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Forward2025 Mothering from the Inside Out Didactic Training December Day 1
Mothering from the Inside Out is an evidence-based intervention delivered in substance use treatment settings that help mothers with substance use disorders foster parent-child attachment, cope with stressful parenting situations, and promote their child’s healthy development. This four-day counseling intervention course both improves parent-child attachment and decreases rates of drug relapse among mothers. The proposed mechanism of action targeted by the intervention is a change in parental reflective functioning, defined as the capacity to recognize and make sense of mental states (especially emotional states), and understand how they influence behavior and relationships. This training in this intervention entails a total of 16 hours of didactic lectures.
Provided by:
The Department of Healthcare Delivery and Population Science and Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education
Target Audience
This course is designed for : Substance use Treatment Counselors
Learning Objectives
As a result of attending this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
1| Describe the impact of addiction, adversity, attachment, and marginalization on parenting
2| Describe the underlying role of neuroscience in the mechanisms linking addiction and parenting in families intergenerationally
3| Define the term “attachment” and describe its functions proximally and distally for child development, the parent-child relationship, and lifespan mental health sequelae
DIDACTIC TRAINING | ||
DAY 1 – December 4, 2025 10am-12pm and 1-3pm | ||
SECTION 1 | Scientific and Theoretical Foundations | |
Time | Teaching Activity | Materials |
10-10:20am | Introductions (Lili) | Slides for Intro to the Training |
10:20-10:25am | Introduction to the training overview – didactic and clinical expectations (Jess) | PPT |
10:25-10:30am | Shared Agreements/Aspirations (Amy) Setting up the Learners – what to expect |
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10:30-11:30am
| The Neuroscience of Addiction, Adversity, and Attachment Theory
| PPT |
11:30-12pm |
| PPT |
LUNCH 12-1pm | ||
1-2:50pm | Mentalization (Amanda)
Fonagy video (slide 31)
Videos | PPT |
2:50-3pm | Check-in with Learners & Closing (Lili) REDCap evaluation |
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dividual | Individual's Role in Activity | Financial Relationship Disclosure | Discussion of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Peacock-Chambers, MD | Course Director/ Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
Amanda Lowell, PhD | Planner/Speaker | Research funding, Alkermes,Inc | No |
| Amanda Zayde, PsyD | Planner | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Briana Jurkowski, B.S | Planner | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Emma Baar-Bittman, LICSW, MA | Planner | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Amy Sommer, MSW | Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Jessica Schmaelzle | Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Beth Marron | Speaker | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education (CE) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options. Any relevant financial relationships are mitigated prior to the educational activity.
Amanda Lowell, PhD receives research funding from Alkermes, Inc. All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.
None of the other planners or faculty for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Baystate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit Designation Statements
| Psychologists Baystate Health is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Baystate Health maintains responsibility for this program and its content. 16.0 CE credit(s) for psychologists have been granted for this educational activity. | |
Social Workers (ASWB) | |
Mental Health Counselors | |
 This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team and learners will receive 16.00 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change. |
