This two-hour live webinar will focus on the importance of preventing alcohol-exposed pregnancies, and how fetal alcohol spectrum disorders may present across the lifespan.

Upon completion of this program, participants should
be better able to:

• Define Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD).
• Identify how this disorder may present beyond immediate birth outcomes.
• Recognize the impact of prenatal alcohol exposure on the developing brain.
• Identify strategies for preventing alcohol exposed pregnancies.

Who Should Participate:
Certified nurse midwives, doulas, all disciplines caring for pregnant individuals, substance use treatment and prevention specialists, nurses, mental health counselors, psychologists, educators, social workers and any health care professionals working with families affected by FASD.

Credits:

• 2.0 Contact Hours from Northwest AHEC
• 2.0 Public School Personnel Renewal Credits
• 0.2 CEUs from Northwest AHEC
• The North Carolina Addictions Specialist Professional Practice Board has approved this session for 2.0 Substance Abuse Specific hours, Approval #21-566-S.
• This program will provide 2.0 contact hours of
(Category A) continuing education for North Carolina psychologists. No partial credit will be given. Northwest AHEC is recognized by the North Carolina Psychology Board as an approved provider of (Category
A) Continuing Education for North Carolina Licensed Psychologists. This program will provide 2.0 contact hours of (Category A) continuing education for North Carolina psychologists. No partial credit will be given.
• 2.0 Nursing Contact Hours
Northwest AHEC is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
• Mental Health Counselors- We have applied to offer CE credit for counselors and will update this page accordingly.