Certificate in Integrated Behavioral Health and Primary Care | Pediatric Track

Wednesday, March 3, 2027, 6:00 PM–7:00 PM ET through Monday, May 17, 2027, 5:30 PM–7:30 PM ET

Hybrid

Continuing Education Offered

• 2 hours ethics synchronous interactive online
• 14 hours general asynchronous online
• 20 hours general synchronous interactive online

Description

This program provides professionals with a foundation in integrated behavioral health and primary care, emphasizing the needs of children and adolescents from birth through age 18 and their families. Participants explore integrated care models, public policies, ethical considerations, program development and implementation strategies that support collaborative, culturally responsive, and recovery-oriented services, with attention to population health, social determinants of health, and health disparities. Pediatric content examines developmental, psychological, and social needs across childhood and adolescence, the role of the pediatric behavioral health consultant, and opportunities to engage families and provide interventions within medical settings. Participants develop an integrated understanding of common concerns, including asthma, obesity, developmental disabilities and autism, anxiety, depression, trauma, and adverse childhood experiences. Adolescent-focused learning emphasizes health self-management and early intervention related to sexual health, substance use, suicide risk, and eating disorders. Broad learning goals include strengthening interdisciplinary collaboration, understanding how to implement integrated services, and identifying developmentally appropriate approaches that improve access, support families, and promote pediatric health and well-being.

Objectives

1. Explain the difference between colocation and integration.
2. Compare and contrast interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary teams.
3. Identify at least three social determinants of health for adult populations.
4. Identify at least two ethical challenges to integrated health practice.
5. Address/resolve common ethical challenges in integrated health practice.
6. Develop skills to hire and train staff in integrated health practice.
7. Implement an organizational self-assessment for cultural responsiveness.
8. Explain how provider mindfulness and self-care relate to workforce challenges such as burnout prevention.
9. Identify two financing strategies that can facilitate integrated care.
10. Engage in self-assessment in clinical practice.
11. List the 3 most common psychiatric medications prescribed in primary care and their uses, contraindications, and potential side-effects.
12. Develop resources for psycho-education of pediatric patients.
13. Identify at least five social determinants of health for the pediatric population.
14. Identify two primary causes of pediatric asthma.
15. Identify 1-3 impacts of trauma on pediatric brain and social/emotional development.
16. Identify symptoms of depression that could present in pediatric primary care.
17. Identify appropriate depression medications for the pediatric population.
18. List three common anxieties in children and adolescents.
19. Identify symptoms of autism that are likely to present in pediatric primary care.
20. Identify a need for further assessment for developmental disabilities.
21. Educate parents/caregivers on issues of pediatric obesity causes and interventions.
22. Identify and normalize developmental considerations in adolescent sexual health.
23. Apply two prevention and/or intervention strategies for pediatric substance abuse.
24. Identify three risk factors for teen suicide.
25. Identify three symptoms of an eating disorder that likely present in healthcare settings.
26. Describe 3 considerations for providing care to the LGBTQ population.
27. Identify evidence-based interventions utilized in pediatric integrated health care.
28. Identify 1-3 strategies to engage adolescents in health care.
29. Describe how trauma may present in integrated health care settings.
30. Describe strategies for anti-racist practice in integrated health care settings.
31. Describe two organizational challenges that hinder integrated care implementation.
32. Describe team roles, communication processes, and workflows that facilitate collaborative practice.
33. Identify symptoms of autism that are likely to present in school settings.
34. Identify the steps of the Healthy Start Model.
35. Use a cultural lens as a behavioral health consultant to better support relationships.
36. Identify relationship building strategies with patients.
37. Describe components of an adolescent-centered environment.
38. Identify opportunities to improve delivery of adolescent-centered care in practice.
39. Identify resources to enhance adolescent-centered practices.
40. Identify up to 5 core components of a Pediatric Integrated Health Care program.
41. Outline steps of program design.

Agenda

Wednesday, March 3, 2027, 6:00pm–7:00pm | Program Intro & Small Group

Monday, March 8, 2027, 5:30pm–7:30pm | Introduction to Integrated Health Care

Monday, March 15, 2027, 5:30pm–7:30pm | Social Determinants of Health

Monday, March 29, 2027, 5:30pm–7:30pm | Components and Program Design

Monday, April 5, 2027, 5:30pm–7:30pm | Pediatric Trauma

Monday, April 12, 2027, 6:30pm–7:30pm | Healthy Steps and Pediatric Collaborative Care

Monday, April 19, 2027, 5:30pm–7:30pm | Pediatric Interventions

Monday, May 3, 2027, 5:30pm–6:30pm |  Pediatric Asthma & Obesity

Wednesday, May 5, 2027, 5:30pm–7:30pm | Ethics

Monday, May 10, 2027, 5:30pm–7:30pm | ACT and Mindfulness

Wednesday, May 12, 2027, 5:30pm–7:30pm | Business Models

Monday, May 17, 2027, 5:30pm–7:30pm | Implementation

Certificate Director

Michelle Duprey, LMSW

A list of contributing instructors can be found on the IBHPC program home page

CE Approval Statement

The University of Michigan School of Social Work, provider #1212, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 5/15/2026–5/15/2029. Social workers completing this course receive 36 continuing education credits.

Please see the CE Policies page for more information about continuing education.