Name
Pediatric Integrated Care Across the Age Spectrum: Expanding Family-Centered Care Models
Description

Pediatric practices are broadening their Collaborative Care programs to embrace the whole family across the age spectrum in pediatrics. Hear from two practices that have focused on innovative approaches and evidence-based clinical strategies to meet the needs of their families from young childhood to adulthood. One practice will highlight the role of the community health worker and the other will highlight Healthy Steps in pediatric primary care and how they have combined these approaches to complement their Collaborative Care programs. They will share implementation tips for doing effective integrated care in pediatrics, redefining what whole family care can look like.

Speakers
Mary Beth Callie, PhD
Rachel Lettieri
Mary Ann Woodruff
Content Level
Intermediate
Tags
Collaborative Care Model of Integrated Care, Pediatrics, Team-based care
Session Type
Concurrent
Objective 1
Identify clinical strategies for expanding Collaborative Care to effectively serve the full pediatric age range, from early childhood through young adulthood.
Objective 2
Describe key operational and financial considerations involved in scaling Collaborative Care within pediatric settings.
Objective 3
Discuss ways Community Health Workers and Healthy Steps can complement existing Collaborative Care programs by improving access to whole family care.
Content Reference 1

Damian, A. J., C. Bruner, M. Samudio, M. Schweer- Collins, J. McCrae, K. A. Hails, L. S. Wissow, M. F. Earls, J. D. Smith, C. Berkel, N. Shearman, J. Javier, T. Hemady, D. Dumitriu, T. Barker, C. Bethell, and M. Polfuss. 2025. The state of healthy parenting in primary care interventions in advancing health equity. NAM Perspectives. Discussion Paper, National Academy of Medicine, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.31478/202503a

Content Reference 2

Blossom, J. B., Jungbluth, N., Bolden, C., Woodruff, M. A., Pringle, W., Read, K. L., … Schoenfelder Gonzalez, E. 2025. Evaluation of the First Approach Skills Training (FAST) Integrated Pediatric Primary Care Program: Implementation and Clinical Effectiveness. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 10(4), 768–777. https://doi.org/10.1080/23794925.2024.2330397

Content Reference 3

Schlesinger, Abigail, et al. “Clinical Update: Collaborative Mental Health Care for Children and Adolescents in Pediatric Primary Care.” Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, vol. 62, no. 2, Feb. 2023, pp. 91–119. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2022.06.007

Content Reference 4

Parkhurst JT, Garcia-Goetting C, Peist E, Ballard R, Romba C and Lavigne JV. 2023. Pediatric collaborative care outcomes in a regional model. Front. Psychiatry 14:1252505. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1252505

Content Reference 5

Piwnica-Worms K, Howland RE, McCord M, Fierman AH, Charney A, Billings J. Short-Term Medicaid Utilization Associated With an Advanced Primary Care Model. Pediatrics. 2025 Dec 1;156(6):e2025071051. doi: 10.1542/peds.2025-071051. PMID: 41260385