CT-AIMH 2021 Virtual Spring Conference

Thursday, May 06, 2021

9:00am-3:30pm

Title:

Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) and promoting connections while working with families and their babies who have been/are being affected by substance use. 

You will learn:

1) Recognize the traditional approach to manage neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) 

2) Analyze the deficiencies of the traditional approach 

3) Describe the new, family-centered approach to management of NAS developed at Yale 

4) Understand how to develop a Plan of Safe Care and learn about CAPTA

5) Gain knowledge about the intersection of parenting, trauma and substance use disorders

6) Understand the effects of parental substance use on infants and young children

7) Learn about a dyadic evidence informed intervention currently being tested in a randomized controlled trial

Keynote Presenters:

Dr. Matthew Grossman, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Vice Chair for Quality, Dept of Pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine and

Dr. Ruth Paris, Associate Professor and Chair, Clinical Practice Department at Boston University School of Social Work. 

We will also review the development of a Plan of Safe Care and learn about CAPTA.  Hospitals are required by law to notify the Department of Children and Families (DCF) when a child is born exposed to substances. This is called a CAPTA Notification. In Connecticut, CAPTA Notifications are blind, meaning they do not name the parent or child specifically.

We will also have a discussion with a Panel of CT Programs that specifically address substance use and how to promote parent/infant or young child connections (Family Based Recovery, DCF, DMHAS, Mothering from the Inside Out, B-3, EHS, etc.)