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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.

    1. Welcome to the Expert E-Course!

    2. Learning Objectives for The Heartland Protocol E-Course

    3. #1 Video: Meet Your Experts!

    4. 2026 Syllabus

    1. Chapter 1 Topics

    2. Chapter 1 Power Point

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

    4. Executive+Summary-Maternal+Suicide+Report-9.22

    5. #4 Video: PMAD Chart

    6. #5 Video: PMAD Diagnoses, Symptoms and Causes

    7. #6 Video: Matresence as a Perinatal Life Stage

    8. THP Homework Week 1

    9. A Note on Postpartum Psychosis

    10. PMAD Chart

    1. Chapter 2 Topics

    2. Chapter 2 Power Point

    3. #7 Video: The three components of self-compassion

    4. #8 Video: Be kinder to yourself video

    5. THP Homework Week 2

    6. Stress Busters: Evidence Based Tools for Self-Care

    1. Chapter 3 Topics

    2. Chapter 3 Power Point

    3. Listen poem

    4. #9 Video: Refuge in Grief / Megan Devine Video on Acknowledgement

    5. #10 Video: (Inside Out) What Empathetic Listening Looks Like

    6. #11 Video: 4 Steps to Improve Your Listening Skills Video

    7. Holding Space article

    8. #12 Video: What it really means to hold space video

    9. THP Homework Week 3

    10. Heather Plett podcast interview

    11. 5 Tips to Practice Holding Space

    1. Chapter 4 Topics

    2. Chapter 4 Power Point

    3. #15 Video Empathy Explained

    4. 31 Empathy Statements

    5. 31 Statements to Show You Care

    6. Examples of Empathy

    7. #16 Video Dr. Brene Brown on Empathy vs Sympathy

    8. 4 Attributes of Empathy

    9. #17 Video: Dr. Helen Riess "The Power of Empathy"

    10. EMPATHY Acronym by Dr. Helen Riess

    11. THP Homework Week 4

    12. BONUS Video: Developing Empathy as a Practice: Stephane Briggs

    13. Cohort Resources on Empathy

    14. Do You Want to be Heard, Helped or Hugged?

    15. Empathy is Not a Natural Trait

    16. How Non Judgemental Engagement Could Reduce Prejudice

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

    18. Listening Visits for maternal depression: a meta-analysis

    1. Chapter 5 Topics

    2. Chap 5 Power Point

    3. #18 Video: Assessment Part 1

    4. Professional Quality of Life Survey

    5. Edinburg Postnatal Depression Scale

    6. Patient Health Questionnaire - 2 (PHQ-2)

    7. Perinatal Anxiety Assessment Screening (PASS)

    8. ACES: Adverse Childhood Experiences Survey

    9. Article about ACES from NPR

    10. 2020 mom Screening Brief 2022

    11. #19 Video: Assessment Part 2

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

    13. What are ABEs? Adverse Babyhood Experiences

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

    15. ABEs Survey

    16. THP Homework Week 5

    17. Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health : What are ACES?

    18. ACES Training

    19. Study on EPDS & Suicidality

    20. How to Screen for Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms in Postpartum Women? MGH Center for Women's Mental Health

About this course

  • Free
  • 94 lessons
  • 3.5 hours of video content