Certification & Training:
Mental Health First Aid for the Perinatal Provider
presenter: Kristin Cavuto, MSW, LCSW, IBCLC
Friday April 29, 2022 | 8:30am - 4:30pm PT | virtual/live
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All attendees must attend this training live, as it will not be recorded.
Limited Space Available!
About this session
This full day training is broken down into the following 4 modules which will be covered throughout the day:
Module 1 - Introduction and Cultural Humility
This module will introduce the speaker and the concept of Mental Health First Aid. It will explain who the perinatal health care provider is, and why that provider needs to be informed about perinatal mental health. It will introduce the concept of the hierarchy of needs for the perinatal client.
This module will also cover the topic of cultural humility and bias. It will educate the student as to the nature of explicit and implicit bias and how medical bias affects the perinatal client. It will teach how the perinatal health care provider can recognize their own biases. It will stress the importance of culturally humble care to improve outcomes, including mental health outcomes, in marginalized populations.
Module 2 - Mental Health Challenges in the Perinatal Client
This module will describe the various mental illnesses that affect the perinatal population. It will cover depression, anxiety, PTSD, psychosis, and obsessive compulsive disorder. It will discuss prevalence in the perinatal population, as well as signs and symptoms of the disorders. It will educate on the effect of preexisting mental illness in the perinatal client.
Module 3 - Suicidality in the Perinatal Client/Seeking help for mental illness
This module will educate the perinatal provider on suicidality. It will teach how to ask the perinatal client about suicidal ideation and how to assess lethality of intent. It will describe the process of acting on a client’s suicidal ideation in several scenarios. It will discuss documentation of suicidal ideation. It will discuss how bias affects both the provider and the client in the case of suicidality.
This module will also cover the types of mental health treatment and which type is appropriate in what circumstances. It will discuss barriers to mental health care in the perinatal period, and how the provider can help to overcome those barriers.
Module 4 - Addiction, Eating Disorders, and Intimate Partner Violence in the Perinatal Client
This module will educate the perinatal provider on addiction and eating disorders in the perinatal population. It will discuss the prevalence of these issues. Signs and symptoms of addiction and eating disorders will be discussed. It will describe the options for care for these clients.
This module will educate on IPV in the perinatal period. It will discuss how to assess an IPV situation for provider and client safety. It will educate on how to help a client in an IPV relationship, and how bias affects what help is useful and appropriate.
All attendees must attend this training live, as it will not be recorded.
All attendees will receive a certificate upon completion of this training.
About the presenter
Kristin Cavuto is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and IBCLC in private practice in central NJ. Her practice specialties are low supply, maternal and infant mental health, and the intersection of ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender in the care of the new family. She has spoken on various lactation, mental health, and equity topics for USLCA, the Lehigh Valley Breastfeeding Association Conference, the Appalachian Breastfeeding Conference, LPPEC, LC in PP, and for LLL of the Garden State. She designed and taught a training course on Mental Health First Aid for Perinatal Providers. She has been a featured speaker on several lactation related podcasts.
She is the mother of two children who nursed full term despite maternal IGT, and who are now 16 and 13. She is an anti racist LGBT+ activist, a member of transformative works fandoms, and makes fighting for a better world part of her daily life.
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Who should attend? This workshop is for professionals: pregnancy outreach workers, nurses, physicians, child welfare workers, family support workers, social workers, health/social service students, outreach workers, shelter workers, detox workers, treatment centre workers, midwives, doulas, child birth educators, peer support workers and anyone else who supports pregnant people.
Interested in registering groups of 5 or more? Please contact Monica at popinfo@bcapop.ca
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Cancellation/Refund Policy
No refunds or cancellations.
Registration Terms & Conditions
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