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MD-BHIPP Resilience Break: Treatment of ADHD in Young Children
May 8, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Please join Maryland Behavioral Health Integration in Pediatric Primary Care (BHIPP) for a special BHIPP Resilience Break focused on Treatment of ADHD in Young Children. This session will feature a co-presentation by Dr. Mark Riddle, MD and Dr. Amie Bettencourt, PhD.
Free CME/CEU credit available for participation! *Certificates will only be awarded to participants that attend for 45 minutes or more of the session.*
Learning Objectives
By the end of the session, participants will be able to:
1. Describe the approach to the assessment of ADHD in young children.
2. Describe the rationale for using behavior management training to treat ADHD in young children.
3. Describe 5 common strategies taught in behavior management training programs.
4. Describe the approach to medication management to treat ADHD in young children.
CME/CEU Credit for Participation:
Application for CME credit has been filed with the American Academy of Family Physicians. Determination of credit is pending. Maryland Behavioral Health Integrated Pediatric Primary Care Program (BHIPP) of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry is authorized as a sponsor of Continuing Education Units. BHIPP maintains responsibility for this program.
About the Presenter(s):
Mark Riddle, MD is Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and former Director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. His current clinical work involves providing phone consultations to primary care clinicians. The focus of Dr. Riddle’s research, teaching and clinical practice is pediatric psychopharmacology, especially medication side effects. His publications include over 300 research articles, reviews, chapters and edited volumes, including Pediatric Psychopharmacology for Primary Care, published by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Dr. Amie Bettencourt received her PhD in clinical child psychology in 2010 from Virginia Commonwealth University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in prevention science in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Bettencourt is a clinical child psychologist and Assistant Professor in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences with joint faculty appointments in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. She is also the Director of Research and Evaluation for MD BHIPP.