HIT Squad (HIV Intervention for Teens) Training


Day 1
General Orientation
(3 hours)
Bring: sign-in sheets, volunteer applications, questionnaires, parental consent forms, teen & general brochures, ball.

Interviews
held between days 1 & 2

Day 2
AIDS BASICS
(3 hours)
bring: typed-up ground rules we brainstormed on Day 1, activity sheets for 5. & 6., large newsprint paper for 4 & assignment worksheets.

Day 3
Living with HIV; Condoms
(3 hours)
Bring: activity sheets, brochures, vocabulary cards.

Day 4
Alcohol, Drugs & HIV
(3 hours)
presented by staff from PICADA (Prevention & Intervention Center for Alcohol & Drug Abuse)
Major points covered: Prevalence of AOD use, Patterns of abuse, Cleaning syringes

Assignment: Research and present about 1 STD or contraceptive method.

DAY 5
Other STD's and Contraception
(3 hours)
bring: reimbursements for condoms, AND info on STD's & contraception
Optional:
[Briarpatch: Local teen runaway and family services agency - services & skit on dating violence (60 min)]

[Discussion with another AIDS Network client. (60 min)]

DAY 6
Communication skills
(3 hours)
Bring: Reducing the Risk

DAY 7
Homophobia
(3 hours)