Project TEACH Statewide Child & Adolescent Mental Health Fall 2025 Intensive Training (Enduring)

Project TEACH Statewide Intensive Training in Child and Adolescent Mental Health for Primary Care Clinicians Fall 2025 (Enduring)

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 4 four-hour trainings 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.

Module Topics: 

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  1. ADHD (Assessment, Treatment, Complex Cases) 
  2. Depression, Unipolar/Bipolar & Suicide Assessment/Management (Assessment, Diagnosis, Treatment, Management, and SSRI discussion) 
  3. Trauma, Loss, and Trauma-Informed Care (Assessment, Diagnosis, Screening, Treatment, Table Activity, and Incorporation into your practice) 
  4. Anxiety (Assessment, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Incorporation into your practice) 
  5. Aggression (Assessment, Treatment, and Incorporation into your practice)

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:

  1. Recognize the presentation, diagnosis, comorbidity, neurobiology, and current treatment options available for individuals with ADHD.
  2. Assess depression in youth, and evaluate the treatment options for children and adolescents, including an assessment of the black box warning for SSRIs. 
  3. Differentiate common anxiety disorders and describe their assessment and treatment. 
  4. Recognize the behaviors resulting from trauma that require treatment, and evaluate the treatment options for children and adolescents.
  5. Define pediatric bipolar disorder, and provide examples of effective evidence-based therapies.
  6. Assess children with aggression as a primary problem area, recognizing the relevant underlying factors, clinically assess, and provide evidence-based treatment options.
  7. Assess the factors contributing to school refusal and identify the important elements of a broad treatment plan.
  8. Understand the resources schools have available to assist children with mental health needs and how to access them.
  9. Screen, assess, triage, and manage suicidal children and adolescents.
  10. Assess and develop a management plan for adolescents with nonsuicidal self-injurious behaviors.
Course summary
Course opens: 
10/26/2025
Course expires: 
10/27/2028
Cost:
$0.00
Rating: 
0

Part 1: ADHD and Collaborating with School

Course Leader: Mike Scharf, MD                

Module Topic 1: ADHD

Assessment of ADHD with case presentation

Josh/Mike A??

Treatment of ADHD

Molly Scharf, MD

Trickier Questions for Trickier Kids

Viki Katsetos, MD

Questions and Answers

Moderator: Mike Scharf, MD

Module 2: Working with School

Understanding and Collaborating with Schools

Mike Scharf, MD, and Lynn Carragher, MEDL

Questions and Answers

Moderator: Viki Katsetos, MD

Part 2: Anxiety and Aggression

Course Leader: Wanda Fremont, MD

Module Topic 3: Anxiety

Assessment and Diagnosis

Jason Herrick, MD

Treatment

Jessica Grant, MD

Incorporation Into Your Practice: Assessment and Treatment

Interviewer: Mike Scharf, MD
Experts: Maureen Montgomery, MD, and Jessica Grant, MD

Difficult Case – School Refusal

Wanda Fremont, MD

Questions and Answers

Moderator: Jousha Russell, MD

Module Topic 4: Aggression

Assessment

David Kaye, MD

Treatment

Zoya Popivker, MD

Incorporation into your practice

Maureen Montgomery, MD

Questions and Answers

 Moderator: Joshua Russell, MD

Part 3: Depression and Suicide Assessment/Management

Course Leader: Rachel Zuckerbrot, MD

Module Topic 5: Depression and Suicide Part 1

Assessment and Diagnosis of Adolescent Depression

Molly Scharf, MD

Management and Treatment of Adolescent Depression

Jessica Grant, MD

Video: Talking to Teens and Parents about Starting SSRI

Doctor - Diane Bloomfield, MD; Patient - Zoya Popivker, MD

and Parent- Jessica Grant, MD

Questions and Answers

Moderator: Rachel Zuckerbrot, MD

Module Topic 5: Depression and Suicide Part 2

Bipolar Depression: Fact or Fiction

Rachel Zuckerbrot, MD

Panel Discussion

Suicide Assessment and Management in Pediatric Primary Care

Molly Scharf, MD

Video: Patient Simulation Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk in Real World Practice     

Moderator: Rachel Zuckerbrot, MD  

Doctor - Diane Bloomfield, MD;  Patient – Zoya Popivker, MD

and Parent – Jessica Grant, MD

Safety Planning with Suicidal Teens & Their Parents

Rachel Zuckerbrot, MD, and Jessica Grant, MD

Questions and Answers

Moderator: Rachel Zuckerbrot, MD

Part 4: Trauma-Informed Care and Eating Disorders

Course Leader: Victor Fornari, MD

Module Topic 6: Trauma, Loss, and Trauma-Informed Care

Assessment and Diagnosis

Victor Fornari, MD, and Nayla Khoury, MD

Screening

Victor Fornari, MD, and Nayla Khoury, MD

Treatment

Victor Fornari, MD, and Nayla Khoury, MD

Table Activity (Assessment and Diagnosis: CASE A, Part-1)

Cori Green, MD

Incorporation Into Your Practice: Trauma-Informed Care

Cori Green, MD

Table Activity (Incorporation Into Your Practice: CASE A, Part-2)

Cori Green, MD

Questions and Answers

Moderator: Mike Adragna, MD

Module Topic 7: Eating Disorder

Eating Disorder Assessment and Treatment for PCP

Victor Fornari, MD, and Rachel Kaufman, MD

Questions and Answers

Moderator: Mike Adragna, MD

Price

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