Child
and
Adolescent
Psychiatry
in
Primary
Care
AAP
District
II is
currently
engaged
in
working
with
the
State
Office
of
Mental
Health
and
its
contractor,
the
University
at
Buffalo,
to
train,
provide
consultation
and
support,
and
offer
community
based
referral/case
management
services
to
approximately
100
pediatricians
and
family
practitioners
across
the
state
who
agree
to
offer
children's
mental
health
services
in
their
primary
care
offices.
The
project,
CAP
PC,
which
loosely
stands
for
Children
and
Adolescent
Psychiatry
in
Primary
Care,
will
offer
REACH
Institute
training
to
pediatricians
at
five
sites
across
the
state.
The
training,
which
will
be
delivered
by a
team
of a
child
psychiatrist
and a
pediatrician,
will
cover
assessment,
treatment
and
medication
management
for
children
with
mild
to
moderate
mental
health
needs.
Trainees
will
also
have
access
to
ongoing
consultation
with a
child
psychiatrist
and
case
management
services
for
referral
and
access
to
community
based
support
and
ancillary
services.
The
project
goal
is to
afford
pediatricians
information
and
support
to
provide
high
quality
assessment,
diagnosis,
treatment,
medication
management,
and
social
and
community
supports
to the
children
in
their
practices
with
mild
to
moderate
mental
health
needs.
The
support
structure
chosen
for
the
project
includes
the
REACH
Institute
training
and
support
modules,
delivered
at
five
sites
across
the
state;
University
at
Buffalo,
University
of
Rochester,
SUNY
Upstate,
Syracuse,
Columbia
University
and
LIJ/North
Shore.
Psychiatric
consultation
and
case
support
will
also
be
housed
in the
five
sites.
Case
management
and
referral
services
will
be
regionally
based.
Each
site
will
be
looking
to
work
with
the
AAP
local
Chapter
to
identify
key
pediatric
leaders
with
an
interest
in
committing
to
taking
the
course,
providing
the
services,
accessing
the
child
psychiatrist/pediatric
support
systems,
participating
in
monthly
case
conference
calls
for 6
months,
and
becoming
a
champion
of the
children's
mental
health
services
in the
primary
care
setting.
Each
training
site
will
accommodate
between
10 and
15
pediatricians
from
the
local
geographic
area.
The
schedule
is as
follows:
- Syracuse:
7/16-18 (Fri-Sun)
- Buffalo:
8/6-8
(Fri-Sun)
- Rochester:
8/12-14 (Thurs-Sat)
- Columbia:
8/19-21
(Thurs-Sat)
- LIJ/NS:
9/11-13
(Sat-Mon)
In
addition
to the
CAP PC
project,
the
Office
of
Mental
Health
is
also
contracting
with
Four
Winds
in
Saratoga,
NY to
offer
training
and
consultation
services
to
pediatricians
in the
Capital
Region
through
its
CAPES
(Child
and
Adolescent
Psychiatry
Education
and
Support)
program.
The
CAP
PC/Four
Winds
programs
will
provide
coverage
for
pediatricians
statewide.
District
II and
its
partners
in CAP
PC and
Four
Winds
see
this
initiative
as an
important
step
in
building
children's
mental health
services
in
primary
care
pediatric
practices
in New
York.
Our
goal
is to
find
ways
to
support
and
sustain
this
effort
going
forward.
Part
of our
approach
includes
not
only
finding
ways
to
finance
additional
training
and
support
for
pediatricians,
but
also
identifying
ongoing
payment
from
all
payers
for
the
new
children's
mental
health
services
offered
in
pediatric
primary
care.
As
the
CAP
PC/
Four
Winds
project
gets
underway,
the
District
will
be
meeting
with
all
insurers
and
with
the
State
Insurance
Department
and
the
State
Department
of
Health
to
design
a
structurally
sound
payment
platform
for
pediatricians
who
take
the
training,
and
commit
to
offer
the
children's
mental
health
services
to
their
patients.
We
look
forward
to
working
with
all of
you,
and
with
our
external
partners
in
academia
and
state
government,
to
create
a
structure
that
will
give
children
and
families
in New
York
access
to
high
quality
children's
mental
health
services
in
pediatric
offices
across
the
state.
For
additional
information
about
the
REACH
Institute
training
in
your
area
please
feel
free
to
contact
your
Chapter
President.
For
additional
information
about
the
CAP
PC/Four
Winds
project
and
its
goals
and
objectives
please
feel
free
to
contact
either
Danielle
Laraque,
MD,
FAAP
at danielle.laraque@mssm.edu
or
Elie
Ward
at eward@aap.net.
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