Dr. Judith Eckerle: The Effects of Drug & Alcohol Exposure on the Developing Brain

This presentation is part of Wayside Recovery Center's Maternal & Infant Health ECHO series. For more information, visit waysiderecovery.org/echo.

Dr. Eckerle discusses the most common types of prenatal substance exposures that she sees in her clinical work. These include exposures to alcohol, opioids and other drugs of abuse. Some of the topics covered include possible short-term and long-term effects and risks; polysubstance exposures; and any differences between exposures in the three trimesters of pregnancy. The goal of this session is to inform parents and professionals on the evidence-based risks of prenatal exposures to help support future health children and families.

Judith K. Eckerle, MD, is the Medical Director of the Adoption Medicine Clinic (AMC) at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Eckerle assists families pre- and post-adoption with consultation, referral and clinical services. Her academic interests include fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) research, adoption and foster care issues and global advocacy for children.



Funded fully or in part through the State Opioid Response (SOR) grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Minnesota Department of Human Services (MN DHS). Nothing in these materials constitutes a direct or indirect endorsement by SAMHSA or the MN DHS of content, services, or policies.