Assessing Your HIV or STD Risk
- Managing Your Test Results
- Volunteering to be a Counselor
- Staying and Being Negative
- Staying and Being Negative
- HIV Testing
- Protecting Myself and My Partners from HIV
- Addressing Substance Use
- Resources Outside of AHP
- Unsure of the Service You Want
- FAQs about REACH Support Groups
- Living with HIV
- Living with HIV
- Getting Emotional and Psychological Support
- Receiving Psychiatric Care
- Coping with Substance Use and HIV
- Getting Immediate Help for a Mental Health Crisis
- Protecting Myself from STDs and My Partner from HIV
- Resources for People with HIV in the Bay Area
- Unsure of the Service You Want
- FAQ About HIV-Positive Support Groups
- List of all AHP Support Services
- List of All AHP Support Groups
- AHP Calendar
- AHP Calendar
- Provider Training, Publications and Consultation
- Provider Training, Publications and Consultation
- Provider Trainings: HIV Prevention and Mental Health
- Provider Publications: HIV Prevention and Mental Health
- CEU Center for MFTs, LCSWs, and RNs
- San Francisco Community Psychiatric Consultation
- Research at AHP
- Research at AHP
- Current Research Studies
- Past Research Studies and Publications
- Key HIV Research Websites
- Contact the Research Program
HELPING AHP
- Donating to AHP
- Donating to AHP
- Donate Now
- Other Ways of Donating
- How AHP Uses Your Donation
- Art for AIDS and Online Gallery
- Annual Gala
- Other Fundraising Events
- Read Our Biannual Report
- Volunteering, Interning and Working at AHP
- Volunteering, Interning and Working at AHP
- Clinical Traineeship
- Post-Baccalaureate Internship Program
- HIV Test Counseling Volunteers
- Volunteer Facilitators
- Administrative Volunteers
- Event and Fundraising Volunteers
- Paid Jobs at AHP
MORE ABOUT AHP
- AHP Administration
- AHP Administration
- AHP Leadership
- Community Advisory Board
- Mission, History and Programs
- Mission, History and Programs
- Where We Came From
- Read Our Biannual Report
- List of All AHP Programs
- Contact AHP
- Contact AHP
- AHP Staff Only
- AHP Staff Only
- Privacy Policy
- Privacy Policy
- AHP's UCSF Affiliations
- AHP's UCSF Affiliations
Provider Trainings:
HIV Prevention and Mental Health
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.
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.
Coordinators Page
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Training Programs Not Currently Offered
Outreach Worker and Outreach Supervisor Trainings
Not currently offered. A training program for outreach workers and their supervisors.
Risk Reduction Counseling Training
Not currently offered. A training program for risk reduction counselors.
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