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ForwardSupporting Expectant Mothers with ADHD through the Transition to Parenthood
Research has demonstrated that ADHD in pregnancy can interfere with perinatal health behaviors, performance at home and work, interpersonal relationships, and postpartum functioning (e.g., depression), including maternal-child attachment and quality of infant care. These impairments negatively impact early child development.
This activity will provide attendees - therapist from the Perinatal Behavioral Health Clinic - with the additional knowledge, skills, and strategies required to work collaboratively with providers in the support of expectant women managing ADHD during pregnancy.
Target Audience
Social Worker
Licensed professional counselor
Learning Objectives
Participants will learn evidence-based skills that strategies that will support pregnant women with ADHD.
Participants will learn to use motivational interviewing techniques that will encourage and support the parent's willingness to apply the MomMA skills and strategies.
Participants will be able to train pregnant women in implementing the MomMA skills and strategies for managing ADHD during their pregnancy and in preparation for their upcoming role as a parent.
Research has demonstrated that ADHD in pregnancy can interfere with perinatal health behaviors, performance at home and work, interpersonal relationships, and postpartum functioning (e.g., depression), including maternal-child attachment and quality of infant care. These impairments negatively impact early child development.
This activity will provide attendees - therapist from the Perinatal Behavioral Health Clinic - with the additional knowledge, skills, and strategies required to work collaboratively with providers in the support of expectant women managing ADHD during pregnancy.
Heather Joseph, DO
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 4.0 continuing education credits.
Other Health Care Professionals
Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Available Credit
- 4.00 ASWB
- 4.00 Attendance