Pediatric Mental
Health Training
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Resident Education in Anxiety, Depression and Suicidality (READS) gives residency faculty the skills, confidence, and turnkey tools to teach evidence-based assessment and treatment of anxiety, depression, and suicidality to their residents.
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Designed for the Faculty Shaping Residency Mental Health Training
READS is built for pediatric residency core faculty, child and adolescent psychiatrists, psychologists, and any clinician responsible for resident mental health education. If you shape how the next generation of clinicians learns to care for children’s mental health, READS is for you.
Most pediatric residents graduate without adequate training in mental health. READS changes that by equipping residency faculty with the skills, confidence, and ready-to-use teaching materials to deliver high-quality mental health education to their residents.
This faculty development program focuses on evidence-based assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of anxiety, depression, and suicidality in children and adolescents. Faculty leave not just better trained themselves, but prepared to teach.
The program includes three components:
10 hours of live, expert-led training
delivered virtually across two focused half-day sessions.
A complete, turnkey teaching toolkit
everything faculty need to begin teaching immediately, including:
- PowerPoint slides for use with residents
- Video recordings of READS training sessions
- Public domain rating scales for anxiety, depression, and suicide risk
- Handouts for residents — diagnosis, treatment, and clinical algorithms
- Dosing guides and medication cards
- Handouts for families and caregivers
Four follow-up implementation sessions
live group calls after the training to help faculty:
- Support implementation with their residents
- Troubleshoot teaching challenges
- Deepen clinical knowledge
- Prepare to confidently answer resident questions
Please Note: The October course is designed for residency educators who have not yet completed REACH’s Patient-Centered Mental Health in Pediatric Primary Care (PPP) program. PPP alumni are welcome to participate; however, READS includes a review of some of the knowledge and skills covered in the PPP program. We are planning an Advanced READS program for PPP alumni. If that is a better fit for you, please join the notification list below.
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Hear from participants
“Bringing together a group of motivated academic pediatricians to discuss the importance of teaching behavioral health to residents is such a gift from REACH. We need to tackle this issue as a team and share resources and strategies.”
— Catherine Kent, MD
Pediatrician, Portland, OR
“Having experts to ask questions to and hear suggestions from was so valuable. [It was also] very evidence based, which is so essential for resident training.”
– Pediatrician, Flint, MI
Participants earn up to 13.75 CME credits
CME Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and The REACH Institute are jointly accredited by the ACCME, ACPE, and ANCC to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
AMA Credit Designation
This live activity is designated for a maximum of 13.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim credit commensurate with their participation.
READS Questions Answered
Everything residency faculty and program directors need to know
about READS — how it works, who it’s for, and how to get started.
READS — Resident Education in Anxiety, Depression, and Suicidality — is a faculty development program from The REACH Institute. It equips residency educators with the skills, knowledge, and turnkey teaching tools to deliver high-quality, evidence-based mental health training to their residents. It includes 10 hours of live expert-led training plus four follow-up implementation support sessions.
READS is designed for any clinician responsible for resident mental health education — including pediatric residency core faculty, child and adolescent psychiatrists, psychologists, and other clinical educators. If you shape how residents learn to identify and treat pediatric anxiety, depression, or suicidality, READS is built for you.
READS covers evidence-based assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of the three most critical areas in pediatric mental health: anxiety, depression, and suicidality. Content is grounded in the latest clinical science and calibrated for teaching — so faculty can translate what they learn directly into their residency curriculum.
READS is delivered virtually across two half-day live training sessions, totaling 10 hours of expert-led instruction. After the core training, participants join four follow-up sessions focused on implementation support, teaching troubleshooting, and deepening clinical knowledge.
Every READS participant receives a complete, ready-to-use teaching toolkit — including PowerPoint slides, video recordings of training sessions, public-domain rating scales, resident handouts, clinical algorithms, dosing guides, medication cards, and family and caregiver handouts. Everything you need to start teaching on day one.
READS is accredited for a maximum of 13.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, designated by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. REACH and UAMS are jointly accredited by the ACCME, ACPE, and ANCC to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. While other clinicians can take READS (e.g., psychologists and social workers), we are not able to provide continuing education credits for these licenses.
READS course dates are released on a rolling basis. Join our notification list to be alerted as soon as new dates are available and registration opens.
Cancellations made 20+ days before the course receive a 90% refund (minus processing fees). Cancellations made 10–19 days prior receive 70%; 3–9 days, 60%; and 0–2 days receive no refund. As an alternative to canceling, you may transfer your registration to a future session within 12 months of your original registration date.
Join the READS notification list to receive an alert as soon as new course dates are available. When registration opens, you’ll be among the first to secure your spot.
The PPP is not required to take READS. However, completing the PPP would augment the READS learning experience for pediatric faculty and clinicians with limited experience and comfort with mental health care.
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