VIRTUAL

PERINATAL

MENTAL HEALTH

CONFERENCE

NOVEMBER 2 - 6, 2020

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WELCOME

Join us, November 2-6, 2020 as we gather virtually with others from across Montana and beyond, to learn about perinatal mental health and build our caregiving skills.

A PREMIER LEARNING EXPERIENCE

This is the only conference in Montana solely committed to the topic of perinatal mental health. Over the past two years, Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies – The Montana Coalition has grown this conference to include professionals across the state of Montana. Join us to gain deeper knowledge about:

  • Caring for women during the perinatal period who have a history of substance use disorders
  • The importance of supporting and including fathers throughout the perinatal period
  • The impact of the global pandemic on perinatal mental health

This conference is recommended for all professionals who work with new and expecting parents including medical providers, mental health professionals, lactation consultants, doulas, and other social support providers, such as home visitors.

GOING VIRTUAL

This year, we created an engaging VIRTUAL learning experience over 3 days and added an optional 2-day pre-conference session to build foundational knowledge on the subject of perinatal mental health. Although we missed being with you in person, going virtual provided attendees with a live, engaging experience. If you missed the live event, but wish to view the content, we have made the content available online through the end of November for $89.

 

No contact hours will be provided for the recorded content. 

 

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NOVEMBER 2 – 6, 2020

VIRTUAL

$99 – STUDENT 5-DAY REGISTRATION
$149 – GENERAL 5-DAY REGISTRATION
$200 – EXHIBITOR RATE
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 2020 SPEAKERS

Amy Stiffarm

Research Assistant at University of North Dakota

Amy Stiffarm is Aaniiih of the Fort Belknap Indian Community and also descends from the Cree and Blackfeet people of Montana. She currently resides on the lands of the Kootenai, Bitterroot Salish, and Pend O'rielle people. She is the mother to two daughters, Tahmya (6) and Kisiah (4). Amy has been involved in research with Tribal communities since her undergrad degree at Salish Kootenai College and found her passion for maternal and child health during her MPH at the University of Montana. She is currently working as a Research Assistant while pursuing a PhD in Indigenous Health through the University of North Dakota. In her spare time Amy likes to run and write to guide her in her healing journey.

Anna King

LCSW, PMH-C

Anna King is a licensed clinical social worker and certified perinatal mental health specialist
who is passionately committed to advocating for social justice and human rights. She is Clinical Training Specialist of Maternal Mental Health NOW where she facilitates trainings and manages training curriculum. Prior to this, Anna served as a Clinical Social Worker in the NICU and maternal child health units, as well as the Emergency Department at Emanate Health. While there, she facilitated a monthly NICU support group, facilitated staff training and assisted hospital policy development addressing perinatal mental health, supervised MSW interns, and served the crisis and counseling needs of the patients. She also currently serves as a part-time psychotherapist with ARC Counseling and Wellness. Anna is a PhD student in the Integral and Transpersonal Psychology program at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS). Her research interests include the BIPOC perinatal mental health, birth and postpartum ritual, the transition to parenthood as a rite of passage, and the highly sensitive person (HSP) trait.

April Iris Charlo

M.Ed

April Iris Charlo comes from the Bitterroot Salish people and is a member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. April was born and raised on the Flathead Reservation in Northwest Montana and wears all kinds of hats in the arena of community wellness. April has been vitally involved in the revitalization of Indigenous language and has worked in the role of Executive Director of the Salish people’s language immersion school. After a time at home with her son Chief, April has worked for the Special Olympics, Hopa Mountain, and has started two organizations. Somehow, she has still made time for self-healing, running, and enjoying her son on her ranch in the Mission mountains.

Brie MacLaurin

RN

Brie MacLaurin is the Executive Director of Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies, The Montana Coalition, Inc. (HMHB), a statewide non-profit with a focus on improving the health, well-being and safety of children aged 0-3, including pregnancy. She brings deep experience working with pregnant women, young children and their families, and the systems that support them to the work of HMHB. She has received numerous commendations for her dedication to improving maternal and child health in Montana. Brie worked for more than a decade in the field as a public health home visiting nurse and lactation consultant, who most recently managed the maternal and child health program at Lewis and Clark Public Health, before she came to work at HMHB. Brie was born and raised in Helena, Montana, graduated with honors from the College of Nursing at Montana State University, and is a proud mom of three.

Elizabeth Talbert

B.A. Psychology

Elizabeth Talbert is a proud member of the Ksanka tribe from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. Born in Omak, Washington on the Colville Reservation, her summers and holidays were spent with her family on the CSKT Reservation. After graduating from high school Elizabeth uprooted her life to her Polson Montana where she has lived the last 10 years. Graduating with her Bachelors in Psychology and is currently working on her masters program to attain her LCSW in order to provide therapy for her own tribal members. Elizabeth is a proud mother of three children and cares for her nephew and sister as well. Currently, Elizabeth is employed with the CSKT Tribal Social Services and works as their Foster Care Licensing Supervisor.

Gabrielle Kaufman

MA, LPCC, BC-DMT, NCC, PMH-C

Gabrielle Kaufman, MA, LPCC, BC-DMT, NCC, PMH-C, is a dance/movement therapist and licensed professional clinical counselor, national certified counselor and certified perinatal mental health specialist with over 25 years of experience in the helping profession. Currently, she is clinical director for Maternal Mental Health NOW. Prior to this, she directed the New Moms Connect Program of Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles, where she provided services to new parents, particularly those experiencing symptoms of postpartum depression. Ms. Kaufman has worked extensively with new families and aided in providing solutions to many parenting concerns. She has run several programs for high-risk children and teens, taught classes to parents of newborns and toddlers, and she currently facilitates support groups for single parents and women with postpartum depression. Ms. Kaufman has published articles on parenting and served as editor for Bringing Light To Motherhood. She has volunteered for Postpartum Support International, is on faculty of UCLArts and Healing and PSI/2020 and serves on the advisory boards of Love, Dad and Hasidah. Gabrielle has a bilingual (Spanish) private counseling practice in Los Angeles.

Kevin Gruenberg

PSY.D

Kevin Gruenberg, PsyD, is the director of Love, Dad, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization focused on integrating fathers into programs for young children and their families. Dr. Gruenberg co-developed and is researching a home visitation program for fathers and their young children meant to promote paternal engagement and family well-being. He also provides consultation and training on fatherhood and building parent-child relationships throughout Los Angeles. Lastly, he serves on the Maternal Mental Health's Governing Council. As a clinical psychologist, Dr. Gruenberg works with children, families, and adults in private practice.

Kinsley WalksAlong

Community Organizer for Western Native Voice

Kinsley is a proud member of the Northern Cheyenne Nation. She was born & raised on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation before moving to Billings, MT where she currently resides with her little family. She is a mother of two beautiful children, a daughter named Sadie Blu is who is 8 yrs old and a son named Jaxon who just turned 3 yrs old.

Marcela Smid

MD, MA, MS

Marcela Smid MD, MA, MS is a board-certified Maternal Fetal Medicine and Addiction Medicine physician at the University of Utah. She is the medical director of the Substance Use & Pregnancy – Recovery, Addiction, Dependence (SUPeRAD) specialty prenatal clinic. She is an NIH K12Women’s Reproductive Health Research (WRHR) Program scholar. Her research focuses on perinatal addiction, care models for pregnant and postpartum women with substance use disorders, maternal mortality, and maternal mental health.

Melissa Bangs

Melissa Bangs grew up on a small farm in Missoula, mostly barefoot and surrounded by farm animals. Melissa is no spring chicken. Over three decades, she has worked as a translator, a union organizer in sweatshops, the development director of an international human rights and women’s empowerment organization and an organizational consultant. Over the past six years, Melissa has worked as a maternal mental health consultant in partnership with Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies and as a storyteller/director/producer/facilitator, focused on healing perinatal trauma and loss through our true, hilarious and heart-wrenching stories. Melissa’s mantra is: If my story does nothing else, may it unleash yours.

Sisiyus kʷali yućmn

Salish Language Revitalization and Early Childhood Development

Sisiyus kʷali yućmn (Sisi for short) is a Bitterroot Salish woman that resides on the Fathead Indian reservation.
She has worked in a handful of teaching jobs focusing on early childhood development and revitalizing the Salish Language. Sisi's life’s work and long term career plan is to work in language and utilize her knowledge towards bringing back the traditions and life ways as Salish people. She is an incredibly busy mother, her partner Anthony and her share 3 boys. Sisi has spent the best times of her life raising her sons and they are the core of their hard work and love. In her daily life they enjoy traveling, harvesting foods/medicines, chopping wood and making YouTube videos together!

Stephanie Morton

MSW

Stephanie Morton was born and raised in St. Ignatius, Montana, and attended college at the University of Oregon, where she earned a degree in Anthropology. After working in accounting at the UO Museum of Natural and Cultural History, she moved to Seattle and worked in several non-profits supporting children and families. In 2014, she returned to Montana to work in her family’s small businesses and completed her Masters in Social Work at the University of Montana. She is putting her skills and passion to work as the Program Manager at Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies and most enjoys meeting and learning from folks across the state. In her free time, Stephanie enjoys being outdoors with her numerous animals, listening to political podcasts, and spending time with her family and friends.

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NOVEMBER 2 – 6, 2020

VIRTUAL

$99 – STUDENT 5-DAY REGISTRATION
$149 – GENERAL 5-DAY REGISTRATION
$200 – EXHIBITOR RATE
*Eventbrite processing fees apply

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1 GENERAL REGISTRATION
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITOR PAGE ON WHOVA – OUR VIRTUAL EVENT PLATFORM
OPTION TO INCLUDE A BROCHURE OR RACK CARD IN CONFERENCE ATTENDEE CARE PACKAGES (DUE OCTOBER 1)
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