An excerpt from the Toolkit Introduction part explains quite specifically and concisely what the Toolkit has to offer, so you may wish to download these two pages:

A Trainer's Toolkit (46 kb)

The downloadable booklet comes in 5 parts and a separate part with the front page of the booklet, the list of contents, contributors and information about the publication. 

Clicking on the underscored text will start your browsers' download of the indicated text. Depending on the speed of you connection it may take a while for Acrobat Reader to kick in, which will show you the text. You then can use Acrobat Reader to save the file on whatever medium you like (use the "save" option in Acrobat, not in your rbowser). Use the "back" option in you browser to return to this page, and maybe repeat the process with another part. 

A separate part with the front page of the booklet, the list of contents, contributors and information about the publication. 

Transdrug Toolkit part 1 (101 kb)

The introduction. Here the project is explained , and in addition two interesting articvles are presented, one on the influence of the increasing poly drug consumption in the field of drug assistance, the other on training in a European context. 

Transdrug Toolkit part 2 (230 kb)

This part treats training, training needs and the assessment of training needs and offers a number of general articles in which the interconnectedness of training demands and work forms in the addiction care are further explained. Approaches that assessed needs in both the Netherlands and Italy are described.

Transdrug Toolkit part 3 (351 kb)

This part provides a brief introduction to a number of methods, such as Delphi Technique, SWOT analysis, Future Workshop, Opera method, Focus Group and so forth. Each introduction is followed by one or more examples of the application in practice in one of the partner countries. The articles do not only deal with the results, but also with the pros and contras of the application in this particular practice, and reflect on the lessons learned and give advise for who will apply the method him/herself. 

Transdrug Toolkit part 4 (268 kb)

This part does not describe methods to assess training needs but rather how to make the step from needs assessment to training. Experiences in adjusting training in accordance with the results of a prior assessment, are described, as is the influence of needs assessment on desiging a training. Some articles treat specific Dutch developments.

Transdrug Toolkit part 5 (97 kb)

In this final part the drug assistance facilities in Finland and the Slovak Republic as such are described (in a perspective of tens of years respectively the last ten years) and the influences of the Transdrug Project on recent developments are evaluated.  

Special thanks to Mieke Voet who turned out to be an eagle eyed proof reader, spotting many spelling errors and lay out matters. As for that: if you see an error that escaped her scrutiny, please e-mail us and we will correct it. Indicate page and details.