Name
E07 - Bringing Context to Pediatric Care: Interactive Training on the Contextual Interview in Pediatric Integrated Care
Date & Time
Thursday, October 16, 2025, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Location Name
303
Description

Are you ready to implement the contextual interview (CI) with pediatric patients and their families? If so, this is the presentation for you! This will be an interactive hour filled with practicing the CI, using the CI to develop contextually congruent interventions, and real-time feedback.

Speakers
Allison Allmon Dixson PhD, Integrated Care Section Chair, Pediatric Psychologist and Behavioral Health Consultant, Behavioral Medicine Faculty FMRC, Gundersen Health System, La Crosse, WI
Amelia McClelland PhD, Behavioral Health Consultant, Community Health of Central Washington (CHCW), Yakima, WA
Bridget Beachy PsyD, Director of PCBH, Community Health of Central Washington, Yakima, WA
Allison Allmon Dixson Amelia McClelland
Content Level
All Audience
Tags
Patient-centered care or Patient perspectives, Pediatrics, Primary Care Behavioral Health Model
Session Type
Concurrent
Objective 1
• Engage in interactive role-play exercises to apply the Contextual interview with pediatric patients and their families
Objective 2
• Practice developing contextually congruent interventions using information gathered from the CI
Objective 3
• Gain immediate, constructive feedback on interview techniques and intervention strategies to enhance clinical effectiveness in integrated care settings.
Content Reference 1

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2021). Protecting youth mental health: The U.S. Surgeon General’s advisory on the youth mental health crisis in America. Office of the Surgeon General. https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/surgeon-general-youth-mental-health-advisory.pdf

Content Reference 2

• Hayes, S. C., Barnes-Holmes, D., & Wilson, K. G. (2012). Contextual Behavioral Science: Creating a science more adequate to the challenge of the human condition. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 1, 1-16.

Content Reference 3

• Garner, A. S. (2016). Thinking developmentally: The next evolution in models of health. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 37(7), 579–584.

Content Reference 4

Njoroge, W. F. M., Williamson, A. A., Mautone, J. A., Robins, P. M., & Benton, T. D. (2017). Competencies and training guidelines for behavioral health providers in pediatric primary care. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 26(4), 717-731. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chc.2017.06.002