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    • 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

      Acknowledgements

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      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 1: Responding to Trauma: Psychological Signs, Symptoms, Screening & Triage

    • 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 
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    Session 2: Psychological First Aid

    • 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
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    Session 3: Anticipatory Behavioral Health Guidance

    • Recorded on July 9, 2025

      Presenter: 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