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Parents Recovering from Opioid Use and Other Disorders

Registration is open for the PROUD: Strengthening Care for Parents in Recovery summer series. Scroll down for details, or click the button below to view all upcoming sessions.

PROUD 2026 Summer Series: Strengthening Care for Parents in Recovery

PROUD is an educational series administered by the Connecticut Hospital Association (CHA) and funded through a grant from the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) to educate those in the caring professions on support strategies that help families succeed. CHA partners with hospitals, healthcare providers, and community agencies across Connecticut to raise awareness about substance exposure during pregnancy and the postpartum period to improve the health and well-being of Connecticut parents and caregivers and infants born substance-exposed.

These virtual education series include live sessions, with access to recorded sessions, designed to meet the needs of professionals working with individuals and families impacted by substance use and mental health conditions. Sessions are posted here and will include live virtual webinars and conferences as well as recorded (enduring) versions of the webinars for a year.

Continuing education credits are available for all live and enduring recorded sessions (enduring sessions are approved for two years).

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Event Series PROUD: Strengthening Care for Parents in Recovery – Summer 2026

PROUD | Postpartum Warning Signs: Understanding Relapse Risk and Strengthening Care for Postpartum Women in Recovery | Part 1 – 9/1/26

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The Connecticut Hospital Association (CHA) and the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) are hosting a multipart education series, PROUD: Strengthening Care for Parents in Recovery. Parents Recovering […]

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Event Series PROUD: Strengthening Care for Parents in Recovery – Summer 2026

PROUD | Postpartum Warning Signs: Understanding Relapse Risk and Strengthening Care for Postpartum Women in Recovery | Part 2 – 9/15/26

Virtual

The Connecticut Hospital Association (CHA) and the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) are hosting a multipart education series, PROUD: Strengthening Care for Parents in Recovery. Parents Recovering […]

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Event Series PROUD: Strengthening Care for Parents in Recovery – Summer 2026

PROUD | Know Your Role: An Overview of CAPTA and Family Care Plans for Hospital Providers – 9/29/26

Connecticut Hospital Association 110 Barnes Road, Wallingford, CT, United States

An interactive in-person workshop to end the 2026 PROUD Summer Series, themed Strengthening the Systems of Care, will be held on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m., in person […]

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These education series include several recorded sessions open for a year from their recording date. Sessions are free to participants (registration is necessary) and are available on demand to fit into busy schedules.

PROUD Enduring Recorded Sessions – On-Demand Virtual Sessions

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PROUD: Trauma-Informed Care Summer 2025 Series

CHA and DMHAS hosted a six-part webinar series PROUD: Trauma-Informed Care during summer 2025. Parents Recovering from Opioid and Other Use Disorders (PROUD) is a SAMHSA-funded program of DMHAS. This online/on-demand series includes six webinars designed for physicians, nurses, social workers, quality professionals, risk managers, healthcare executives, and all healthcare professionals working with patients with a history of substance use disorder.

  1. PROUD: Trauma-Informed Care Summer Webinar #1 – Trauma Responsiveness in the Context of CT CAPTA
  2. PROUD: Trauma-Informed Care Summer Webinar #2 – Grace Under Pressure: Providing Culturally-Responsive Care 
  3. PROUD: Trauma-Informed Care Summer Webinar #3 – Understanding Trauma and Its Impact on Patient-Provider Engagement 
  4. PROUD: Trauma-Informed Care Summer Webinar #4 – Trauma-Informed Care During the Birthing Experience
  5. PROUD: Trauma-Informed Care Summer Webinar #5 – Navigating Trauma-Informed Spaces
  6. PROUD: Trauma-Informed Care Summer Webinar #6 – Caring for the Whole Person

Past PROUD Sessions

PROUD: Reducing Stigma and Bias Summer 2024 Series

Session Title Session Date Session Presenter(s)
Reducing Stigma and Bias – Harm Reduction and Whole Person Care: Part One – Provider Engagement 7/9/2024 Ariadna Forray, MD, Chief, Section of Psychological Medicine, Director, Center for the Wellbeing of Women and Mothers, Yale Medical Director, ACCESS Mental Health for Moms
Michele Harrison, MSW, LCSW, Social Worker II, Care Coordination, UConn Health
Bridget Aliaga, MPH, Program Manager, Women’s Services, DMHAS
Reducing Stigma and Bias – Harm Reduction and Whole Person Care: Part Two – Voices of People in Recovery 7/23/2024 Rebecca Allen, MPH, Director of Recovery Advocacy, CCAR
Brieanna Cox, Peer Support Specialist, Wheeler Clinic
Maggie Young, DSW, LADC, Chief Recovery Officer, Liberation Programs
Moderated by: Rebecca Petersen, LCSW, Program Manager, Women’s Services, DMHAS
Reducing Stigma and Bias – Implicit and Explicit Bias: Part One – Understanding Bias to Improve the Experience of Maternal Healthcare 8/7/2024 Lucinda Canty, PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN, Associate Professor of Nursing, Director, Seedworks Health Equity in Nursing Program, Associate Faculty, Slavery North, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Reducing Stigma and Bias Webinar – Implicit and Explicit Bias: Part Two – Protocols for Treating Patients with Substance Use Disorder 8/22/2024 Veronica Maria Pimentel, MD, MS, FACOG, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist, Residency Director of Research, Associate Professor of OBGYN, Trinity Health Of New England
Reducing Stigma and Bias – Perinatal Mental Health: Screening Tools and Resources Available 9/3/2024 Ariadna Forray, MD, Chief, Section of Psychological Medicine, Director, Center for the Wellbeing of Women and Mothers, Yale Medical Director, ACCESS Mental Health for Moms
Perinatal Mental Health and Prenatal Substance Exposure – Newborns with Prenatal Substance Exposure: Optimizing Clinical Care to Support Families 9/16/2024 Sharon Ostfeld-Johns, MD, IBCLC, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine at Yale School of Medicine

Drugs, Alcohol, Pregnancy, and the Child Summer 2023 Series

Session Title Session Date Session Presenter(s)
Psychosocial Risk for Pregnant and Parenting Women with a History of Substance Misuse: Building a Foundation for Gender-specific/Trauma-informed Care 6/14/2023 Ira J. Chasnoff, MD, NTI Upstream and Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of Illinois College of Medicine
Identifying the Pregnant Woman at Risk for Substance Use and Misuse: A Science-based Approach to Screening and Brief Intervention 6/21/2023 Ira J. Chasnoff, MD, NTI Upstream and Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of Illinois College of Medicine
Drug Use in Pregnancy: Mother and Child 6/28/2023 Ira J. Chasnoff, MD, NTI Upstream and Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of Illinois College of Medicine
The Neurobiology of Attachment in Pregnant and Parenting Women with a History of Substance Misuse 7/5/2023 Ira J. Chasnoff, MD, NTI Upstream and Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of Illinois College of Medicine
Nourishing Connections: Breastfeeding by parenting women with a history of substance misuse 7/12/2023 Ira J. Chasnoff, MD, NTI Upstream and Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of Illinois College of Medicine
Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome vs. Neonatal Neurobehavioral Deficits: The Importance of a Correct Diagnosis 7/19/2023 Ira J. Chasnoff, MD, NTI Upstream and Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of Illinois College of Medicine
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Understanding and Diagnosing Within the Spectrum 7/26/2023 Ira J. Chasnoff, MD, NTI Upstream and Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of Illinois College of Medicine
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Behavior Belongs in the Brain 8/9/2023 Ira J. Chasnoff, MD, NTI Upstream and Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of Illinois College of Medicine
Risk is Not Destiny: Behavioral and Educational Interventions for Children and Teens Affected by Prenatal Substance Exposure 8/16/2023 Ira J. Chasnoff, MD, NTI Upstream and Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of Illinois College of Medicine
Misdiagnosis and Missed Diagnoses in Children and Teens with Prenatal Substance Exposure 8/23/2023 Ira J. Chasnoff, MD, NTI Upstream and Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of Illinois College of Medicine
Is Prevention an Ethical Obligation? 8/30/2023 Ira J. Chasnoff, MD, NTI Upstream and Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of Illinois College of Medicine
Addressing the Goodenough Syndrome through Building an Integrated System of Prevention and Early Intervention for Families and their Children Affected by Prenatal Substance Exposure 9/6/2023 Ira J. Chasnoff, MD, NTI Upstream and Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of Illinois College of Medicine
SPEAK UP Champion™ Multiple dates  Debra Bingham, DrPH, RN, FAAN
Renée Byfield, MS, RN, FNP, C-EFM

2022 Past Sessions

Session Title Session Date  Session Presenter(s)
Building Capacity for Medications for Opioid Use Disorder: Example From a Large Urban Primary Care Practice 1/25/2022 Erica Li, MD, South East Toronto Family Health Team
Early Identification and Management of Substance Misuse: Implementing SBIRT Services in Clinical Settings 2/3/2022 Bonnie McRee, PhD, UConn Health, Department of Public Health Sciences
The Intersection of Housing Instability and Substance Use Disorder 4/26/2022 Catherine Hinojosa, DNP, Community Health Center of New London
Carol Jones, Alliance for Living
Catherine Zall, New London Homeless Hospitality Center
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Opioid Misuse: Breaking the Cycle Through Shared Risk and Protective Factors 5/16/2022 Elizabeth Swedo, MD, Division of Violence Prevention at CDC
Understanding the Social Justice Implications of the Opioid Epidemic 5/25/2022 Kevin Collins, Health Equity Solutions
Taylor Tucker, Health Equity Solutions
Integrative Medicine and Substance Use Disorder: The Right Medicine at the Right Moment 6/7/2022 Kathleen N. Mueller, MD, FAAFP, Center for Integrative Medicine and Health
The Neurobiology of Attachment in Pregnancies Complicated by Substance Use 6/28/2022 Ira J. Chasnoff, MD, NTI Upstream and Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of Illinois College of Medicine
The Evolution of CAPTA: Continuing the Conversation to Support Families Impacted by Substance Use 12/12/2022 Bridget Aliaga-Briand, MPH, SEPI-CT (Substance Exposed Pregnancy Initiative of CT) 
Shelly Nolan, MS, LPC, CT Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS)
Mary Fitzgerald, LMSW, SEPI-CT
Kris Robles, LCSW, Department of Children and Families (DCF) 
Mary Doyle, LCSW, Middlesex Hospital 
Michele Harrison, MSW, LCSW, UCONN Health
Melissa Olinger, LCSW, Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Implicit Bias: Awareness, Accountability, and Action Multiple dates Troy Cicero, President, MulticultuReal® Communications

2021 Past Sessions

From Stigma to Empowerment: Supporting Women and Families Impacted by Trauma and Addiction 4/12/2021 Marilyn R. Sanders, MD, Attending Neonatologist, Connecticut Children’s, Professor of Pediatrics, UConn School of Medicine
Lauren Doninger, Ed.D., LPC, LADC, Professor of Psychology and Drug and Alcohol Recovery Counseling, Gateway Community College
Bonnie McRee, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, UConn Health
Post-Hospital Care for the Infant with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome 4/20/2021 Matt Grossman, MD, Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital
Perspectives from Persons in Recovery:  Navigating Away from Stigma for Opioid Use Disorder 4/28/2021 Rebecca Allen, MPH, Director Recovery Services, CT Community for Addiction Recovery
Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy 5/6/2021 Audrey Merriam, MD, Attending Physician and Assistant Professor, Department of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Associate Residency Program Director, Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program
Substance Misuse Prevention and Responsible Opioid Prescribing—the Role of the Dentist 6/2/2021 Elias Mikael Chatah, DMD, PharmB, MS, Assistant Clinical Professor of Dental Medicine, UConn Health, School of Dental Medicine
Fostering Success: Family-Centered Care and Communication 6/10/2021 Robin Naglieri, LCSW, Connecticut Children’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Pharmacokinetics in Opioid Use Disorder and Breastfeeding 6/24/2021 Sarah N. Taylor, MD, MSCR, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics (Neonatology), Yale School of Medicine
Opioid Use in Greater Hartford: Using the Data to Get the Big Picture 7/14/2021 Mark Abraham, Executive Director, DataHaven
Moving Upstream: Understanding SUD Through the Lens of Social and Health Equity 7/22/2021 Rishi Manchanda, MD, MPH, CEO of Health Begins
Substance Misuse Prevention and Responsible Opioid Prescribing—the Role of the Dentist: Part Two 10/19/2021 Elias Mikael Chatah, DMD, PharmB, MS, Assistant Clinical Professor of Dental Medicine, UConn Health, School of Dental Medicine
Supporting, Not Reporting: Revisiting CAPTA and Plans of Safe Care through Provider Practice and Patient Empowerment 10/26/2021 Kris Robles, LCSW, CT Department of Children and Families
Shelly Nolan, MS, LPC, CT Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services
Rebecca Petersen, LCSW, CT Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services
Siobhan Feliciano, MS, LPC, LADC, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services
Chris Morosky, MD, MS, FACOG, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UConn John Dempsey Hospital
Michele Harrison, MSW, LCSW, UConn Health

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