Youth Behavioral Health ECHO

The MUSC Boeing Center for Children's Wellness (BCCW) and the Youth Access to Psychiatry Program (YAP-P) are collaborating on the launch of a Youth Behavioral Health ECHO beginning in the Winter of 2024.

 

What is an ECHO?

ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is a collaborative medical education and care management model that empowers clinicians to provide better care to more people: right where they live. An ECHO creates ongoing learning communities where community-based providers receive support and develop the skills they need to treat pediatric populations.

 

Main Topics of Focus:

• Mental health screening in clinical practice and in schools
• How to navigate a positive behavior or mental health complaint in clinical practice
• Resources and use of the MTSS Framework
• Understanding common language of school supports for students 
• Overview of common mental health disorders in children and adolescents
• Medication management for mental health disorders in children
• School services and accommodations for common mental health disorders in children and adolescents
• The epidemiology and effects of trauma
• Non-pharmacological interventions for trauma and related disorders
• Concerns related to technology and it's impact on youth
• Evidence-based practices related to threats and the assessment of threats in schools
• Family and youth engagement
• Community behavioral health supports based in schools

 

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This requires a one-time sign up to join iECHO and access meeting links/calendar invites for all sessions.

 

iECHO for Participants Video 

ECHO Help Center for Participants

 

Continuing Medical Education & Continuing Education Units

• The Medical University of South Carolina is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
• Participants receiving CME or CEU credits must create a portal account
• Following each session, participants must self-record their attendance on their account. Visit this link for further assistance.
• Participants can log credits via text message. Visit this link for further assistance.
• You can check your CMEs anytime by logging into your CME profile and click on the blue “sign in” box 
• The CME office does not send certificates for each individual activity. You can request 1 free official credit letter and summary per year here
• It is $25 dollars each additional request
• It is recommended that you keep track in your CME Profile and then request the letter when you are looking to renew your license

 

For further questions, email us boeingcenter@musc.edu

 

Session Recordings:

Session 1-Finding kids who need help-mental health screening in clinical practice and in schools

Session 2-What to do with a positive screen or behavior/mental health complaint in clinical practice

Session 3-What you should know about positive screen or behavioral referral: Use of the MTSS Framework

Session 4-Resiliency Factors: Protecting kids from mental health problems at home and at school

Session 5-Review of the “Alphabet Soup” of school supports for students with behavioral/mental health needs

Session 6-Overview of the common mental health disorders in children and adolescents

Session 7-Medication management for the common mental health disorders in children and adolescents

Session 8-School services and accommodations for the common mental health disorders in youth

Session 9-The epidemiology and effects of trauma: PTSD and trauma related physiology & psychopharmacology

Session 10-What else can we do about trauma: Non-pharmacological interventions for trauma and related disorders

Session 11-Suicide prevention and threat assessments in clinical practice and in schools

Session 12-Summary and review of school-centered collaborative care and selection of future ECHO topics

Session 1 (Cohort 2)-Review of School-based Educational Disabilities

Session 2 (Cohort 2)-Autism in School Aged Children

Session 3 (Cohort 2)-Community Behavioral Health Supports: Focus on School Resource Officers