Participants can expect to learn how to:

• Navigate Substance Use Recovery resources and treatment options
• Help someone struggling with addiction
• Recognize and respond to an overdose situation
• Understand the addicted brain
• Learn when and how to use Narcan
• Provide first aid and CPR

45-Minute Workshops

Presentation Schedule:

• 9:30 - 10:15 a.m.
• 10:30 - 11:15 a.m.
• 11:30 - 12:15 a.m.

Addiction Decoded: Early Signs, Brain Changes, and Paths to Healing
Designed to reduce stigma and strengthen clinical effectiveness, this presentation bridges brain science with real-world treatment application. It will examine addiction through a neuroscience-based, disease-model framework, helping attendees to better understand how substance use alters brain reward, motivation, and decision-making systems. By exploring early warning signs, disease progression, and parallels to other chronic medical conditions, attendees will gain practical insight into why addiction-driven behaviors persist despite consequences.

• How the brain works in addiction
• How to support someone dealing with addiction
• Addiction as a Disease
• Evidence-based treatment approaches, lifestyle changes, and recovery pathways that support long-term healing

Narcan: Overdose Response & Demonstration
Join SHOTS Harm Reduction for an informative session on opioid overdose response. This training is open to anyone who wants to be prepared to respond safely if someone experiences an overdose. Participants will leave with the knowledge and confidence to act safely if an overdose happens and to support the health and safety of their loved ones and community.

In this session, you will learn:

• What naloxone is and how it works
• How to recognize the signs of an opioid overdose
• Step-by-step guidance on how to respond and reverse an overdose
• Aftercare to support someone after an overdose

First Aid/CPR

Join the Tulsa Fire Department for a brief hands-on CPR and basic first aid training, which equips participants to respond calmly and effectively to overdoses, cardiac or respiratory emergencies, and common injuries. It focuses on practical skills, low-barrier techniques, and nonjudgmental communication until professional help arrives.

• Hands-on CPR basics
• Basic first aid skills to practice
• Communication & documentation

Mental Health and Well-being
Tulsa Fire Department Overdose Response Team
Tulsa Municipal Court Clear Your Warrants
Tulsa Financial Empowerment Center (FEC)
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Tulsa Police Department Mental Health Unit

The Mental Health Unit provides support and training to patrol operations. It serves as a community liaison to facilitate a professional, humane, and safe response to citizens in a mental health crisis or experiencing chronic behavioral health issues and to those experiencing homelessness.

The Mental Health Unit responsibilities include:

• The Community Response Team (CRT)
• Mental health case management
• Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) regional training
• Annual Tulsa Police Department mental health training
• Peer support program
• Tulsa Sobering Center liaison

Contact the Mental Health Unit: TPDMHU@cityoftulsa.org