Section outline

    • The PPN Disaster Mental Health ECHO Series provided a forum for pediatric primary care and family medicine clinicians (MD, DO, NP, PA) to confidently address disaster-related mental health challenges in children. Watch recordings of the educational portion of these sessions here to enhance your skills, support patient well-being, and help build a trauma-informed care system for children and families.


      What You Will Learn

      By engaging with this video series, you will be able to:

      • Identify signs/symptoms of trauma, acute stress disorder, and PTSD, and triage accordingly
      • Apply Psychological First Aid (PFA) techniques in primary care settings
      • Describe anticipatory guidance and brief psychosocial interventions that can be implemented in the office visit promote emotional and behavioral regulation and well-being
      • Recognize and address clinician burnout and compassion fatigue
      • Develop safety plans and make referrals for patients in crisis

      Joint Accreditation Statement

      In support of improving patient care, Children's National Hospital is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Children’s National Hospital Accreditation Provider# 4008362. 

      Credit Designation Statements

      Physicians: Children’s National Hospital designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 4.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM for physicians. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

      Nurses: Children’s National Hospital designates this activity for a maximum of 4.0 enduring ANCC contact hour(s).

      Psychologists: Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs. All confirmed participants will earn 4.0 CE credit(s) (Instructional Level, Intermediate Learning) upon successful completion of the learning event and evaluation.  

      Social Workers: As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Children’s National Hospital is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 4.0 general continuing education credits.  

      Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships

      The planning committee and presenters have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

      Acknowledgement of Financial and In-Kind Commercial Support

      No financial nor in-kind commercial support was received for this educational activity.

      Acknowledgements

      Produced by the
      Pediatric Pandemic Network

      The Pediatric Pandemic Network is supported in part by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of cooperative agreements U1IMC43532 and U1IMC45814 with 0 percent financed with nongovernmental sources. The content presented here is that of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, visit HRSA.gov.

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    • Session Information

      Recorded on June 11, 2025

      Speaker

      Heather Austin, Ph.D.
      Pediatric Psychologist/Professor of Pediatrics
      Division of Adolescent Medicine
      University of Alabama at Birmingham

      Learning Objectives
      • Recognize common psychological signs and symptoms that occur after experiencing a traumatic event 
      • Discuss benefits of screening and triage post traumatic events
      • Identify mental health triage risk factors related to immediate needs for treatment 
    • Session Information

      Recorded on June 25, 2025

      Speakers

      Patty Davis, LSCSW, LCSW, IMH-E(III) and Sara Anderson, MD, MPH

      Learning Objectives
      • Recognize when to use PFA in pediatric practice settings
      • Define Psychological First Aid approaches specifically designed to reduce initial distress following disaster or crises
      • Identify strategies designed to promote adaptive functioning with children and caregivers following a disaster
    • Session Information

      Recorded on July 9, 2025

      Speaker

      Eva Johnson, MD

      Learning Objectives
      • Learn ways they to further integrate behavioral health guidance into busy routine well child visits 
      • Identify recommended and optional screeners for mental health disorders in children 
      • Identify 3 ways they can engage with behavioral health clinicians to support the mental health of their patients
    • Session Information

      Recorded on July 23, 2025

      Speaker

      Kim Burkhart, Ph.D.

      Learning Objectives
      • Identify diagnostic criteria for acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder
      • Learn 5 brief psychosocial interventions that can be used in the office setting to promote emotional and behavioral regulation
      • Learn how to coach families in creating a coping skills toolkit
    • Session Information

      Recorded on August 6, 2025

      Speaker

      Kira Mauseth, Ph.D.

      Learning Objectives
      • Identify coping choices that contribute to burnout vs restoration and recovery 
      • Develop a personal plan for healthy engagement with work and ‘off’ time 
      • Practice the establishment and maintenance of healthy boundaries and connections with coworker
    • Session Information

      Recorded on August 20, 2025

      Speaker

      Nisa Atigapramoj, MD, Kim Burkhart, Ph.D., Eva Ihle, MD, Ph.D., Kira Mauseth, Ph.D., Michelle Riederer, MD, Marisol Romero, PsyD

      Learning Objectives
      • Describe factors contributing to the mental health crisis
      • Identify key components needed to establish a safety plan
      • Develop an office protocol for managing patients who may require emergency care
      • Facilitate discussion with panelists and participants related to managing mental health care in the medical home and strategies for improving communication between PCPs and the ED