Intensive Training: Child and Adolescent Mental Health
for Primary Care Clinicians

This Intensive Training Program Includes:
2 day training event + 3 virtual follow-up sessions = 15 CME credits.

Those who attended the 2 day training event are encouraged to attend as many follow-up sessions that your schedule allows. Clinicians who complete 14 CME hours and utilize the consultation line twice will receive a “Certificate of Completion” from Project TEACH.

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Child and Adolescent Mental Health for Primary Care Clinicians

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Presenters:

David Kaye, MD

Nayla Khoury, MD

Victor Fornari, MD, MS

Amy Jerum, NP, DNP

Michael A Scharf, MD

Eric MacMaster, MD

Rachel Zuckerbrot, MD

Jessica Grant, MD

Zoya Popivker, D.O.

Diane E. Bloomfield, MD

Carmel Foley, MD

Maureen Montgomery, MD

Wanda Fremont, MD

Breck Borcherding, MD

In-Person 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 2 day training and 3 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 Topics Include:

Trauma-Informed Care
Depression
Anxiety
ADHD
Aggression
Suicide Assessment and Management
Unipolar/ Bipolar Disorder

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.
Define pediatric bipolar disorder and provide examples of effective evidence-based therapies.
Understand symptoms of aggression as they present in children and adolescents and determine the next steps in treatment.
Integrate behavioral health assessment tools and treatment strategies into pediatric and family practices.

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.

Event Ended Intensive Training Agenda

Program Questions

Call: 716-878-2454

Email: ibhatia@buffalo.edu

2023 Intensive Training - Child and Adolescent Mental Health for Primary Care Clinicians
is at no cost to New York State Pediatric Primary Care Providers.

Intensive Training Accreditation:

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

CERTIFICATION: 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.

Follow-Up Session Accreditation: