The Perinatal Substance Exposures Special Interest Group
Tracks
Room C2.5 & C2.6
| Sunday, November 9, 2025 |
| 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM |
| C2.5 & 2.6 |
Details
The Perinatal Substance Exposures Special Interest Group pre-conference event is planned to promote awareness, research, and clinical practice to help prevent perinatal substance exposure, respond to the needs of pregnant and parenting people and effectively support children, adolescents and adults affected by perinatal substance exposures. The pre-conference workshop aims to be an inclusive event open to a wide range of people including researchers, clinicians, students, people with living experience, advocacy groups and community members with an interest in the area.
View full workshop program here
Speaker
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Arrival tea and coffee
8:30 AM - 8:50 AMBiography
Associate Professor Delyse Hutchinson
Clinical Psychologist and NHMRC Leadership Fellow
Deakin University
Dr Andi Crawford
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand
Working with Families who experience perinatal substance use: Reflections on clinical and cultural practice
9:15 AM - 10:00 AMBiography
Dr Andi Crawford (Tangata Tiriti, Pākehā) is a Clinical Psychologist with over 20 years of experience working in child development, child and adolescent mental health, maternal mental health, and addiction services. Andi has been the Tangata Tiriti co-lead for the development of Whakakotahitanga Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder diagnostic guidelines for Aotearoa New Zealand with Hāpai te Hauora. She is committed to partnering and collaborating with Māori in order to acknowledge the unique role they have as Indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand. Andi currently works for Te Ara Manapou (Pregnancy and Parenting Service), Te Whatu Ora Te Matau a Māui (Hawke’s Bay), providing support for pregnant women and parents of young children who experience addiction and mental health challenges. Andi also works privately, providing supervision, research and training.
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Morning Tea
10:00 AM - 10:30 AMBiography
Tanya Williamson
Family support worker, Waminda and Fiona Reid, Senior Clinical Midwife, Waminda
Tania Henderson
Whānau Therapist
Get Connected – Stay Connected – Grow Stronger: A Layered Approach to Building Support
11:00 AM - 11:10 AMBiography
Prof Carolyn Day
Associate Dean
University Of Sydney
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PANEL: Holistic and culturally informed care
11:30 AM - 12:00 PMBiography
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Lunch - Including Posters
12:00 PM - 1:00 PMBiography
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Fast Data Talks: Supporting families through their perinatal journey – from preconception to postpartum
1:00 PM - 2:20 PMBiography
Dr Claudia Bull
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
The University of Queensland
Dr Carlos Nunez
Research Associate
The Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit
Associate Professor Delyse Hutchinson
Clinical Psychologist and NHMRC Leadership Fellow
Deakin University
Dr Kelly McNamara
Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
University of Newcastle/HNELHD
Ms So Bi Kim
Nurse Practitioner
Justice Health Forensic Mental Health Network
Dr. Danielle Russell
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Unsw
More Than the Sum of Services: Insights from people who inject drugs on accessing perinatal and Hepatitis C services
Biography
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Emerging opportunities to support families in the perinatal period
2:20 PM - 2:45 PMBiography
Dr Penelope Fotheringham
Senior Lecturer/staff Specialist
University Of Sydney, Mothersafe
Professor Elizabeth Elliott
Distinguished Professor Paediatrics and Child Health
University of Sydney
Dr Kelly McNamara
Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
University of Newcastle/HNELHD
Associate Professor Delyse Hutchinson
Clinical Psychologist and NHMRC Leadership Fellow
Deakin University
Reflections on the day
2:45 PM - 3:00 PMBiography
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Tea & Biscuits
3:00 PM - 3:30 PMBiography
