This one-hour webinar will focus on the complexities around substance use and pregnancy. The presenter will provide a brief overview of the current research on prenatal alcohol and other substance exposure. Many people with this experience face on-going stigma, bias, loss of their children, and debilitating shame that can place them at higher risk for recurrence of use. As a solution and to provide support for the many issues that mothers in recovery face Recovering Mothers Anonymous (RMA) was created. The RMA is an on-line weekly live (Zoom) resource, that is available for people with the lived experience and those currently in treatment. Attendees will learn more details about the RMA, who attends, and how providers can participate.

Learning objectives:

• Discuss the difficulties that mothers with the lived experience of substance use during pregnancy may face.
• Discuss how stigma may impact substance use during pregnancy.
• Describe some of the possible effects on fetal development from various exposures, including the effects associated with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs).
• Discuss how not addressing issues around use and pregnancy can lead to recurrence of use.
• Describe how medical assistants and providers can offer the RMA as a regular group for their patients.

Offering 1: Tuesday, September 5
5:00pm Pacific
6:00pm Mountain
7:00pm Central
8:00pm Eastern

Offering 2: Thursday, September 7
4:00pm Pacific
5:00pm Mountain
6:00pm Central
7:00pm Eastern