The Hospital to Home for Infants
with Substance Exposure 

This webinar has been made possible by the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption and NASCEND.

Learning Objectives:

• Gain a comprehensive understanding of substance use disorder, perceiving it as a disease of the brain that significantly affects executive functioning.
• Acquire skills to deliver advanced comfort care for opioid-exposed infants that reduce hospital stay, enhance feeding, sleep, and comfort, and actively involve parents and caregivers in the care process
• Examine guidelines for creating an ideal home environment and providing ongoing care for substance-exposed infants after they are discharged from the hospital.
• Learn best practices for pediatric follow-up, infant nutrition, and developmental monitoring in opioid-exposed newborns.
• Identify early indicators of developmental delays and behavioral issues observed in substance-exposed infants, highlighting the crucial role of the first two years in lifelong growth, health, and secure attachment.
• Review developmental, behavioral, and nutritional outcomes in substance-exposed infants.