Overview

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Integrated Health Care Models have been proven to improve health care for children and families at risk for toxic stress. The Defense Health Agency in Partnership with the Office of the Secretary of Defense have teamed up to implement the HealthySteps model to improve military family wellness.

Faculty & P-5 Competency Domains

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Faculty: Eric Flake, MD, United States Air Force; Lee Kelley

P-5 Competency Domains: 

• P-5 (4) Health and Developmental Protective and Risk Factors
• P-5 (8) Service Planning, Coordination, and Collaboration

Presenters have affirmed that they do not have proprietary interest in products, instruments, devices, services or materials discussed in this event, and have confirmed that they have not been compensated in relation to this presentation.

Overview

HealthySteps Specialists are in a unique position to provide longitudinal, relationship-based care to infants, toddlers, and their families. This session will describe how Brookdale Hospital's HealthySteps program went beyond the well visit to address one toddler’s at-risk social–emotional health.

Faculty & Competency Domains

Faculty: Allison Lieber, LMSW, Brookdale Hospital Medical Center; Jennifer Saba, PhD, Brookdale Hospital Medical Center; Jodette Rodriguez, MS IMH-DP, MHC-LP, Brookdale Hospital

P-5 Competency Domains:

• P-5 (4) Health and Developmental Protective and Risk Factors
• P-5 (8) Service Planning, Coordination, and Collaboration

Presenters have affirmed that they do not have proprietary interest in products, instruments, devices, services or materials discussed in this event, and have confirmed that they have not been compensated in relation to this presentation.

Overview

Early mental health underpins long-term biopsychosocial outcomes. A major outstanding problem in this domain is identifying at-risk children and directing them toward available resources. This session presents three programs aiming to dramatically increase identification and treatment of early mental health issues by integrating assessment and short-term intervention into pediatric care.

Faculty & P-5 Competency Domains

Faculty: Alyssa Palmer, University of Minnesota; Katherine Rosenblum, PhD, University of Michigan; Maria Kroupina, PhD, University of Minnesota

P-5 Competency Domains: 

• P-5 (4) Health and Developmental Protective and Risk Factors
• P-5 (8) Service Planning, Coordination, and Collaboration

Presenters have affirmed that they do not have proprietary interest in products, instruments, devices, services or materials discussed in this event, and have confirmed that they have not been compensated in relation to this presentation.

Overview

This session will present insights from three primary care clinics as they modify their data systems and collection efforts to better capture relevant information on family and child well-being. Such data are often not available in existing electronic health records but are critical to informing program improvement and performance monitoring.

Faculty & P-5 Competency Domains

Faculty: Alix McNulty, MSN, RN, CPSTI, Advocate Children's Hospital; DeAnn Davies, MS, CLC, C-IPMH, Summit Healthcare; Helen Lee, PhD, MDRC; Lance Till, MS, James Bell Associates; Laura Ibanez Gomez, LMSW, NYU Lagone

P-5 Competency Domains:

• P-5 (8) Service Planning, Coordination, and Collaboration
• P-5 (2) Family-Centered Practice

Presenters have affirmed that they do not have proprietary interest in products, instruments, devices, services or materials discussed in this event, and have confirmed that they have not been compensated in relation to this presentation.

Overview

Medically fragile infants and their families have developmental needs often not addressed through traditional community-based therapeutic models. This session will present a family-centered care model founded on neurodevelopmental and infant mental health principles to train providers of many disciplines to be better equipped to meet the needs of this population.

Faculty & P-5 Competency Domains

Faculty: Emily McNeil, LPC, The Mariposa Center; Joy Browne, PhD, PCNS, University of Colorado; Petora Manetto-Spratt, PT, DPT, Precious Steps Pediatric Therapy

P-5 Competency Domains:

• P-5 (2) Family-Centered Practice
• P-5 (4) Health and Developmental Protective and Risk Factors

Presenters have affirmed that they do not have proprietary interest in products, instruments, devices, services or materials discussed in this event, and have confirmed that they have not been compensated in relation to this presentation.

Overview

Tele-visits can provide in-home services to families from any location. Our tele-visit project provides positive observational feedback to parents, identifying what works best for them, and guides parent planning for ways to increase support for children’s early development. Preliminary data show parent–child interaction scores increasing over the course of tele-visits.

Faculty & P-5 Competency Domains

Faculty: Lori Roggman, PhD, Utah State University; Tasha Olson, Utah State University; Maria Carolina Rinaldi, MS; Gina Cook, PhD, California State University, Stanislaus; Mark Innocenti, PhD, 

P-5 Competency Domains:

• P-5 (3) Relationship-Based Practice
• P-5 (2) Family-Centered Practice

Presenters have affirmed that they do not have proprietary interest in products, instruments, devices, services or materials discussed in this event, and have confirmed that they have not been compensated in relation to this presentation.

Health disparities for families of color are well documented within pediatric primary care settings. This presentation will discuss health disparities that impact well-child care in early childhood, describe how HealthySteps functions to mitigate disparities, and explore practice transformation opportunities through the delivery of integrated behavioral health services and supports.

Ayelet Talmi, Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Catherine Wolcott, Psychologist

Devin Fields, Assistant Professor

Melissa Buchholz. PsyD, Associate Professor and HealthySteps State Director

This session will share insights from three primary care clinics’ experiences with implementing HealthySteps with fidelity to the model. It will discuss fidelity and its importance in achieving outcomes, facilitators, and barriers to achieving fidelity, and specific strategies clinics have incorporated to strengthen implementation.

Alix McNulty, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Colleen Morrison, Director, Early Childhood Outreach and Pediatric Psychology Division

Lance Till, Associate Director

DeAnn Davies, Senior Research Associate

Laura Ibañez Gomez, Manager, Community Outreach and Population Health

BT-A1, Introductory-Level: Leveraging Pediatric Primary Care To Promote Equity In Children’s Relational And Mental Health And Mitigate Adversity

The pediatric well visit is a high-yield context for fostering relationships, preventing and mitigating impacts of childhood adversity and mental health problems, and for building resilience and well-being. This talk will present new relevant research and validated digital tools, and share engagement lessons learned to bolster pediatric care.

BT-A2, Introductory-Level: Centering The Family By Incorporating "From Tiny To Toddler" Into Pediatric Residency Training

Learn about an initiative that introduces pediatric trainees to ZERO TO THREE's "From Tiny to Toddler" materials in which they are given the opportunity to reflect on and apply the unique and complementary lens of the materials and incorporate what they learn into their emerging practice of caring for newborns and their caregivers.

BT-A3, Intermediate-Level: Early Brain Development And The Cradle To Prison Pipeline: Early Experiences Impact Outcomes

Hear how Northwestern State University early childhood education majors engage in service learning by working with families living in poverty to strengthen family literacy in our community. Consider how you positively impact young children's development in your communities through family literacy intervention and culturally responsive practices.

Christina Bethell, PhD, MBA, MPH, Director

Kirsten Roberts,

Michelle Fazio Brunson,

Debra Jo Hailey, Assistant Professor

BT-C1, Introductory-Level: Bringing Equity To Fragile Infants Using Interdisciplinary Guidelines For Discharge Preparation And Transition Planning

Whether you work in a hospital, pediatric clinic, early intervention, or a family support agency, this talk introduces the new National Perinatal Association (NPA) interdisciplinary NICU Transition and Discharge Guidelines. This session will highlight best practices to support the optimal outcomes for medically fragile children using a relationship- and community-based, family-centered approach.

BT-C2, Intermediate-Level: TREEHOUSE Program: Developmental Telehealth Coaching By Pediatric Providers With Low-Income Families With Young Children

The TREEHOUSE program promotes positive parent-child interactions through talking, reading, and play in low-income families with young children via developmental telehealth coaching sessions offered by pediatric practitioners. Learners will be challenged to consider novel ways to integrate pediatric providers into the Early Intervention community.

BT-C3, Introductory-Level: Hello Family: Improving Outcomes By Delivering A Suite Of Services At Scale Through Pay For Success (PFS) Financing

This talk shares the extraordinary story of Hello Family. The initiative seeks to improve outcomes for young children and their families by providing a continuum of evidence-based services for all children (PN-5) born in the Spartanburg, SC, and linking contracting to actual improvements in families’ lives.

Julia Yeary,

Vincent Smith, Neonatologist

Heather Padratzik,

Kenneth Tellerman,

Anna Wilms-Floet,

Margo Candelaria,

Bryan Boroughs, Vice President and General Counsel

Andrea Phillips,

Chris Story,

Early adversity can have cascading effects across numerous domains of development. To advance the care of children, this session will provide research on the development and implementation of a culturally informed interdisciplinary care model for foster children that integrates prenatal and postnatal risk factors, health, physical growth, and neurodevelopment.

Maria Kroupina,

Judith Eckerle,

Kimara Gustafson,

Discuss Tribal Family Wellness Plan Learning Modules, a series designed to empower tribal collaboratives to reduce the impact of substance use on pregnant and parenting families and prevent family separation. Explore action steps communities and tribes can take to implement Family Wellness Plan programs.

Suzanne Garcia, Tribal Child Welfare Legal Specialist

Teri Kook, MSW (she/her), Change Liaison

The natural inclination of a behavioral health provider in primary care pediatrics is to be crisis driven, as the most urgent patient’s care naturally rises to the top. Framing HealthySteps as behavioral health prevention and promotion counters this tendency. Approaching care in this manner is even more essential now given the exponential stress of the pandemic. This session explores strategies for navigating this challenge and focusing on population health through case-based discussions and clinical vignettes.

Laura Krug. LCSW, HealthySteps Senior Subject Matter Expert

Jennifer Byrd, HealthySteps Specialist

Trish Beagle, Behavioral Health Specialist/HealthySteps Specialist

Kara Smith, Behavioral Health Specialist

Amy Huffer, Substance Use Clinical Manager

Stacey Carpenter, Training and Technical Assistance Specialist

Andreas Ramgoolam,

Early relational health (ERH) research demonstrates the importance of the quality of the parent-child relationship to the health and wellbeing of both members of the dyad. Reach Out and Read is exploring the integration of observation and promotion of emotional connection into pediatric well-child care.

David Willis, MD, FAAP, Senior Fellow

Nikki Shearman, Chief of Strategic Initiatives

Dani Dumitriu, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics