VMAP ECHO

With an emphasis on screening and response in the primary care setting, VMAP ECHO 101 can help you integrate best practices in pediatric and adolescent behavioral and mental health care into your busy practice. Our “all teach, all learn” approach leads to strong community connections. Each topic equips PCPs to Recognize, Respond, Refer, and provide Resources to families.

Topics Covered
Understanding Challenging Behaviors	Irritability + Emotional Dysregulation
Mild + Moderate Depression	Eating Disorders
Severe Depression + Suicidality	Psychosis in Pediatric Primary Care
Anxiety	Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Immigrants
Trauma + PTSD	Gender Dysphoria
Autism + Co-Occurring Mental Health Diagnoses	Substance Use Disorders

An 11-session case-based learning collaborative to address infant and early childhood mental health problems in primary care practices. With an emphasis on early recognition and response, an interdisciplinary faculty team will support primary care providers from across the Commonwealth in developing their knowledge of early childhood trauma and stress, anxiety, dysregulation and aggression, sleep and feeding problems.

Topics Covered
Behavior Has Meaning: A Primer for IYC	Neurodevelopmental Factors and Implications
Trauma + Stress: Recognize and Respond	Anxiety Spectrum: Recognize and Respond
Dysregulation + Anger + Aggression: Recognize and Respond	Sleep Problems
Feeding Problems	Parent + Family + Community Resources and Supports

This program is approved as a Continuing Medical Education (CME) Maintenance of Certification Performance Improvement Project, which qualifies participants to receive up to the following credits: 25 AMA PRA Category 1 credits™; 25 ABMS (Maintenance of Certification) MOC Part II or Self-Assessment credits*; 25 MOC Part IV or Performance Improvement credits*. In order to be awarded credits for participation, all project requirements must be met. The University of Virginia School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The UVA Office of Continuing Medical Education is an ABMS Multi-Specialty Portfolio Sponsor. *for participating boards

The Virginia Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Virginia Mental Health Access Program (VMAP) are leading year-long Project ECHOs on pediatric and adolescent mental and behavioral health.

All current VMAP ECHO cohorts are at capacity at this time; to be notified of future VMAP ECHO opportunities, please contact us.