“Adoption and Foster Care:  Where are we in 2022?”

Presented by:  Lisa Albers Prock, MD, MPH

Associate Chief, Division of Developmental Medicine;

Director, Developmental Medicine Center;

Harvard Medical School

Planners expect learners to:

1. Describe the epidemiology of children impacted by foster care and adoption in 2022.

2.  Identify the implications of a history of adoption and/or foster care for adolescent identity development.

3.  List the implications of prenatal exposure for children to alcohol, opiates and marijuana.

4.  Identify terms that may contribute to challenges in communicating history and recommendations with children/family with a history of foster care/adoption.

UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland is accredited by the California Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

For CME credit, online evaluations must be completed by 12pm on the Friday after Grand Rounds.  Requests for the link to the current evaluation must be sent to Cristina.Fernandez@ucsf.edu by NOON on the day of Grand Rounds.