Child and Adolescent Mental Health for Primary Care Clinicians - Intensive Training Course

Virtual Enduring Training

This intensive training program enhances primary care clinicians’ skills to assess, treat and manage common mental health concerns in children and youth. This program includes the 6 enduring learning modules, six follow-up sessions, and is presented by Project TEACH’s team of child and adolescent psychiatrists and pediatricians.

Project TEACH is funded by the New York State Office of Mental Health and all services and events, such as this intensive training, are offered at no-cost to clinicians in New York State.

Course Descriptions

  • Module 1 | Trauma-Informed Care: This Intensive Training module addresses how to screen for and treat trauma in children and adolescents.
  • Module 2 | Depression: This Intensive Training module addresses how to screen for and treat pediatric depression.
  • Module 3 | Anxiety: This Intensive Training module addresses how to screen for and treat pediatric anxiety.
  • Module 4 | Reimbursement: This Intensive Training module addresses how to get reimbursed for mental health visits in primary care. 
  • Module 5 | ADHD: This Intensive Training module addresses how to assess and treat ADHD, including adherence to treatment options.
  • Module 6 | Aggression: This Intensive Training Module addresses how to assess and manage aggression.

Target Audience

New York State primary care and family practice physicians, pediatricians, psychiatrists, psychologists, nursing professionals, social workers, residents, and other mental health, primary care, and pediatric clinicians.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this program, learners will be able to:

  • Recognize the presentation, diagnosis, comorbidity, neurobiology, and current treatment options available for individuals with ADHD.
  • Assess depression in youth, and evaluate the treatment options for children and adolescents, including an assessment of the black box warning for SSRIs.
  • Differentiate common anxiety disorders and describe their assessments and treatment.
  • Recognize the behaviors resulting from trauma that require treatment, and evaluate the treatment options for children and adolescents.
  • Treat and manage aggression in children and adolescents. 
  • Appropriately bill patients for Mental Health Visits in pediatric care. 

Follow-Up Sessions: 

After you have completed the Enduring Intensive Trainings, you may continue learning about these topics through our Follow-Up Sessions.

If you are interested in the Follow-Up Session offerings, please follow the link to the registration page here: 

2022 Enduring Follow-Up Sessions

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 9.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 9.00 Participation
Course opens: 
08/15/2022
Course expires: 
08/17/2023
Cost:
$0.00
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Intensive Training Accreditation | Modules 1-6 

The University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Certification | Modules 1-6 

The University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences designates this internet live activity for a maximum of 9.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

**The UB CME Office will provide UB CME Certificates of Attendance to allied healthcare professionals or non-physicians, who have attended a UB CME certified and accredited educational activity. The allied healthcare professional is responsible for submitting the UB CME certificate to their own governing body for credit. Most allied healthcare professional boards accept Physician credits.

Available Credit

  • 9.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 9.00 Participation

Price

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Disclaimer: CME may be claimed by clinicians in New York State only.