In this session, presenters will describe the current landscape of opioid use disorder among pregnant and parenting women in the United States and subsequent trends. This session will highlight uses of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s “Clinical Guidance for Treating Pregnant and Parenting Women with Opioid Use Disorder and Their Infants” guide. It also will demonstrate a model of intervention with child welfare and family court staff to mitigate escalation.

UPON COMPLETION OF THIS COURSE, PARTICIPANTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
- Identify approaches for transforming the clinical into tools for patients, providers and researchers.
- Illustrate methodology for assessing community needs and developing individualized micro-training modules for child welfare and family court.
- Highlight a decision support tool created to support family court judges in dependency cases.