Professional Development and Practice Toolkits
Online collections of mental health resources for mental health providers.
Comprehensive Child Mental Health Toolkits for Pediatricians
Addressing Mental Health Concerns in Pediatrics: A Practical Resource Toolkit for Clinicians, 2nd edition: These tools align with the current AAP Mental Health Competencies for Pediatric Practice, giving providers access to core content, forms, screening and assessment resources, plus videos demonstrating conversation techniques firsthand.
Virginia Mental Health Access Program Guide for Promoting Child and Adolescent Behavioral and Mental Health in Primary Care: A compilation of evidence-based practices, up-to-date resources, and practical knowledge specifically geared towards pediatric and adolescent health care providers. Patient handouts available in Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, and Vietnamese.
The Roadmap Project: Project from the American Board of Pediatrics to improve emotional health among pediatric patients with chronic conditions and their families.
Maryland Behavioral Health Integration in Pediatric Primary Care (BHIPP): Website includes “Quick Tips for Providers,” screening instruments, anti-racism resources, and more.
DCMAP: A district-wide initiative that helps health care providers support children and adolescents with behavioral health needs.
Resources for Advancing Mental Health in Pediatrics from Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago: Free online curriculum created to support pediatric clinicians in supporting their patients’ mental health needs.
Massachusetts CPAC Diagnostic Resources: Guidelines and clinical pearls from the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program.
The REACH Institute: REACH provides thousands of primary care providers, therapists, and health care institutions with training in the best evidence-based therapies in order to better diagnose, treat and manage child and adult mental health issues.
Screening & Assessment
Domain-Specific Screening Tools: List from DC Healthcheck of screening tools that can be used to gather further information after a borderline or positive score on a first-line screening tool.
Helping Give Away Psychological Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Patient-facing, interactive, and self-scoring versions of the SCARED, GAD-7, PHQ-9, and many other instruments. Available in English.
Therapy Worksheets & Handouts
Washington State CBT+ Initiative: Extensive online resource of 4 evidence-based pediatric CBT interventions (CBT for depression, CBT for anxiety, trauma-focused CBT, and Parent Management Training). For patients with anxiety, see sections on “Coping Skills” and “CBT for Anxiety.” For patients with trauma disorders, see also “CBT for Trauma” section.
TherapistAid Free Worksheets: Free printable worksheets for kids and teens on basic CBT concepts including the Cognitive Triangle, Core Beliefs, and Thinking Traps.
Effective Child Therapy: Family-facing website explaining evidence-based therapy treatments for specific child emotional and behavioral problems. From the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.
Psychopharmacology Resources
Michigan Pediatric and Perinatal Psychopharmacology Cards: Reference cards from the MC3 mental health access program at the University of Michigan.
ADHD Medication Guide from Cohen Children’s Medical Center and Northwell Health: The ADHD Medication Guide© is a visual aid for professionals caring for individuals with ADHD. The guide includes only medications indicated for the treatment of ADHD by the FDA. In clinical practice, this guide may be used to assist patients in identifying medications previously tried, and may allow clinicians to identify ADHD medication options for the future.
Billing & Coding Resources
AAP Billing and Coding Fact Sheets: The AAP provides coding fact sheets that outline the various codes for patient visits.
National Council for Mental Wellbeing Resources for Financing the Future of Integrated Care: Designed to help provider organizations sustainably finance integrated care. The Decision Support Tool empowers providers to estimate Medicare and Medicaid revenue across prominent integrated care services to finance these services more effectively in community mental health care, substance use treatment and primary care provider organizations.
