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Live online meetings take place on Thursdays from 10 - 11 am (cst). The Heartland Protocol E-course is self-paced for weekly lessons from February 19 - April 9, 2026. Your final meeting is IN-PERSON on Monday, April 13th from 9:00 am - 11:00 am (cst) at the Delmar DiVine in St. Louis, Mo. No live meeting will be held on 3/19/26 due to spring break. Your commitment to the live meeting schedule is required, absences may be excused due to extenuating circumstances. Please contact us at [email protected] if you have concerns regarding the time committment.

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Generate Health Cohort E-Course Curriculum

Join an exclusive group of fellow perinatal providers for 8 weeks of robust course content including tons of videos, handouts, articles, journal activities, discussion guides and more! Included in this FREE opportunity are seven online cohort meetings with individual consultation with PMAD Experts Elizabeth Stallone-Lowder MSW, LCSW and Kim Martino-Sexton.

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    Get Started Here!

    • Welcome to the Expert E-Course!

    • Learning Objectives for The Heartland Protocol E-Course

    • #1 Video: Meet Your Experts!
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    Chapter 1: Overview of The Heartland Protocol

    • Chapter 1 Topics

    • Chapter 1 Power Point

    • #3 Video: PMAD By the Numbers; Cultural Considerations and the Pandemic

    • Executive+Summary-Maternal+Suicide+Report-9.22

    • #4 Video: PMAD Chart

    • #5 Video: PMAD Diagnoses, Symptoms and Causes

    • #6 Video: Matresence as a Perinatal Life Stage

    • THP Homework Week 1

    • A Note on Postpartum Psychosis
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    Chapter 2: Compassion Fatigue and Burnout prevention

    • Chapter 2 Topics

    • Chapter 2 Power Point

    • #7 Video: The three components of self-compassion

    • #8 Video: Be kinder to yourself video

    • THP Homework Week 2

    • Stress Busters: Evidence Based Tools for Self-Care
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    Chapter 3: H is for Hearing & Holding Space

    • Chapter 3 Topics

    • Chapter 3 Power Point

    • Listen poem

    • #9 Video: Refuge in Grief / Megan Devine Video on Acknowledgement

    • #10 Video: (Inside Out) What Empathetic Listening Looks Like

    • #11 Video: 4 Steps to Improve Your Listening Skills Video

    • Holding Space article

    • #12 Video: What it really means to hold space video

    • THP Homework Week 3

    • Heather Plett podcast interview

    • 5 Tips to Practice Holding Space
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    Chapter 4: E is for Empathy

    • Chapter 4 Topics

    • Chapter 4 Power Point

    • #15 Video Empathy Explained

    • 31 Empathy Statements

    • 31 Statements to Show You Care

    • Examples of Empathy

    • #16 Video Dr. Brene Brown on Empathy vs Sympathy

    • 4 Attributes of Empathy

    • #17 Video: Dr. Helen Riess "The Power of Empathy"

    • EMPATHY Acronym by Dr. Helen Riess

    • THP Homework Week 4

    • BONUS Video: Developing Empathy as a Practice: Stephane Briggs

    • Cohort Resources on Empathy

    • Do You Want to be Heard, Helped or Hugged?

    • Empathy is Not a Natural Trait

    • How Non Judgemental Engagement Could Reduce Prejudice

    • The Neuroscience of Taking Empathic Action Ft. Dr. Lisa Aziz-Zadeh Purposeful Empathy

    • Listening Visits for maternal depression: a meta-analysis
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    Chapter 5: A is for Assessment

    • Chapter 5 Topics

    • Chap 5 Power Point

    • #18 Video: Assessment Part 1

    • Professional Quality of Life Survey

    • Edinburg Postnatal Depression Scale

    • Patient Health Questionnaire - 2 (PHQ-2)

    • Perinatal Anxiety Assessment Screening (PASS)

    • ACES: Adverse Childhood Experiences Survey

    • Article about ACES from NPR

    • 2020 mom Screening Brief 2022

    • #19 Video: Assessment Part 2

    • Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health website: What are maternal ACES?

    • What are ABEs? Adverse Babyhood Experiences

    • Journal Article: Adverse Babyhood Experiences (ABEs) Increase Risk for Infant and Maternal Morbidity and Mortality, and Chronic Illness by Veronique P. Mead

    • ABEs Survey

    • THP Homework Week 5

    • Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health : What are ACES?

    • ACES Training
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    Chapter 6: R is for Referral

    • Chapter 6 Topics

    • Chap 6 Power Point

    • #20 Video: R is for Referral

    • Heartland Circle of Support Questions

    • Heartland Circle of Support

    • Heartland Key Partners

    • Heartland SWOT Analysis

    • THP Homework Week 6
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    Chapter 7: T is for Touch Base and D.I.R.E.

    • Chapter 7 Topics

    • Chap 7 Power Point Part 1

    • #21 Video: Deconstructing White Privilege with Dr. Robin DiAngelo

    • Chapter 7 Power Point Part 2 _ D.I.R.E.

    • #22 Video: How Racism Effects Pregnancy and What Can Help by Miriam Zoila Perez:

    • #23 Video: Why are black mothers and babies dying at such alarming rates? by Flourish STL

    • THP Homework Week 7
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    Chapter 8: Review, Synthesis and Application of The Heartland Protocol

    • Chapter 8 Topics

    • Case Study #1

    • Case Study #2

    • Expert Heartland Protocol QUIZ

    • Expert Heartland Protocol Survey and Evaluation

    • Heartland Protocol Final Exam