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Wednesday
Wednesday

8:00 am to 5:40 pm

May 15

7:00 - 8:00

Registration

El Prado Foyer

Welcome from our Leadership

  • Chavis Paterson PhD  NPA President (he/him)

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"All We Need is Love: Trauma-Responsive Living"

 

KEYNOTE:

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  • Mary Coughlin  MS, NNP, RNC-E   (she/her)

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PLENARY: 

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"Empowering Births: The Intersection of Disability Justice and Perinatal Care"

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  • Kara B. Ayers  PhD   (she/her)

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PLENARY:

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"Community Care: Expansive & Holistic Approaches to Perinatal Mental Health" 

  • Alex Villalba  MA, CFSD, CLE   (they/them)

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LUNCH 
11:30 - 12:40

Tiffany Room

  • includes a 30-minute, non-credit presentation by Sage Therapeutics I Biogen with Sibin Stephen, PharmD - Senior Medical Science Liaison
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Selected POSTER PRESENTATIONS from the podium: 

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"Innovative Models of Care"

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  • Trauma-Informed Group Therapy for Parents in the NICU​

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  • The Grief-Sensitive Healthcare Project: An Innovative Approach to Compassionate Care for Perinatal Grief and Loss

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  • Integrating Mental Health Services into a High-Risk Infant Follow-Up Program

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  • Building a Model of Care for Prolonged Antepartum Admissions in a Birth Hospital: Provisioning Care through a Trauma-Informed Lens (see more)​

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PLENARY: 

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"When the Helper Needs Help: Understanding and Managing Secondary Traumatic Stress"

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  • Stephen Lassen  PhD  (he/him)

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BREAK
2:50 - 3:20
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PLENARY: 

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"First, Do No Harm:

How to Practice Trauma-Responsive Care in the NICU"

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  • Tiffany Gladdis  PsyD   (she/her) 

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  • Kara Wahlin  MFT   (she/her) 

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PLENARY: 

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"There is No 'P' in My PTSD"

  • Cristal Grogan  Conference Co-Chair  (she/her)

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CLOSING REMARKS

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  • Chavis Patterson, PhD    NPA President  (he/him)

BREATHING and STABILIZATION

  • Andie Insoft, LICSW    (she/her)

WELCOME RECEPTION:

  • exhibitors

  • posters

  • networking

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Park D and El Prado Foyer

* Agenda subject to change without notice.
Thursday
Thursday

9:00 am to 5:15 pm

May 16

Registration... and coffee

El Prado Foyer

WELCOME:  Cristal Grogan, Conference Co-Chair

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PLENARY: 

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"Evidence-Based Treatment of Perinatal Trauma: Cognitive Processing Therapy and Interdisciplinary Treatment Considerations"

  • Kristen Lipari  PhD   (she/her)

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BREAK OUT SESSIONS
10:30 - 11:30

BREAK OUT: 

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"Trauma and Punitive State Systems: Understanding the Harms of Criminalization in the Perinatal Period"

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  • Farah Diaz-Tello  JD   (she/her) 

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BREAK OUT: 

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"Neonatal Sleep Assessment: Optimizing Sleep as a Trauma-Responsive Approach"

  • Eline de Groot  PhD    

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  • Christine Gliniak  PhD, OTR/L, CNT, CPXP, NTMTC   (she/her) 

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BREAK OUT SESSIONS
11:35 - 12:35

BREAK OUT: 

Park EFGH

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"Neurodiverse Considerations for Trauma-Responsive Perinatal Care"

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  • Aqila Blakey-Armstrong  LMFT

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BREAK OUT: 

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"Bridging the Chasm: Using Current Evidence to Reduce Birth Trauma, Empower Laboring Patients, and Improve Postpartum Mental Health"

  • Dana Canfield  MD

(she/her)

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LUNCH 
12:35 - 1:35

Tiffany Room

BREAK OUT SESSIONS
1:45 - 2:45

BREAK OUT: 

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"Birth Trauma Basics: How We Hurt and How We Heal" 

  • Leslie Butterfield  PhD

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BREAK OUT: 

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"The Implementation of Listening Visits:

A Trauma-Responsive Intervention

for NICU Parents"

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  • Lisa Segre  PhD

  • Rebecca Chuffo Davila  DNP, NNP-BC

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BREAK OUT SESSIONS
2:55 - 3:55

BREAK OUT: 

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NEW TOOL "Perinatal Mental Health Screenings Toolkit: EPDS-US and PMH Connect"

  • Sara Moyer  BS, RN 

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BREAK OUT: 

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"Fathers, Trauma, and the NICU Experience"

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  • Hudson Jones  PsyD   

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  • Dan Singley  PhD    

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BREAK
3:55 - 4:15

Selected POSTER PRESENTATIONS from the podium: 

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"Applied or Basic Research"

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  • Early Joint Attention Skills as Predictors of Language Outcomes in a Very Preterm Sample

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  • Implementation of the Distress Thermometer in the Perinatal Period  

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  • Navigating Birth Trauma: A Scoping Review on Childbirth-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Early Relational Health in the Family

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  • “We Feel It Too:” A Qualitative Examination of Secondary Traumatic Stress and Coping Strategies in NICU Nurses

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NETWORKING and EXHIBITS

Park D and El Prado Foyer

Breathing and Stabilization

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* Agenda subject to change without notice.
Friday
Friday

8:10 am to 12:45 pm

May 17

POSTER AWARDS

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AWARDS for our poster presenters

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  • Jerry Ballas  MD, MPH, Co-Chair

  • Pamela A. Geller  PhD, Poster Chair

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PLENARY: 

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"Understanding the Needs of Families Facing Medical Crises across the Transition to Parenthood: Lessons Learned from the Family Development Program"

  • Catherine Mogil  PsyD

  • Sierra Kuzava  PhD

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PLENARY: 

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"Trauma Informed Care in

Obstetric and Gynecologic Settings"

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  • Lauren Harrington  MD, FACOG   

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  • Winnifred Hunter PhD   

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PLENARY: 

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"Three Reasons to Stop Saying,

Not Compatible with Life"

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  • Krishelle Marc-Aurele  MD  

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Selected POSTER PRESENTATIONS from the podium: 

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"Policies and Initiatives"

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  • Trauma Inquiry and Response in Perinatal Settings: An Application of TRIADS 

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  • Acceptability and Usability of a Family Guidance Tool in the NICU

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  • Addressing Collaboration Barriers Associated with Doula Care: The Promotion of Social Justice in a Maternity Unit 

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  • Implementing a Breastfeeding Protocol to Increase the Rate of Breastfeeding in the Black Population

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  • Implementing Trauma-Informed Care Initiatives in a Level IV NICU

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CONCLUDING REMARKS - Call to Action

  • Jerry Ballas  MD, MPH, Conference Co-Chair

(he/him)

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* Agenda subject to change without notice.
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