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Listen to Women

The Peer Healthy Start Program Dixie Morgese, CAP, ICADC Helena Girouard, Pritzker Fellow

Learning Objectives

• Understand the nature and scope of substance use disorder among

pregnant and parenting women.

• Identify two changes to the CAPTA Act related to Plans of Safe Care

for Pregnant Women and Infants

• Understand the value of the parent story when developing

engagement strategies

A Mother’s Journey

The power of the narrative.

Somebody said, “You’ve got potential”

Working With Peers

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Peer Recovery Specialists

• Certified through the Florida Certification Board
• Lived experience with substance use and recovery
• Utilize models such as SMART Recovery, SBIRT, WRAP, and available

12 Step networks

• Inform the work of the Healthy Start program
• Participate in Plans of Safe Care
• Provide training to Healthy Start staff, DCF, Community Based Care,

Judiciary, and others.

Four Types of Peer Support

• 1. Emotional - peer specialists demonstrating empathy and compassion

while remaining honest, and non-judgmental. Informational

• 2. Informational -support sharing knowledge, information, and at times

providing instruction on various topics

• 3. Affiliation - facilitate learning of social skills, build community, and give a

person a sense of belonging

• 4. Instrumental - giving concrete assistance to help accomplish tasks such as

providing transportation to access a community or social service

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Parent Partners

• Lived experience in the child dependency system
• At least 12 months recovery
• Policies to support boundaries
• Reflective Supervision and Practice
• Develops relationships with providers
• Trains Case Management and DCF Child

Dependency staff

• Informs the work – policy, workforce

development, practice, consumer families

• Networking in the workplace

Parent Partner Program

• Modeled after the Iowa Parent Partner Program
• Parents with lived experience support parents who have an open

judicial dependency case

• Uses reflective practice to improve family-worker relationships
• Coordinates a Family Engagement Advisory Board to inform the work

and the program

• Uses Protective Factors as a framework for Family Engagement
• Uses Reflective Practice as a quality improvement tool
• Funded by Community Partnership for Children in Circuit 7

Recruiting Peers works best when…

• Relationships are real and developed with the organization.
• There is a training program that allows peers to “experiment” with

using their new found skill in safe and supportive surroundings.

• There is an onboarding process that allows time to learn the

environment, processes, and expectations.

• Challenges are addressed early and specifically.
• Performance improvement is a journey that is not punitive or

intimidating.

• There is a path toward upward mobility in the organization.

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Key Issues, Trends, and Policies

• Peers help us understand what we are dealing with.
• Their experience has informed a deeper appreciation

for the nature and scope of substance use disorder during pregnancy.

• New laws provide opportunities for us to explore their

important role

Florida

• 2005 - 2016 an escalating trend of narcotics use began to emerge –

specific areas show extremely high rates. Increase of 1147% 18.7 per 1,000 live births.

• Aggressive state and municipality action resulted in reduction of Pill Mill

activities and more regulation through pharmacies and licensed facilities.

• Use of heroin is increasing.
• Increased pregnant women addicted to opiates or opioid managed.
• Contributing to child maltreatment and NICU admissions.
• Policies related to Medicaid and child dependency creates challenges.

Key Issues

• Significant increase in number of pregnant women addicted to prescription

drugs since 2005.

• Systems may not know how to respond to trauma and “self-medicating” as

a coping mechanism.

• Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT vs. illicit use) may still contribute to

safety concerns for babies.

• High number of child removal rates associated with Parental Substance

Abuse (over 50%).

• Post partum depression and pain management needs contribute to

potential risk for relapse.

• Multiple systems of care need to be coordinated to “wrap around.”
• Policies may be misaligned across some disciplines.

Terms

• CAPTA –Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act – Keeping Children

and Families Safe Act reauthorized CAPTA and provides requirement for hospitals to report substance exposed newborns to child welfare.

• CARA - Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 – resulted

in additional language associated with Plans of Safe Care

• MAT – Medication Assisted Treatment – use of medication as a harm

reduction strategy for people with substance use disorders that put them at significant risk for negative health outcomes including sepsis, Hepatitis B & C, HIV, staff infection/MRSA, overdose and suicide.

Terms

• Buprenorphine – Buprenorphine is a semisynthetic opioid derivative of
• thebaine. It is a mixed partial agonist opioid receptor modulator that is used

to treat opioid addiction in higher dosages, to control moderate acute pain in non-opioid-tolerant individuals in lower dosages and to control moderate chronic pain in even smaller doses. (Subutex, Buprenex, Temgesic, Cizdol, Norspan, Butrans)

• State Regulation/Self Regulation – ability to adapt to external stimulation.
• Protective Factors Framework– risk mitigation that includes specific factors

to include resiliency, social connections, social and emotional competence, knowledge of child development, nurturing and attachment, practical support.

Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

• Neonatal Abstinence – term given to the condition of an infant under
• ne month of age born to a drug affected mother – withdrawal
• Withdrawal – set of symptoms as the body attempts to remove an

addictive substance

• Kindling – adverse impact of repeated withdrawal during pregnancy.
• Must be accurately assessed
• May be controlled by using therapeutic measures and often

medication

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Agency for Health Care Administration Diagnostic Codes for Infants born in Florida from 2005 to 2016

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CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Primary Changes in CAPTA/CARA

• 1. Further clarified population to “born with and affected by substance

abuse, withdrawal symptoms or Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, specifically removing “illegal”

• 2. Required Plan of Safe Care to include needs of both infant and family
• r caregiver
• 3. Specified data to be reported by States
• 4. Specified increased monitoring and oversight for States to ensure that

Plans of Safe Care are implemented and that families have access to appropriate services

Peers Assist With Developing a Plan of Safe Care

• Identify immediate stressors and coping capability – “I remember when I

was going home with my baby…” “What are your plans for keeping your baby happy and safe?”

• Use Motivational Interviewing Techniques – What are some of the good

things about the way you have been doing things lately? Tell me about…

• Coordinate with other partners – multi-sector collaboration
• Identify support systems/respite/child care – knowing what kinds of

challenges may lay ahead

• Environmental Safety – housing stability/safety
• Considering the following as immediate needs are addressed:

¡ Family Planning ¡ Communication ¡ Partner Coercion ¡ Transportation

Elements for Consideration

• 1. History – substance use, mental health, physical health, previous verified

maltreatment

• 2. Medical Concerns – infant, mother, other children in the home
• 3. Caregiver Efficacy – any and all caregivers ability to care for unique needs of infant
• 4. Living Arrangements – environmental safety and stability
• 5. Supports and Protective Factors – address factors in framework
• 6. Partner – relapse rate for women with partners of PWID

Peer Accountability

• Clear job description and supporting policies
• Onboarding to orient peer workforce to workplace expectations and

processes for handling challenges.

• Supervision that occurs regularly, reflectively and balances wellness

and self care with responsibilities and requirements.

• Helping peers understand accountability of persons receiving

services.

• Establishing “second chance” considerations for relapse and planning

with employees for differentiating the employer role from therapeutic role.

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Self-Care

It’s everyone’s responsibility!

This Self-Care Wheel was inspired by and adapted from “Self-Care Assessment Worksheet” from Transforming the Pain: A Workbook on Vicarious Traumatization by Saakvitne, Pearlman & Staff

• f TSI/CAAP (Norton, 1996). Created by Olga Phoenix Project: Healing for Social Change

(2013). Dedicated to all trauma professionals worldwide. www.OlgaPhoenix.com

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Framework – Protective Factors

• Family Resilience
• Practical/Concrete Support
• Social Connections
• Caregiver Knowledge of Child Development
• Nurturing and Attachment
• Social and emotional development of children

Staff Development Needs

• All staff members should understand the unique role of Peers as partners

in the workplace.

• Reflective Practice is good for EVERYONE J
• Core training for staff should meet minimum requirements –

Understanding of ACES/trauma, Caregiver efficacy, substance use disorder.

• Cross-training opportunities should be employed wherever possible.
• Post-secondary trauma and compassion burn-out should be considered.
• Issues related to SUID, Post-Partum Depression, Shaken Baby Syndrome,

and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome should be incorporated into the training plan.

Let’s work together to keep them ALL safe, healthy, and happy!