Medicaid Pediatric Healthcare Recovery Program Behavioral Health Technical Assistance Learning Sessions

In April, Liz Cantor, PhD and Sarah Hagin, PhD provided Behavioral Health Technical Assistance (BH TA) Learning Sessions for pediatric practices participating in the Medicaid Pediatric Healthcare Recovery Program. Participating in the program are 44 pediatric practices (representing 60 practice sites and serving over 49,000 Medicaid-insured children 3-17 years old) to ensure that all children are up-to-date with the full array of essential, preventive healthcare services, including developmental, psychosocial, and behavioral screenings, by overcoming COVID-19 related barriers to access.

The first 2 sessions, Brief Intervention Training for Pediatric Staff and Impact of COVID on children's social-emotional development, had over 77 attendees join live Zoom meetings. These sessions provided practice teams with a social-emotional development framework, information on how younger children’s achievement of developmental tasks may have been impacted by the COVID pandemic as well as tools and resources to assist families. Team member participation and engagement at these sessions have been tremendous with many practices requesting follow-up customized behavioral health technical assistance.

April 7, Brief Intervention Training for Pediatric Staff Learning Session:  Recording, PowerPoint, and Evaluation Form

April 19, Impact of COVID on Children's Social-Emotional Development Learning Session:  Recording, PowerPoint, and Evaluation Form

CTC-RI will be hosting the 3rd and final BH TA session on May 12, 2022, 7:30-9:00AM with a focus on Behavior Plan Basics (registration is not required and all pediatric and family medicine practices and team members welcome). In this learning session, we will provide training on how to help parents create a basic behavior plan for younger children with disruptive behaviors as well as behavioral contracts supporting healthy routines in older children (e.g. sleep, managing electronics). We encourage participants to bring specific cases or questions to the session. Handouts and resource materials are included in all sessions (with links included in the PowerPoint presentations).

May 12, 7:30-9:00am Behavior Plan Basics Join Zoom, Meeting ID: 959 2449 8814#; Passcode: 646876# , One tap mobile: +13017158592,,95924498814#,,,,,,0#,,646876#

Note: Practices participating in the Medicaid Pediatric Healthcare Recovery Program are eligible for additional funding by having at least 1 staff member attend a BH TA learning session and completing an evaluation. Participates may attend the live Zoom meeting or listen to the session recording afterward. Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits are available through the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) by completing the evaluation.

These meetings are supported as part of the Medicaid Pediatric Healthcare Recovery Program training series. Intended audience includes providers, nurse care managers, care coordinators, behavioral health clinicians and other staff welcome. Please reach out to Carolyn Karner, ckarner@ctc-ri.org, with any questions.