Behavioral Health Webinar Series

Featuring John Ackerman, PhD, Center for Suicide Prevention and Research Nationwide Children’s Hospital; and Jeff Bridge, PhD, Center for Innovation in Pediatric Practice, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s

You will learn to:

• Recognize prevalence, risk factors, and warning signs of youth suicidal behavior
• Specify rationale for suicide-specific screening in pediatric primary care settings; and discuss barriers and opportunities.
• Summarize the ASQ, a brief and effective suicide-screening tool that has been validated for use in a range of medical settings with youth.
• Identify practical recommendations for implementation.

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Featuring John Ackerman, PhD, Center for Suicide Prevention and Research Nationwide Children’s Hospital; and Jeff Bridge, PhD, Center for Innovation in Pediatric Practice, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s

You will learn how to:

• Administer the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ) tool in the primary care setting
• Successfully score the ASQ tool
• Respond to a positive screen
• Manage the follow-up care of high-risk patients

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Featuring Jack Stevens, PhD, Psychologist, Nationwide Children’s Hospital Associate Professor of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University

You will learn to:

• Identify evidence-based behavioral strategies to improve sleep for children and adolescents
• Evaluate which families are likely appropriate for these behavioral strategies
• Develop specific responses to address family concerns about these strategies

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• Featuring Dr. Cody Hostutler
• This session will provide information on disruptive behaviors in children and strategies that can be implemented effectively in a primary care office to address these concerns.
• This session is eligible for 1.0 Category 1 CME credit upon completion of the CME Evaluation Survey.

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Additional Resources:

• Bedtime Pass Handout
• Behavior Bucks
• Example Rewards for Children
• Functional Behavior Change Worksheet
• Job Card Grounding Handout
• Prepared Job Cards

Featuring Ujjwal Ramtekkar, MD, MPE, MBA

This session is eligible for 1.0 Category 1 CME credit upon completion of the CME Evaluation Survey 

 Objectives:

• Define and recognize polypharmacy in behavioral health management of children and adolescents.
• Discuss common reasons and risk factors leading to polypharmacy of psychotropic medications.
• Review FDA approved antipsychotic medications and their indications for use in youth.
• Review monitoring guidelines for antipsychotic medications in children and adolescents.
• Discuss strategies for simplification of medication regimens using case examples. 

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Featuring John Ackerman, PhD, and Nancy Cunningham, PsyD 

Objectives

At the conclusion of this event, participants will be able to: 

1. Use, or consider for their own practice, lessons learned from the primary care field about the implementation of depression and suicide risk screening: benefits, obstacles, and opportunities 
2. Increase their knowledge of new research updates on pediatric depression and suicidality relevant to primary care settings 
3. Acquire feedback from BH experts to questions from the audience regarding primary care implementation of screening, triage and referral for depression and suicidality 

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Presented by: Benjamin Fields, PhD with Lynda Wolfe, PhD and Ujjwal Ramtekkar, MD 

Session Objectives: 

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to: 

1.  Demonstrate familiarity with clinical guidelines for non-medical intervention for children and adolescents with ADHD, as well as a practical understanding of what that intervention entails.
2. Demonstrate familiarity with research regarding adherence to the aforementioned clinical guidelines in primary care.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of parent education regarding evidence-based non-medical intervention for ADHD, as well as key educational points to offer parents.
4. Demonstrate an understanding of common barriers to families accessing evidence-based non-medical intervention for ADHD, as well as ways to mitigate these barriers.
5. Participants will be provided information regarding a number of comprehensive, evidence-based (and mostly free!) educational resources to offer parents of children and adolescents with ADHD. 

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Featuring: Heather Yardley, PhD

This session is eligible for 1.0 Category 1 CME credit upon completion of the CME Evaluation Survey.

Session Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to: 

1. Identify anxiety and OCD in patients presenting in their clinic. 
2. Provide appropriate treatment recommendations to patients as they wait for mental health treatment. 
3. Make appropriate mental health referrals for youth who can not manage symptoms on their own. 

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Featuring: Kevin Stephenson, PhD and Jessica Scherr, PhD 

This session is eligible for 1.0 Category 1 CME credit upon completion of the CME Evaluation Survey. 

Session Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, 

1. Participants should be familiar with and know how to administer the recommended screening tools for autism spectrum disorder as recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics. 
2. Participants should be able to accurately identify and recognize the first signs of autism spectrum disorder to improve developmental screening frequency and accuracy.
3. Participants should be able to identify the next clinical steps and referral process(es) upon positive autism spectrum screening results. 

Additional Resources

• CASD resources (including Sibshops)
• Autism Speaks toolkit for siblings

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