The Opioid Public Health Crisis
TRAIN THE TRAINER

Comprehensive, Turnkey, Grant-Aligned Training Programs

About the Train the Trainer Program

The Opioid Public Health Crisis Train the Trainer (TTT) Program equips partners with the tools and resources needed to deliver staff and community education within their local areas.

This scalable training model helps organizations meet sustainability goals while reaching multiple sectors—including schools, healthcare, law enforcement,  community-based organizations, and more.

The program is designed for localization, allowing partners to tailor content to the unique needs of their audience and incorporate relevant state and community resources—strengthening engagement and awareness at the local level.

Download Overview: The Opioid Public Health Crisis Education Training.pdf

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What Attendees Will Learn

Participants will gain a working understanding of this nationwide health crisis, the historical trends and current conditions, and the solutions and actions to take to mitigate and reduce the health crisis effects.

The course also covers opioid overdose recognition and prevention, how naloxone works to reverse an opioid overdose through the overdose reversal medication naloxone, common naloxone myths, and naloxone laws and access points.

Discuss the opioid public health crisis - historical, current conditions and trends.
Explain how the health crisis developed, the contributors and risk factors.
Identify the multi-faceted solutions model that states, and communities are applying to reduce the effects of the health crisis and the actions an individual / professional can take to improve the outcomes.

Who This Program is Designed For

This educational program is designed for individuals, professionals, and organizations committed to preventing substance use disorder, improving treatment outcomes, reducing overdose risk, and supporting recovery through education that builds knowledge, skills, and confidence among staff, professionals, and community members.

Whether you're delivering education within your organization or the broader community, this program provides a flexible and impactful solution to build knowledge and drive change.

It is suitable for a wide range of audiences, including—but not limited to:

  • Community members and families
  • Faith-based groups and civic organizations
  • Schools and universities
  • Healthcare and behavioral health
  • Pharmacies
  • Treatment providers
  • Recovery professionals
  • Government
  • Judicial and law enforcement
  • Human services
  • Nonprofits and social service organizations

About the Programming. Pricing. Trainer, Training Process.

Turnkey Program Materials

Includes a complete set of resources—slide decks, speaker notes, handouts, certificates, evaluation tools, and more.
The materials are comprehensive, flexible, and ready for immediate use, eliminating the need to create content from scratch.

Trusted Nationally

Partners across North America rely on our programs to educate and build the foundation for lasting change. Partners include NIH’s National Institute on Drug Abuse, U.S. Navy, healthcare, public health departments, law enforcement, workplaces, schools, non-profits.

Flexible and Customizable

Flexible training materials allow for co-branding and customization by audience, sector, and location—integrating local data and resources for greater relevance and impact.

Science-Based

Educational content is grounded in peer-reviewed neuroscience and addiction-medicine research. Built on nationally recognized frameworks for SUD education.

Trainer Training Process

Our trainer training process is 100% virtual, streamlined, and designed for quick onboarding. We welcome new trainers every week, making it easy to complete training online and begin delivering the program locally in a short amount of time.

To earn trainer designation, individuals complete
2 self-paced online prerequisite courses (approximately 3-4 hours total) and a 60-minute live virtual training session via Zoom.

Program Pricing

Training and Annual License $380
Special Pricing for 2+ Trainers

About the Annual License:
The annual license covers everything you need to deliver the program for 12 months—training materials, updates, support, and online resources—with options for individual or group trainers.

15% Multi-Program Discount
15% 6+ Trainers Discount
(discounts cannot be combined)

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1 Trainer $380
Group Pricing 2+ Trainers
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Program Includes

  • 2 Prerequisite Courses
  • Online Resource Center
  • Trainer Certificate
  • Trainer Training + License*
  • * Annual License Renewal Required
Bundle Includes

  • The Brain and the Disease of Addiction 2.0 CE Credits
  • The Opioid Public Health Crisis 3.0 CE Credits
  • Trainer Resource Center
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What people are saying

Our ultimate goal is really sustainability and reach, so this kind of train the trainer model was really a requirement for us to build internal sustainable capacity for training rather than just relying solely on external partners. This empowered our local community members, educators, and first responders to become a part of that solution.

ODL Training Partner

I think one of the most important takeaways from this course is that as health care providers we need to increase our awareness of ACE's and then be able to respond to that when we identify them in our patients. This changed my perspective and will impact my clinical practice.

Primary Care Provider (Attendee)

We really recognize the desperate need for a standardized, accessible, and high-quality educational resource that could rapidly scale up the number of people trained and equipped to save a life. We were highly impressed by the Overdose Lifeline curriculum structure.

ODL Training Partner

This was a very eye opening course as to how childhood trauma not only affects our behavior but our health outcomes and chronic conditions directly. This is a true public health threat that needs to be addressed with education and concern placed on early intervention.

Nurse (Attendee)

One of the most profound changes we see are that participants who hold sometimes this deeply ingrained, though often unconscious stigmatizing belief. By the end of the training, they focus on addiction as a medical disorder and the emphasis on compassionate intervention leads to a dramatic shift.

ODL Training Partner

Harm Reduction can be very controversial...more the reason to be better informed and educated on it in detail. I feel this course (and trainer course) is excellent and has educated me even further on Harm Reduction in order to present to stakeholders and their communities.

ODL Training Partner

The training was very beneficial and for those trained in Addiction is a great refresher course. It was easy to follow and very engaging as well. An excellent training course. Having all the training materials for this course will make it very easy to implement and present the training.”

ODL Training Partner

Frequently Asked Questions

CE credits are awarded only for completion of Overdose Lifeline’s online courses. Those credits do not automatically transfer to partner-delivered trainer sessions.

That said, many partner trainers successfully pursue local accreditation for their own trainings.

Our trainer programs are built from the same content used in Overdose Lifeline’s online courses, which are accredited through Purdue University for multiple national clinical boards and the Indiana Law Enforcement Training Board. This alignment often helps partners secure CE approval through local credentialing entities.

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