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National expert and OPS member RJ Gillespie, MD, MHPE (Portland) will be leading a monthly Promoting Early Relational Health: A Trauma-Informed Learning Community this fall for child and adolescent medical and behavioral health providers. Presented by OPS and the Children's Health Foundation.

2025 Dates | First Thursdays August - November

7:30 am - 8:30 am OR 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

August 7 | September 4 | October 2 | November 6

This four-session webinar series will be solution-focused and practice-based with clinician actions for improving social-emotional health during patient visits, and ways to overcome barriers. Since each session builds upon the last, we encourage participants to attend the entire series.

Topics and interventions include:

• Reducing sources of stress in areas such as peripartum mood disorders, social drivers of health, and caregiver trauma.
• Promoting supportive relationships and positive childhood experiences.
• Building core life skills: an overview of positive parenting and changing anticipatory guidance.
• Responding to disclosures of trauma.

Suicide Prevention Skills Booster Trainings

OPS is offering 1.5-hour virtual CME* training sessions that focus on suicide assessment, intervention, and safety planning. The trainings include overviews of concepts, tools, and office workflows; large-group case-based learning; and peer sharing and questions.

ASSESSMENT:

Wednesday, October 22

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Featuring the asQ (Ask Suicide-Screening Questions) assessment tool.

INTERVENTION:

Tuesday, November 18

7:00 am - 8:30 am

Featuring collaborative patient safety planning and lethal means counseling.

*1.5 CME credits are available per session. See more details on registration site.

Interested in how to support youth and families with navigating digital media and youth mental health during patient visits? 

Bi-Weekly Wednesdays

Starting August 6 - October

11:00 am - 12:00 pm PT

This five-session learning collaborative will equip pediatricians, primary care providers, and youth-serving clinicians with the knowledge, resources, and strategies to address the impact of social media on youth mental health. Participants will explore key topics including recognizing the role of quality content, navigating family conversations, communicating effectively with youth and families, prevention and screening approaches, and resources. 

Anxiety and Depression ECHO

This 3-month AAP ECHO project aims to build the capacity of primary care providers to provide quality behavioral and mental health care within the medical home setting, with a focus on anxiety and depression.



Bi-Weekly Wednesdays

Starting July 16 - September

10:00 am - 11:00 am PT

Communicating About Vaccines ECHO

This is a special opportunity to engage directly with nationally recognized vaccine experts and receive real-time coaching using the most up-to-date vaccine communication strategies available.

July 16, August 13, and September 10

10:00 am - 11:30 am PT

Join the AAP Vaccine Communication ECHO and strengthen your vaccine communication skills! This no-cost, virtual learning collaborative is designed for pediatric providers and clinical teams. Through three 90-minute sessions, participants will:

• Learn how to respond to vaccine misinformation and hesitancy with empathy and accuracy.
• Practice communication strategies with direct feedback from expert faculty.
• Gain tools to address vaccine questions in the context of evolving public health guidance.
• Connect and problem-solve with pediatric colleagues across the country.

Gun Violence Prevention Advocacy

During this six-session bi-weekly course, participants will learn communication strategies, advocacy tools, and messaging skills to support federal funding for firearm injury prevention research.

Bi-Weekly Wednesdays

Starting July 17 - September

8:30 am - 9:30 am PT

This ECHO project from the AAP focuses on media and advocacy strategies related to gun violence prevention and comes on the heels of a new published report from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, which found that “about 27,300 gun-related deaths – 58% of all gun deaths – were suicides in 2023.” This means “gun-related suicides in the U.S. reached record highs for the third straight year.”

This learning collaborative is open to medical, public health, research, community partners, and others interested in this work.

Unintentional Injury Among Children

The Old Epidemics Never Go Away: Addressing the Epidemic of Unintentional Injury Among Children

Virtual presentation by Benjamin Hoffman, MD, FAAP, Oregon Health & Science University

August 21 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PT

Register Here - You will receive a confirmation email with Zoom link after registering. CME and CE available up to 30 days after session.

1. Learn about leading causes of child mortality.
2. Gain general knowledge about advocacy as it applies to injury prevention.
3. Discuss opportunities to engage in injury prevention at the community and policy change levels.

Child Maltreatment for Medical Providers

Tuesday, September 26 | 8:00 am - 5:30 pm

Oregon City, OR

During this one-day, in-person conference, medical providers, attendees will learn about identifying possible child abuse and neglect, how to appropriately assess children and youth, and what to look for when working with families. 

Hosted by the Children's Center Child Advocacy Center.

7.0 AMA PRA Category 1 credits (see registration site for more details).

www.oraap.org