Regrounding Our Response Program Overview
Regrounding Our Response (ROR) is a collaborative series developed by the Maryland Department of Health to increase understanding of public health solutions to Maryland's opioid overdose crisis and to remove the stigma associated with substance use. There are five core concepts: Stages of Change, Adverse Childhood Experiences, Social Determinants of Health, Medications for Addiction Treatment of Substance Use Disorder (SUD), and Comprehensive Care Framework for People Who Use Drugs (PWUD). These courses are delivered through a combination of virtual or in-person settings during designated times.
What causes opioid addiction and why is it so tough to combat?
What You Will Learn
- Stages of Change (SOC)
How intentional behavior change happens and how to support it in the process of change. - Adverse Childhood Events (ACEs)
How toxic stress changes the physiology of early brain development, connections between substance use and trauma, protective factors, and resilience in communities. - Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)
How social determinants of health affect an individual and the community, health equity and bias, upstream and downstream approaches to the overdose crisis.
- Medications for the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders (SUD)
Understanding medications for opioid use disorder, how medications can improve lives, prevent fatal overdoses, and how stigma creates barriers to effective treatment. - Comprehensive Care Framework for People Who Use Drugs (PWUD)
How stigma impacts health, key harm reduction strategies and protective factors for infectious disease, how to apply a this to an organization
SCHEDULE A PRESENTATION
Please contact marylandropta@umd.edu to schedule a presentation in your community.
Also, take a look at our upcoming events.
WHO WE REACH
- Community members
- Public health professionals
- Service providers
- Law enforcement
- Faith communities
- All of University of Maryland Extension educators
TIME COMMITMENT
A 5-part series of presentations. Each course is 1.5 to 2 hours and can be taken independently or as a series.
CREDITS
UME ROPTA is no longer offerings CEUs for this training, but can partner with select agencies to offer credits.