In this 3-hour 15-minute FREE virtual seminar, attendees will explore the impact of substance use disorders on parenting, child development, and the early parent-child relationship. Supporting parental reflective functioning, addressing relational trauma, and improving coordinated social behaviors, to counter the impact and tip the balance from vulnerability to resilience.

3 Social Work CEUs

Trainer:
Jane Clarke, PhD.

Trainer Bio:

Dr. Jane Clarke has a Ph.D. in Special Education with a focus on Early Childhood Language/Learning Disabilities, alongside master’s degrees in Speech/Language Pathology and Learning Disabilities. She has completed post-doctoral work at Fielding University and fellowships in Infant-Parent Mental Health. Recently, she finished a fellowship in Reflective Supervision Consultation at UC-Davis. With extensive experience supporting high-risk infants and families, she is trained in various assessment procedures and interventions, and has developed innovative assessment tools such as DIAPER and DOVE. Currently, Jane serves as a statewide trainer and consultant for the NM-CYFD BHS – Infant Mental Health program and has been endorsed as an Infant Mental Health Mentor since 2007.

• Participants will be able to recognize how substance use disorders affect parenting.
• Participants will be able to discuss how prenatal drug exposure and caregiver substance use affect child development.
• Participants will learn how parental reflective functioning and coordinated social behavior have implications for intervention with substance use disorders.
• Participants will be able to discuss how to support moment-to-moment caregiver-child interactions and promote resilience.

This training brought to you through a partnership with the State of New Mexico’s Children, Youth, and Families Department.