PediPRN Intensive Program
The 2019 PediPRN Intensive Program cohort
The PediPRN Intensive Program (PIP) was developed to meet a need identified by the enrolled pediatric primary care providers to provide an in-depth training in child mental health topics. The goal is to create a group of practitioners embedded in each of their home practices who will serve as local experts. This will not replace the availability of PediPRN for all enrolled participants, but instead will enhance the local expertise and competence with more challenging mental health problems that this subset is motivated to treat.
About the Course
The start date for next PediPRN Intensive Program is March 7th 2025 from 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm. This half day seminar will be in-person at Bradley Hospital. Six subsequent ECHO-like VIRTUAL sessions are planned for Fridays from 12:00 -1:00pm over the Spring (see dates below). We ask that those enrolled do their best to attend all sessions.
Agenda details will be released in January. The half-day seminar will cover advanced assessment and treatment of youth ADHD, anxiety and depression. Additional topics we are planning to include: ASD, sleep, somatization, managing difficult conversations, and DEI.
The sessions for 2025 schedule:
| Dates |
| March 7th — 12:00-5:00pm at Bradley Hospital |
| March 21st — 12:00-1:00pm (virtual) |
| April 4th — 12:00-1:00pm (virtual) |
| April 11th — 12:00-1:00pm (virtual) |
| April 25th — 12:00-1:00pm (virtual) |
| May 1st — 12:00-1:00pm (virtual) |
| May 15th — 12:00-1:00pm (virtual) |
2025 Enrollment is OPEN
Course Topics
The course will cover topics that the pediatric primary care providers have identified as areas of interest for more in-depth training.
These may include but not be limited to such topics as:
- How to conceptualize a behavioral health case
- Crisis management
- Psychiatric levels of care and systems of care
- Anxiety
- Depression
- ADHD
- Developmental disorders
- Trauma/PTSD
- Substance use
- Gender Identity
Based on the applications of the enrolled participants, we will work to tailor the curriculum to the needs and interests of those providers.
Facilitator
The sessions will be facilitated by Alison Manning, MD. Dr. Manning obtained her medical degree from Drexel University College of Medicine. She completed Triple Board combined residency and fellowship training in pediatrics, adult psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry at Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital. Her teaching roles include serving as the course director for the Triple Board elective rotation as well as clinical supervision of trainees.
As well as the Clinical Director for PediPRN, Dr. Manning is an assistant professor, clinician educator in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and an attending child psychiatrist on the pediatric psychiatry consultation-liaison service at Hasbro Children’s Hospital.
In addition to Dr. Manning, there will be additional presenters/discussants for each session with expertise in the monthly topic.