Committee Chair: Andrew Garner, MD, PhD
Description of committee:
MISSION STATEMENT: To identity, develop, and disseminate ways to engage, educate and support primary care pediatric providers to better address the social, emotional and behavioral needs of their patients and families.
VISION STATEMENT: All of Ohio’s children, regardless of insurance type, are screened routinely for social, emotional, and behavioral concerns in a developmentally appropriate and standardized way, and their pediatric primary care providers are given the skills, referral resources, and reimbursement needed both to administer the screen and to address any identified concerns in an expedient, family-centered, culturally sensitive, and evidence-based manner.
CURRENT ACTIVITIES:
Meeting dates: The committee meets twice a year either in person or by teleconfernce
Committee members: Andrew Garner, Kelly Kelleher, Melissa Wervey Arnold, Rick Whatley, Marla Himmeger, Dan Jones, Janet Shaw, Ron Levin, Harvey Doremus, Amy Swanson, Tracy Intihar, Donna Bush.
Web sites of interest:
http://www.mentalhealthcommission.gov
http://www.hhs.gov/surgeongeneral/topics/cmh/cmhreport.pdf
http://www/cdc/gov/ncbddd/child/screen_provider.htm
http://www.first5caspecialneeds.org/documents/IPFMHI_CompendiumofScreeningTools.pdf
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/ace/
http://www.illinoisaap.org/socialemotional.htm
Forms to facilitate referrals between pediatricians and mental health providers. Quick-Link Form. Follow-Up Form.