October 4, 2023
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Pacific
1 Hour
Jerrod Brown, PhD presents a live professional training program on Prenatal Toxic Stress and Trauma Exposure: Implications for Mood, Behavior, Cognition, and Criminality.
Prenatal exposure to toxic stress and trauma can contribute to poor behavioral health outcomes across the lifespan. Designed for professionals, this training provides attendees with a working understanding of the causes, consequences, and interventions associated with the impact prenatal toxic stress and trauma exposure have on client-based populations across the lifespan.
The impact prenatal toxic stress and trauma exposure have on mood, behavior, cognition, and criminality will also be discussed. Other related topics such as allostatic load, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis dysregulation, inflammation, intergenerational transmission of self-regulation, maternal adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), maternal prenatal stress, mother-infant attachment patterns, pandemic-related stress, prenatal air pollution exposure, prenatal exposure to disaster-related traumatic stress, prenatal intimate partner violence exposure, prenatal lead and other neurotoxin exposures, prenatal poverty exposure, and prenatal alcohol and substance use exposure will be discussed during this training. Empirically based research findings will be highlighted throughout this training.

Intended Audience
This live program is intended for mental health and other allied professionals.

Experience Level
This live program is appropriate for beginner, intermediate, and advanced level clinicians.

CE / CPD Credit
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Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this program you will be able to:
Describe prenatal toxic stress and trauma exposure and other related topics
Describe the implications of prenatal toxic stress and trauma exposure have on clients seeking services from behavioral health providers
Describe the impact prenatal toxic stress and trauma exposure has on mood, behavior, cognition, and criminality
Describe screening and intervention considerations through a behavioral health lens
Describe relevant and up-to-date research findings

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Event Communications
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Cancellation Policy
Have a sudden change of plans and are unable to attend the live program? No worries, you will have the opportunity to request access to the on-demand program once available. Please note; if you attend the live program; no access to the recording will be available.
Event Conduct
Please conduct yourself in a professional manner throughout the event. Our goal is to make this as interactive an experience as possible for all who attend. We reserve the right to remove any participants who are disruptive or who act unprofessionally.
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