Course Goals and Objectives

The goals of this EQIPP course are to: 

• Support social, emotional, and behavioral wellness across the lifespan to help families navigate mental health symptoms, conditions, and stressors in a healthy way. 

• Improve rates of early identification of mental health concerns and emergencies in patients ages 4-18 years old through universal behavioral-social-emotional screening tools and physician assessment.

• Increase the therapeutic alliance between pediatricians and their families.
• Support the management of mental health concerns with brief interventions, psychosocial therapy, medication, referrals to mental health professionals and community resources, and close follow-up with the patient. 

Objectives:

By the end of this course, you will be able to apply knowledge from AAP endorsed guidelines, policy statements, and recommendations for health supervision visits to do the following: 

• Identify best practices for the use and documentation of standardized behavioral-social-emotional screening tools for patients ages 4-11 years old, and patients 12-18 years old
• Share screening results using HELP skills 
• Establish a shared definition of an emergency within your practice 
• Develop a standard emergency process for those with an emergency identified
• Clarify a patient’s presentation using patient history, observation, DSM-5 criteria, and diagnostic screening tools
• Use brief interventions in the pediatric office setting
• Determine when to prescribe psychosocial therapy and medication
• Establish a timeline for follow-up visits
• Describe best practices in making a referral to a mental health professional or community resources