SIXTH ANNUAL REGIONAL SUMMIT

NEED: To improve care for our pregnant mothers with a substance use disorder, we need to know what services are available now and how best to use them for both mothers and professionals. What are next steps to improve the care and support of mothers with substance use disorder in the region.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Mental/behavioral health professionals, health care professionals, community health professionals, care coordinators, social workers, mental health workers, peer counselors, providers/employees of all the Medic*tion-Assisted Treatment (MAT) centers, clinic employees, nurses, midwives and others engaged in providing excellence in maternal newborn health care.

MISSION: Engage behavioral health and domestic violence agencies, Healthy Start Coalitions, Medic*tion-Assisted Treatment Centers and Substance Abuse Drug Free Prevention Coalitions to address what is being done now for pregnant mothers with a substance abuse disorder and their newborn.

OBJECTIVES: At the end of this Sixth Summit, the participants
will be able to:

1. Understand what we as a four-county community are doing for the pregnant mothers with a substance use problem, their newborns and why.

2. Identify and meet at least three supportive programs for the pregnant or delivered mother with a substance use disorder.

3. Understand the importance of asking mothers and those we see “can you share your story” and learning from their experience and perspective.

TOPICS COVERED:

• Managing These Difficult Cases of Substance Use Disorder and Pregnancy. What Would You Do?
Washington Hill, M.D., OB GYN, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Sarasota Memorial Hospital and CenterPlace Health

• Trends in Managing the Neonate of Mothers with a Substance Use Disorder
Rebecca Schilling, M.D., Director, Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

• Perinatal Bereavement
Vicki Vertich-Hutcheson, B.A., IBCLC, ICCE,
Manatee County Healthy Start

• Stigma Among Pregnant Women with Opioid Use Disorder. Lili Buzsaki, M.D., MPH, FASAM, Addiction Medicine, Operation PAR

• “My Substance Use Story” – Recovering Pregnant and Postpartum Mothers Share their Story
Karina Clarke, Vice President of Operations, Lightshare Behavioral Wellness & Recovery, and Amber Bartush, Director of Residential Services, Lightshare Behavioral Wellness & Recovery

• Trauma, Resilience and Recovery in Women with a Substance Use Disorder
Andrea Blanch, PhD, Founding Member and Board Chair,
SRQ Strong

• Creating a NO Wrong Door Approach to Care: Screening and Addressing Social Determinants of Health
Chelsea Arnold, DNP, APRN Initiative Manager,
First 1000 Days Suncoast Manager and Mary O’Connor, MSN, RN, CSSGB, IBCLC, Manager, Community Outreach, Sarasota Memorial Hospital – Sarasota Campus

Host or Publisher The Healthy Start Coalition of Sarasota County