Safe, collaborative, trusting relationships are a essential when it comes to working with women and families, ‎where there is substance use.  Some key educational offerings that support building safe relationships include

Motivational Interviewing, trauma and violence informed practice, and Indigenous Cultural Safety.  The following courses are available to help you grow your skills in these areas. Indigenous Cultural Safety is integrated throughout all our content. 

SafeCARE 

This 2 day psychoducation for staff is related to trauma informed practice. SafeCARE includes focus on attachment, trauma, self-care for staff, harm reduction, and Indigenous Cultural Safety. SafeCARE is currently offered in person, but due to limitations on in person events, virtual options are in development.  

Motivational Interviewing (MI)

Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative conversation style, that draws on a person's own motivation to change. All Health Authorities (HA) offer yearly seats at MI training. These offerings are co-ordinated through point persons at each HA.  You may also contact your regional perinatal substance working group to find out about CCMI educadtion opportunities. Finally, see the education resource list for other on-demand resources for MI. 

Indigenous Cultural Safety (ICS)

Indigenous Cultural Safety is integrated throughout all our courses and education, but you there are also more specific ICS options listed in the education and training resource list. 

Elders Visioning Perinatal Substance Use Toolkit

The Elders Visioning Perinatal Substance Use Toolkit is a unique resource describing Indigenous Elders' teaching and perspectives on providing culturally safe health care and how to engage Elders in health care services in a good way.

Moms and babies both do better when they are together. BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre (BCW) supports mother and baby togetherness as a guiding principle for care, recommended by Health Canada and the World Health Organization (WHO) (2009).

The Provincial Rooming In Guideline for Perinatal Women Using Substances was developed by the Provincial Perinatal Substance Use Project at BCW. The guideline is comprised of best evidence, leading and wise practices to support mother and baby togetherness through Rooming-in in the acute care setting.

Eat, Sleep, Console (ESC) refers to a clinical tool used in acute care to manage neonatal withdrawal symptoms.  ESC education is available as part of the Perinatal Substance Use course on the UBC CPD site. ‎ See other education options through Perinatal Services BC. 

Addiction Care and Treatment Online Course (UBC CPD)

Please see the "Pregnancy and Substance Use" module that is part of the ACTOC Certificate course. You can complete individual modules, or the entire certificate, if you choose. 

Perinatal Substance Use (UBC CPD)

The Perinatal Substance Use course includes 4 separate modules related to perinatal care, the Eat, Sleep Console (ESC) clinical tool and non-pharmalogical care, as well as pharmacological care, Neonatal Abstinance Syndrome, principles of care, and 'going home'.