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ECHO-Chicago: Child & Adolescent Behavioral Health
October 1, 2025 to December 17, 2025
Empower Your Practice to Better Support Youth Mental Health!
Join our interactive ECHO series designed to equip primary care and behavioral health clinicians with the tools to recognize, assess, and respond to suicide risk in children and adolescents. This program goes beyond traditional training, bringing together experts and peers to strengthen collaboration across disciplines and reduce missed opportunities for early intervention.
Through this highly engaging format, you’ll gain:
- Evidence-based, patient-centered strategies to address depression, anxiety, and suicide prevention in school-age and adolescent populations.
- Hands-on practice with 20–25 minute didactic sessions and role-play simulations that build confidence in real-world application.
- Peer-to-peer learning with 35–40 minute case-based discussions that translate knowledge into action.
Don’t miss this opportunity to expand your skills, connect with colleagues, and make a meaningful impact on youth mental health outcomes.
Register today to be part of this vital conversation.
Target Audience
This activity is designed for community-based primary care and behavioral health clinicians providing care to patients who are at risk for suicide.
Learning Objectives
After this activity, participants will be able to:
- Define the epidemiology and risk factors for depression, anxiety, substance use, and suicidality in children and adolescents.
- Describe the principles and application of the Zero Suicide model within primary care and community settings.
- Apply evidence-based approaches to screening and assessment of youth presenting with behavioral health concerns.
- Implement collaborative safety planning with youth and families, including strategies to reduce access to items that could be used for self-harm, such as firearms or medications.
- Demonstrate communication and collaboration strategies to support families experiencing aggression, trauma, or oppositional behaviors.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of psychoeducation and feedback-informed treatment strategies for supporting youth and families.
- Develop referral and follow-up plans that address challenges in post-acute care and transitions between pediatric and adult services.
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| Date | Topic | Faculty |
|---|---|---|
| 10/1/25 | Depression & Mood Disorders | Claudio Riviera, MD & Nabil Abou Baker, MD |
| 10/8/25 | Aggression, Anger, and Out-of-Control Kids | Claudio Riviera, MD & Nabil Abou Baker, MD |
| 10/15/25 | Anxiety | Nabil Abou Baker, MD |
| 10/22/25 | Substance Use | Nabil Abou Baker, MD |
| 10/29/25 | Neurodiversity | Claudio Riviera, MD |
| 11/5/25 | Suicide Epidemiology & Zero Suicide Model | Claudio Riviera, MD |
| 11/12/25 | Secondary Trauma – Providers & Family | Claudio Riviera, MD & Nabil Abou Baker, MD |
| 11/19/25 | Screening & Assessment | Nabil Abou Baker, MD |
| 12/3/25 | Medication management & non-medical interventions in the medical home | Nabil Abou Baker, MD |
| 12/10/25 | Safety Planning, Firearms, & Referrals | Claudio Riviera, MD |
| 12/17/25 | Post Acute Care & Transitions in Care | Claudio Riviera, MD |
The agenda is subject to change.
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ACCESSIBILITY The University of Chicago is committed to providing equal access appropriate to need and circumstances and complies fully with legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you are in need of special accommodation, please contact ECHO-Chicago via email.
The University of Chicago reserves the right to cancel or postpone this conference due to unforeseen circumstances. In the unlikely event this activity must be cancelled or postponed, the registration fee will be refunded; however, the University of Chicago is not responsible for any related costs, charges, or expenses to participants, including fees assessed by airline/travel/lodging agencies.
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Disclosure Declarations
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires everyone who is in a position to control the content of an educational activity to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. This includes any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by or used on patients. The ACCME defines “relevant financial relationships” as financial relationships in any amount occurring within the past 12 months, including financial relationships of a spouse or life partner that could create a conflict of interest. Mechanisms are in place to identify and resolve any potential conflict of interest before the start of the activity.
Additionally, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration at first mention and where appropriate in the content.
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires everyone who is in a position to control the content of an educational activity to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. This includes any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by or used on patients. The ACCME defines “relevant financial relationships” as financial relationships in any amount occurring within the past 12 months, including financial relationships of a spouse or life partner that could create a conflict of interest. Mechanisms are in place to identify and resolve any potential conflict of interest before the start of the activity.
Additionally, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration at first mention and where appropriate in the content.
Physician Credit
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 11 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Social Worker Credit
University of Chicago Medicine is a Registered Social Work Continuing Education Sponsor through the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and will offer continuing education units for ECHO-Chicago: Child & Adolescent Behavioral Health for LSW and LCSW social workers in the state of Illinois.
University of Chicago Medicine is a Registered Social Work Continuing Education Sponsor through the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and will offer continuing education units for ECHO-Chicago: Child & Adolescent Behavioral Health for LSW and LCSW social workers in the state of Illinois.
11 social work continuing education units are provided for this live activity.
Other Healthcare Professional Credit
Other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of Certificates of Participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.
Other Healthcare Professional Credit
Other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of Certificates of Participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.
Please note: The credit claiming process will close three months after the conference end date. Requests to claim credit after three months may incur additional fees.
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