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
We are excited to announce that we will be expanding our training this year to offer REACH Mental Health Training for Pediatric Primary Care Providers from The REACH Institute
WHEN: Sept 19th – 21st 2025
WHERE: Bradley Hospital (in-person)
Description
Patient-Centered Mental Health in Pediatric Primary Care (PPP) trains clinicians to diagnose and treat mental health conditions they see every day in practice. This program will teach you to manage the most common issues yourself, saving referrals to mental health specialists for complex cases.
Participants learn not only to diagnose and treat patients but also to refer families to appropriate supports such as cognitive behavioral therapy. You’ll leave the training with tools you can use immediately:
- Validated assessments to get data from patients and families
- Clinical guidelines for differential diagnosis
- Quick-reference medication guides
- Sample forms for referring patients to psychotherapy
After the training, you’ll be more confident in your diagnosis and treatment of mental health issues.
Our world-class faculty of pediatricians, developmental-behavioral pediatricians, clinical nurse specialists, and child and adolescent psychiatrists will help you transform your practice, increase your productivity, and improve your work satisfaction.
Patient-Centered Mental Health in Pediatric Primary Care has two components:
- A dynamic three-day, 16.25-hour interactive course focused on building skills and confidence in diagnosing and treating pediatric behavioral health problems.
- A four-month case-based follow-up program. Participants join eight bimonthly, one-hour group conference calls with primary care and child/adolescent psychiatry experts to solidify their learning.
Participants can earn AMA Category 1 and ANCC credits for both components.
Course Goals
In this course, you’ll learn to:
- Correctly identify and differentiate among pediatric behavioral health problems such as depression, ADHD, bipolar disorder, anxiety states (including PTSD), oppositional and conduct disorders, and psychosis.
- Effectively manage psychopharmacology: select medications, initiate and taper dosages, monitor improvements, and identify and minimize medication side effects.
- Create and implement a treatment plan by mobilizing existing resources like family members, school personnel, and other professional caregivers.
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.