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Sarah Rafton, MSW Executive Director, WCAAP In my five years at WCAAP, I have heard from members in every corner of the state that kids’ access to timely behavioral health care is one of the most ... Read More
Second Rapid Behavioral Health Education Series
Due to the overwhelming success of the first rapid BH education series, we are excited to announce we are hosting a second series this fall with an updated format. The series will be capped at 30 ... Read More
Practices Needed to Inform Behavioral Health Advocacy
WCAAP is working with University of Washington’s Masters in Health Administration students to profile behavioral health care provided in primary care for children in Washington. The report will help ... Read More
Promoting Healthy Discussions about Race and Social Justice with Children
Chris Ladish, PhD Chief Clinical Officer, Pediatric Behavioral Health Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital and Health Network The pandemic of COVID-19 has exposed an equally threatening, longstanding ... Read More
Rapid Behavioral Health Learning Series for PCPs
Frances Chalmers, MD, FAAP Co-chair, WCAAP Health Care Transformation Committee In early April, while clinicians were deep in the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, the WCAAP responded to ... Read More
Inner-Heroes Wanted: Parenting in the Age of COVID-19
Chris Ladish, MD Chief Clinical Officer of Pediatric Behavioral Health Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital & Health Network The COVID-19 pandemic has left our families’ and children’s lives ... Read More
Behavioral Health Integration Networking & Collaboration Group
Tatiana Sarkhosh, MPH Program Manager, WCAAP Our Amerigroup-sponsored Behavioral Health Integration (BHI) Networking and Collaboration group is continuing to meet monthly to discuss how to ... Read More
REACH Project: Behavioral Health in Washington
Emily Kemper, MD Pediatric Resident Seattle Children’s Hospital As part of Seattle Children’s Pediatric Residency Program’s track focusing on community health and advocacy, I recently had the ... Read More
Living into the Tensions of “Primary Care Behavioral Health”
Blake Edwards, MSMFT, LMFT Editor’s note: In October, executives from migrant health centers across the U.S. joined in Asheville, North Carolina, for the annual Migrant Health Best Practices Forum. ... Read More
Helping Kids Who Want to Avoid School
Ruth McDonald, MD Vice President, Associate Chief Medical Officer Seattle Children's Hospital More than 25% of all youth will engage in some degree of school avoidance during their school ... Read More