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Advisory: Evidence-Based, Whole Person Care of Pregnant People Who Have Opioid Use Disorder

Publication ID: PEP23-02-01-002
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This Advisory outlines how healthcare providers (i.e., obstetrician-gynecologists [OB-GYNs], primary care physicians, and other professionals who treat pregnant people) can take an active role in supporting the health of pregnant individuals who have OUD and their babies.

National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare Resources for Professionals Working with Pregnant and Parenting People Affected by Substance Use Disorders and Involved with Child Welfare

Publication ID: PEP23-02-00-002
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The third supplemental to SAMHSA’s Clinical Guidance for Treating Pregnant and Parenting Women with Opioid Use Disorder and Their Infants publication. A compendium of resources for professionals who work with parents involved with child welfare.

Working with Child Protective Services to Support Pregnant and Parenting People, Their Infants, and Families Affected by Substance Use Disorders: A Factsheet for Health Care Providers

Publication ID: PEP23-02-00-004
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This document accompanies the Clinical Guidance for Treating Pregnant and Parenting Women with Opioid Use Disorder and Their Infants publication. It offers information about child welfare systems and what the health care provider's role is in developing a Plan of Safe Care.

Preparing For Your Baby: Information for Pregnant People with Substance Use Disorders

Publication ID: PEP23-02-00-001
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The fourth supplemental resource to SAMHSA’s Clinical Guidance for Treating Pregnant and Parenting Women with Opioid Use Disorder and Their Infants publication. This document contains information for pregnant people with a substance use disorder and preparing to deliver.

AlcoholFX Mobile App

Publication ID: ALCOHOLFX
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Alcohol’s Effects on the Brain (AlcoholFX) is a free, science-based app that teaches students ages 10 to 12 how alcohol can harm their brains if they drink. Based on lesson plans from SAMHSA’s Reach Out Now Initiative, the app can easily integrate with instruction in 5th- and 6th-grade classrooms. This app is only available on tablets.

App Features

AlcoholFX is divided into units that describe the six parts of the brain and how alcohol disrupts its function. Using the app:

  • Students can engage in research-based, interactive games that explore brain science while they practice responses to difficult social situations involving alcohol.
  • Educators can use science-based lessons plans, resources, and recorded scenarios to help students and parents learn about the dangers of alcohol to the developing brain.
  • Parents can learn how alcohol affects their child's brain and can put their child's education and health at risk.

For more information, email SAMHSA at samhsainfo@samhsa.hhs.gov.

A Practitioner's Resource Guide: Helping Families to Support Their LGBT Children

Publication ID: PEP14-LGBTKIDS
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This resource guide offers information and resources to help practitioners in health and social service systems implement best practices to engage and help families and caregivers support their lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) children.