Advocating for children, adolescents, families, and all who care for kids
Sarah Rafton In 2021, two groups that WCAAP helps lead, the First Year Families Steering Committee and the State’s Behavioral Health Integration Subgroup both proposed a new workforce be put […]
WCAAP hosted a 3-day training for Pediatric Community Health Workers Feb 18-March 2. The curriculum addressed foundational skills, like job functions, boundaries, self-care, social determinants of health, organization skills, cultural […]
WCAAP has learned from pediatric health care providers across the state that there are ongoing challenges to accessing medications for ADHD. There is a national shortage, which appears to be […]
Lelach Rave, MD, FAAP The AAP and the AFSP (American Foundation for Suicide Prevention) have embarked on a new collaborative venture, the Suicide Prevention Ambassador Program. The program will be […]
In the 2022 legislative session, WCAAP members advocated for – and secured – $2 million in funding from the state for 10 pediatric primary care clinics to build behavioral health […]
The 2023 Legislative Session kicked off on Monday, January 9th, and WCAAP’s Legislative Committee is ready to get to work. Our 2023 Legislative Agenda is ambitious, but we are confident […]
Erik Loraas, MDProgram Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship SpokaneAssociate Program Director, Psychiatry Residency SpokaneMedical Director, Providence RISE Program Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) involves intentional injury that occurs in the absence […]
Chris Ladish, PhD | Chief Clinical Officer, Pediatric Behavioral Health Mary Bridge Children’s | MultiCare Behavioral Health The continuation of a global pandemic, effect of prolonged virtual learning, and the […]
WCAAP’s executive director, Sarah Rafton, president, Dr. Michael Barsotti, and members Dr. Breanna Barger-Kamate and Dr. Tony Woodward all spoke with Hannah Furfaro at the Seattle Times about our state’s […]
Along with COVID-19, we are concurrently experiencing a behavioral health epidemic with the capacity to devastate a generation. Behavioral health, often used interchangeably with mental health, encompasses a broad range […]
