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SUMMARY:Best Practices in Prevention\, Identification & Treatment of Perinatal Mood & Anxiety Disorders
DESCRIPTION:This training is open to Washington state providers. A limited number of spots available for King County providers. \nLearn how to effectively identify and screen parents experiencing perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. This two-day training is appropriate for a range of providers\, including OBs\, pediatricians\, midwives\, RNs\, social workers\, mental health therapists\, doulas\, public health employees\, home visitors\, IBCLCs\, and more. \n \nLocation: Zoom \nTrainers: Heidi Koss\, LMHC and Leslie Butterfield\, PhD \nDates:\nThursday-Friday\, June 1-2\, 9am-5pm PST \nPlease Note:\n \n\nThis training is similar to our Perinatal Mental Health for Home Visitors Training and our Promoting Parental Resilience Training. If you have attended either of these\, please don’t register for this training as they cover similar content.\nTo participate in this training you must attend live\, the training will not be recorded.\n\nThis free training is offered by Perinatal Support WA through a grant from Strengthening Families Washington at the Department of Children\, Youth\, and Families (DCYF). \nObjectives of this training:\nDay 1: Basic Topics \n\nUnderstand the “real” transition to parenthood.\nKnow the spectrum of perinatal mental health disorders.\nKnow the risk factors for PMADs.\nKnow key prevention strategies.\nUnderstand high risk populations and health disparities.\nBecome knowledgeable about the impacts of perinatal mental health on families and communities.\nKnow the components of a treatment plan.\nBe able to effectively talk about\, and screen new/expectant parents for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.\n\nDay 2: Advanced Topics \n\nUnderstand the impact of birth experiences on postpartum emotional health.\nBecome knowledgeable about risk and symptoms for partners and fathers.\nBecome knowledgeable about psychiatric medications during pregnancy and breastfeeding.\nBecome knowledgeable about supporting families in the NICU\nBecome knowledgeable about feeding issues and perinatal mental health.\nUnderstand the impact on infant and children.\nUnderstand impacts on partners and relationships.\n\nRegistration Deadline: 12pm on May 31st \nREGISTER NOW\nContinuing Education Credit: \n\n12.5 CEUs approved for MSWs\, MAs\, MFTs.\nThis Program has been approved for 12.5 CEUs for Licensed Social Workers\, Mental Health Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists by the Washington State Society for Clinical Social Work.\n12.5 Contact hours approved for RNs: Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing\, Provider Number 17084 for 12.5 contact hours.\nThis training also meets the training requirements for the national Perinatal Mental Health Certification through Postpartum Support International.\n\nQuestions regarding the training\, please email: training@perinatalsupport.org \nThis is a live virtual training and a recording will not be sent out after the training\, please only register if you are able to attend the training in its entirety. \nAbout the Speakers:\nHeidi Koss\, LMHC is a psychotherapist in private practice\, serving individuals\, couples and families\, with an emphasis on pregnancy and postpartum mood disorders\, birth trauma\, as well as treating other related birth issues. \nHeidi has contributed to the field of perinatal mental health in many ways over her career. She is the Co-Founder of the Northwest Association for Postpartum Support (NAPS). She served on the WA state leadership advisory committee for the Speak Up When You’re Down Postpartum Depression Awareness Campaign and has been an instructor at the Seattle Midwifery School for their PPMD course. She has collaborated on a PPMD training curriculum with the University of WA School of Nursing Infant Mental Health and Development Program and the Washington State Department of Health First Steps Division. She has been a Certified Postpartum Doula and Certified Lactation Educator for over twelve years\, and the recipient of the prestigious DONA International Penny Simkin Award in 2006. Heidi is also the proud mother of 2 beautiful daughters. \nLeslie Butterfield\, PhD is a clinical psychologist who specializes in pregnancy and postpartum issues. At her Seattle\, WA private practice she works with moms and couples struggling with pregnancy and neonatal loss\, the transition to parenthood\, pregnancy and postpartum mood disorders\, and birth related trauma.  Additionally\, she has designed and taught the counseling skills curriculum for Seattle Midwifery School and Bastyr Naturopathic University’s Department of Midwifery for the past 15 years. \nIn her capacity as an educator\, Leslie has provided trainings and consultations to: University of Washington; Singapore KKH Hospital for Women; AWHONN (Association of Womens Health\, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses); Marcé Society; PALS (Pacific Association of Labor Support); API (Attachment Parenting International)\, NAPS (Northwest Association for Postpartum Support)\, Catholic Charities\, Planned Parenthood\, and others.  Recently she has served on the board of PATTCh (Prevention and Treatment of Traumatic Childbirth) as Vice President\, and Perinatal Support Washington as the former chair and current board member.
URL:https://perinatalsupport.org/event/best-practices-in-prevention-identification-treatment-of-perinatal-mood-anxiety-disorders/
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SUMMARY:New Volunteer Training for the Parent Support Warm Line
DESCRIPTION:Come volunteer with us! \nThe Warm Line was started by parents who never wanted another parent to feel alone and not know what to do. We offer free phone\, text\, and email support where peer volunteers help parents make a wellness plan\, find resources\, share stories\, and just listen. \n  \nTraining Date: Saturday\, March 28 & Sunday\, March 29\, 2026\, 9:00 am-2:30 pm \nTraining Location: Zoom \nAre you a parent who has experienced and recovered from postpartum depression\, anxiety\, postpartum psychosis\, or other perinatal mental health issues\, or suffered a perinatal loss\, birth trauma\, or experienced the NICU? We are looking for parent volunteers\, including dads\, LGBTQ+ parents\, and BIPOC parents\, to assist those reaching out to our Warm Line for support. \n  \nAbout Peer Support \nThe line is staffed by volunteers who are parents who have experienced a perinatal mood and/or anxiety disorder and have recovered. Parents who call the line often feel alone in their feelings or ashamed of the feelings they have. Talking with another parent who has been in a similar situation validates their struggles and helps with their healing journey. Receiving and providing peer support is unique and powerful for both the volunteer and parent!  \nMake a difference in others’ lives – offer hope and community to other parents! \n  \n4 volunteer positions: \n\nEvening Volunteer: Volunteer 2 evenings\, every 4 -7 weeks by responding (same day or within 12 hours) to callers who leave a voicemail\, email\, or text.\nWeekend Volunteer: Volunteer 3 days\, every 5-8 weeks by responding (same day or within 12 hours) to callers who leave a voicemail\, email\, or text.\nDad Volunteer: On-call position\, return calls within 24 hours. Volunteer when you are available. 1 spot available\nNOT currently recruiting for: Live Answer Volunteer: Answer calls during a 4-hour weekday shift. Might have 1-2 spots available come summer.\n\nVolunteers offer peer support\, wellness planning\, and resources and referrals to callers on a short-term (2 weeks) or long-term (up to 3 months) basis.  \n  \nThe Warm Line Volunteer Experience: \n\nPerinatal Support Washington (PS-WA) provides all the training and support you need to answer calls.\nVolunteers receive training on perinatal mental health issues\, offering peer support\, building wellness plans\, and more!\nVolunteers have access during their shift (and in the evenings and on weekends) to Warm Line staff to answer questions or debrief calls.\nWarm Line volunteers receive discounted registration to most of PS-WA’s regular trainings.\n\n  \nVolunteer Training Logistics: \n\n26 hours of recorded and live virtual training.\nPlease note that the Zoom training is participatory. Learning to create and hold space for people to share their experiences requires learning what it feels like to be with one another and be present. We are creating community through learning and sharing. Volunteers should plan to be at the whole training\, video on for interactive portions\, with limited multi-tasking.  In our busy world\, with online training\, it can be very tempting to think we can do more than one thing at a time. Please give yourself and the community of learners a gift: allow yourself to be with us each day\, fully engaged.\nPlease make arrangements for childcare.\n\n  \nInterested in learning more? \n\nPlease fill out the short volunteer application below\, and we will be in touch with the next steps.\nIf you have any questions or want to learn more before filling out the application\, please contact the Warm Line Volunteer Supervisor at Melissa.burden@perinatalsupport.org\n\n  \nVOLUNTEER APPLICATION\n  \nWhat Warm Line VOLUNTEERS say about their experience: \n\n“Volunteering…allowed me to see the ability I held to help others. I could use my own perinatal experiences to provide support and understanding to those calling. I felt very isolated postpartum and craved community. Being a Warm Line volunteer allows me to extend community and resources to women like myself. I’m able to assist women in a way I wish I could have helped myself.” Emily R.\, Warm Line Volunteer\n\n\n“I have gained confidence that resources are out there and if we all work together\, we CAN support families where they’re at and get them going on their healing journeys. It is so rewarding to me to be able to listen to others’ stories and know I can be a support person\, even for a short time.” Kim G.\, Warm Line Volunteer\n\n  \nWhat Warm Line CALLERS say about their experience: \n\n“Prior to connecting with the warm line\, I felt very alone in my experience… and felt less and less hopeful with each passing day. After speaking with a warm line volunteer\, I felt hopeful. I knew someone understood my experience and was going to help create the connections with providers I was having difficulty facilitating.” Warm Line Caller\n“If WARM [Line] exists\, I am not unique or alone in my issues\, and someone out there cares and believes in the potential for health and happiness for my baby and me. With all the covid isolation\, WARM [Line] has been a candle in the darkness … “ Warm Line Caller\nClick here to read one Warm Line caller’s story.
URL:https://perinatalsupport.org/event/warm-line-volunteer/
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