Substance-Using Pregnant Women and Integrated Care Workshop

This free workshop for health care professionals addresses integrated care for pregnant women who have substance use disorders.
Substance-Using Pregnant Women and Integrated Care Workshop

Substance use during pregnancy is a critical public health concern, and it can lead to severe health consequences for infants. We invite obstetric and pediatric providers, psychiatrists, psychologists, substance use counselors and other health care professionals to this free event. The workshop will examine the prevalence of prenatal substance use, address the needs of integrated care for substance-using pregnant women, and highlight new efforts to improve identification and modification of prenatal substance use.

Registration and Light Lunch 11:30 a.m. - 12 noon

Welcome and Introductions (noon)

Lisa Helms Guba, MSN, RNC, Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Coordinator

Anne Arundel County Department of Health

Opening Remarks (12:05 p.m.)

Nilesh Kalyanaraman, MD , Anne Arundel County Health Officer

Keynote Speaker: Addressing the Needs of Substance-Using Pregnant Women and Integrated Care (12:15 p.m.)

Carlo DiClemente, PhD, ABPP, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)

Dr. Carlo DiClemente is an emeritus professor of psychology at UMBC and the director of several UMBC training centers. He is co-developer of the Transtheoretical Model of behavior change. Dr. DiClemente is the author of numerous scientific publications on motivation and behavioral change with a variety of health and addictive behaviors. He published Addiction and Change: How Addictions Develop and Addicted People Recover (second edition) in 2018 . He has co-authored several professional books: The Transtheoretical Model, Substance Abuse Treatment and the Stages of Change (second edition); Group Treatment for Substance Abuse: A Stages-of-Change Therapy Manual (second edition); and a self-help book, Changing for Good.

Peer Support (1:45 p.m.)

Jessica Hunnell, CPRS, RPS, Special Program Coordinator for Peer Support, Recovery Community Support Services, Anne Arundel County Department of Health

Substance Exposed Newborn Multi-D and START Program (2 p.m.)

Ilene Schlenger, LCSW-C, Supervisor, In Home Services

Anne Arundel County Department of Social Services

SBIRT Peer Recovery Coach Services (2:15 p.m.)

Heather Raley, LCPC, Senior Behavioral Health Consultant, Mosaic Group

Healthy Start/Babies Born Healthy (2:30 p.m.)

Mechelle Jones-Romo, BSN, BA, RN, Maternal and Child Health Program Manager, Anne Arundel County Department of Health

Round-Up and Call to Action (2:35 p.m.)

Closing Remarks and Adjournment (2:50 p.m.)