Professional Training
MotherWoman provides high quality professional trainings on the
Comprehensive Understanding of Perinatal Mood Disorders: Spectrum, Assessment, and Treatment.
Our trainings are designed for a wide range of medical and social service providers, including physicians, nurses, midwives, social service employees, mental health providers, and all others working with women and families in the perinatal period. We offer regional trainings, as well as private trainings to meet the needs of individual offices, hospitals, agencies and staff.
Training participants will:
- Gain a comprehensive perspective on postpartum emotional complications, such as postpartum depression, anxiety and psychosis.
- Understand the risk factors and spectrum of symptoms associated with perinatal mood disorders.
- Learn about impact of poverty on perinatal mood disorders.
- Learn about research and screening tools for assessing postpartum depression.
- Learn about the success of comprehensive, community-based care for mothers at risk for, or experiencing, perinatal mood disorders.
Upcoming Trainings:
Tuesday, November 15 2011, 8:30 A.M.–12 P.M.
Berkshire Medical Center, 725 North Street, Pittsfield, MA
Tuition: $75
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MotherWoman will schedule a training in your location. Call Annette Cycon, Director of Training, to discuss details and pricing for your group, 413-253-8990.
Other MotherWoman Trainings:
- Innovative Approaches to Leading Successful Groups in Your Community
- Level II: Support Group Facilitation Mastery
- Launching a Successful Group: Marketing, Sustainability and Community Resources
- Building Effective Multi-Disciplinary Perinatal Support Coalitions
Contact Program Director Annette Cycon annette@motherwoman.org for information on upcoming regional trainings and private trainings.
This is an approved training of the Pregnancy & Postpartum Support Coalition of Western MA.