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ForwardPA PQC - PA PQC Armstrong & Indiana County NAS Symposium - 2026 - JHF
This session is designed for healthcare providers, social service professionals, and community partners seeking a shared baseline understanding of NAS and best practices. Particpants will gain a better understanding of how effective identification and provision of compassionate, trauma-informed care and coordinated community supports can improve outcomes for infants affected by Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and their families.
Agenda:
8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. – Registration and Breakfast
9:00 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. – Welcome and Opening Remarks – Hillery Cramer, Family Resource Specialist, Armstrong and Indiana County Plans of Safe Care Committee
9:15 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. – Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome in Pennsylvania: What the PA DOH's 2024 surveillance data tell us about incidence, equity, and the shift to Eat, Sleep, Console – Vinit Manual, MD, Allegheny Health Network
10:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. – Break
10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. – Beyond Discharge: Creating a Continuum of Care for Infants with NAS – Sara Mills-Huffnagle, MS, PhD, Penn State Health
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Lunch & Networking
12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. – Birthing People, Substance Use and Domestic Violence – Mae Reale, MA, Health Education Specialist, PA Coalition Against Domestic Violence
1:30 p.m. to 1: 45 p.m. – Break
1:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. – Lived Experience Panel – Facilitated by Elica Shaw, MSW, ARMOT Case Manager, Armstrong Indiana Clarion Drug & Alcohol Commission
- Panelists: Erica Pope · Kerry Johnson · Mike Vavrek · Stasha Ray
2:45 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. – Closing Remarks – Hillery Cramer, Family Resource Specialist
Target Audience
Nurse
Physician
Social Worker
Learning Objectives
Describe how effective identification and provision of compassionate, trauma informed care and coordinated community supports can improve outcomes for infants affected by Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and their families
Additional Information
Course summary
- 4.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- 4.50 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 4.50 ASWB
- 4.50 Attendance
This session is designed for healthcare providers, social service professionals, and community partners seeking a shared baseline understanding of NAS and best practices. Particpants will gain a better understanding of how effective identification and provision of compassionate, trauma-informed care and coordinated community supports can improve outcomes for infants affected by Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and their families.
Agenda:
8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. – Registration and Breakfast
9:00 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. – Welcome and Opening Remarks – Hillery Cramer, Family Resource Specialist, Armstrong and Indiana County Plans of Safe Care Committee
9:15 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. – Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome in Pennsylvania: What the PA DOH's 2024 surveillance data tell us about incidence, equity, and the shift to Eat, Sleep, Console – Vinit Manual, MD, Allegheny Health Network
10:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. – Break
10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. – Beyond Discharge: Creating a Continuum of Care for Infants with NAS – Sara Mills-Huffnagle, MS, PhD, Penn State Health
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Lunch & Networking
12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. – Birthing People, Substance Use and Domestic Violence – Mae Reale, MA, Health Education Specialist, PA Coalition Against Domestic Violence
1:30 p.m. to 1: 45 p.m. – Break
1:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. – Lived Experience Panel – Facilitated by Elica Shaw, MSW, ARMOT Case Manager, Armstrong Indiana Clarion Drug & Alcohol Commission
- Panelists: Erica Pope · Kerry Johnson · Mike Vavrek · Stasha Ray
2:45 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. – Closing Remarks – Hillery Cramer, Family Resource Specialist
Vinit Manual, MD, Pediatrician, Allegheny Health Network
Sara Mills-Huffnagle, MS, PhD, Penn State Health
Mae Reale, MA, Health Education Specialist, PA Coalition Against Domestic Violence
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Pittsburgh and The Jewish Healthcare Foundation. 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 4.5 continuing education credits.
Physician (CME) The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 4.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 4.5 contact hours.
Social Work (ASWB)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Social Work Education activity is 4.5 contact hours.
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
- 4.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- 4.50 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 4.50 ASWB
- 4.50 Attendance