Cincinnati Childrens Project ECHO Programs

Project ECHO (Extension for Community Care Outcomes) delivers best-practice training in specialized medical treatments to pediatric providers through video conferencing technology. By incorporating a brief, high-yield didactic of practical information illustrating evidence-based guidelines, paired with community-sourced cases utilized for deep-dive discussions. The sessions are respectful of time, and protects your time to learn.  The Mental and Behavioral Health courses are led by a specialty hub team of pediatricians, psychiatrists, and psychologists.  They boil down the “what” to do about childhood mental health concerns  and guide you through the “how”. 
Please click on a program below for more details.

ACT Early

Monday - october and November 2024
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM (EDT)

Act Early ECHO provides information on and resources about current and emerging knowledge and evidence-based promising practices about the four phases of early identification: family-engaged developmental monitoring, developmental screening, referrals for needed supports and services, and receipt of needed services.

ANXIETY

weekly: momday’s - September 9 - october 28, 2024
6:30 PM - 7:45 PM (EDT)

Anxiety is common in children and adolescents presenting to pediatric primary care settings; however, identification and treatment can be complex. Our Anxiety ECHO provides an efficient and collaborative way to learn and practice evidence based interventions. The learning is supported by a psychologist, psychiatrist, and primary care provider peers. The goal of ECHO is to improve primary care providers’ comfort with identification and management of treatment of anxiety in the primary care setting, while also providing a network of resources to ensure patients receive the right care in the right place at the right time.

autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
PCP

1 and 3 Wednesday’s
September 4 - December 18, 2024
12:00 - 1:30 (EDT)

With increasing prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) which occurs in 1:44 children in the United States, diagnostic and treatment demands far exceed the capacity of specialty centers. Early identification, referral and effective treatment are essential for enhancing outcomes.

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
Allied Health Professionals: Speech-Language Pathologists, Occupational and Physical Therapists

Wednesdays
April 17, 2024 - June 26, 2024
12:00 - 1:30 (EDT)

Real -time access to autism and behavioral specialists. Case-based and didactic learning geared toward allied health professional. Free CEU’s for OT and SLPs.

DEPRESSION

weekly: Tuesday’s October 22 - December 10, 2024
6:30 PM - 7:45 PM (EDT)

Depression is common in children and adolescents; however, identification and treatment can be complex. Our Depression ECHO provides an efficient way to learn and practice, supported by psychiatry, psychology and primary care provider peers. The goal is to improve the primary care provider’s comfort when managing treatment of depression and provide a network of resources to ensure patients receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time.

Early Diagnosis and Interventions for CP

TBD for 2025
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM (EDT)

Cerebral palsy (CP) can be detected as young as three months corrected age. Evidence shows that early diagnosis and early interventions are imperative to optimize development for young children with cerebral palsy. This ECHO will address informal and formal assessment tools that can be used for early detection of CP and evidence-based treatments for young children with CP. Participants will be able to connect with one another to discuss how to improve developmental outcomes for young children with CP and their families. 

Focused Intermediate topics in Therapy
for Therapist

weekly: wednesday’s october 23 - november 20, 2024
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM (EDT)

Participants in this focused, intermediate topics course will learn how to apply exposure techniques to improve client outcomes. This course is designed for therapists with a strong foundation in Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT). Anxiety disorders are among the most common mental health concerns for children and adolescents, and exposure therapy is one of the most effective evidence-based approaches for the treatment of anxiety disorders.
*Learner participation is key: All participants in this ECHO are required to submit a clinical case related to this topic as part of this course. Case submissions are reviewed by the HUB team and learners will be notified in advance about presenting their case during a learning session.*

mental and behavioral health treatment (therapist)

weekly: tuesday’s august 20 - october 8, 2024
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM (EDT)

Mental and behavioral health concerns are common in children and adolescents presenting to therapists in community agencies and schools; however, identification and treatment can be complex and time with families is limited. Our Therapist ECHO series provides an efficient and collaborative way to learn and practice evidence-based interventions. The learning is supported by psychologists, psychiatrists and therapists.

Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) - scope

dates TBD - 2025
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM EDT (2:30 PM - 4:00 PM CST and 1:30PM - 3:00 PM MT)

Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) occurs when infants are born to women who used substances, including opioids, during pregnancy, resulting in medical and long-term developmental complications. Supporting Children of the OPioid Epidemic (SCOPE) ECHO provides an efficient way for participants to learn and practice, by offering support and guidance from interdisciplinary experts in the fields of psychiatry, psychology, occupational therapy, medicine, nursing, speech-language pathology, etc. SCOPE ECHO also includes the voice of caregivers with lived experiences caring for young children who have experienced prenatal substance exposure and/or trauma exposure

Primary Care-Psychopharmacology

Second wednesday of the month
8/14, 9/11, 10/9, 11/13, 12/11 - 2024
6:30 PM - 7:45PM (EDT)

Apply what you learned in the Anxiety and Depression courses and continue to expand the “how” of pediatric medical management of mental health problems.   Best Practices for common mental health scenarios encountered in primary care will be covered along with ongoing practice coaching by child and adolescent psychiatrists and child psychologists.   Each of sessions represents a theme, and includes relevant psychopharmacology, office interventions, and communication strategies that amplify basic knowledge to a new practice confidence level. 

Sickle Cell - OPEN
(Open programs have no beginning or end date.
You are welcome to join at any time).

once a month on the 3rd thursday
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (EDT)

There are over 100,000 children and adults living with sickle cell disease (SCD) in the US, yet most of these individuals have limited access to knowledgeable providers comfortable with managing the complex medical and psychosocial complications of SCD. The goal of Sickle Treatment and Outcomes Research in the Midwest (STORM) TeleECHO is to empower primary care providers to develop the skills and knowledge to manage pediatric and adult patients with sickle cell disease using evidence-based best practices. The STORM TeleECHO presentation curriculum is based on the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute’s evidence-based guidelines for the management of SCD.

trauma - the impact on mental, behavioral and physical health

Dates TBD 2025
6:30 PM - 7:45 PM (EDT)

The impact of trauma on pediatric mental, behavioral and physical health are alarming and compounded by the stressors related to the COVID19 pandemic. In response to this concerning trend our Trauma ECHO will focus on the importance of effectively identifying trauma and connecting patients to evidence based treatment.