Common to Complex: Trauma in the Tender Years: Building Emotional Resilience, It Takes a Village (Pediatric ECHO Series) Fall 2025

Thursday, October 23, 2025, 6:30 PM - Thursday, December 18, 2025, 7:45 PM, Online

Everyone has experienced traumatic events – what happened to you shapes your view of the world and how you respond to it. The impact of trauma on pediatric mental, behavioral and physical health is alarming. Recognizing reactions that are rooted in traumatic experiences is the first step toward growth and recovery. In response to this concerning trend, the trauma cohort will address the importance of effectively identifying and mitigating traumatic stress, as well as connecting patients to evidence-based treatment.

Are you seeing the impact of trauma on the children you work with? Do you struggle to find the best ways to support them?

This comprehensive series will help you:

• Understand trauma and its impact on development

• Learn effective communication strategies for working with trauma-impacted youth

• Gain practical interventions to support children and families in real-world settings

• Collaborate with professionals across disciplines to enhance your approach

Whether you work in education, healthcare, social services, or mental health, this course will provide you with actionable strategies to create a safe, supportive, and healing environment for the youth you serve.

Intended Audience
The Trauma ECHO target audience includes many professional groups including, but not limited to, primary care providers (physicians, advanced practice nurses), clinical counselors, social workers, school-based counselors, school teachers and educators.

Session Dates and Topics:

This Trauma ECHO series has 8 virtual sessions held weekly on Thursdays from 6:30-7:45 PM (ET) from October 23 – December 18 2025.

• What is Trauma?

• Neuroscience of Trauma

• Screening – Different Ways to Understand a Traumatic Event

• Normalizing Language about Trauma

• Learning From Each Other – What Can We Do to Help Other Professions

• General Relaxing Strategies by Age

• Burnout and Secondary Trauma, For Staff and Parents

• Case-Based Active Learning

Featured Faculty
Alex Nyquist, PhD
Dr. Nyquist is a licensed psychologist within the Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology (BMCP) at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Dr. Nyquist provides direct clinical care as part of the Integrated Behavioral Health service line in the Adolescent Medicine Teen Health Center. Dr. Nyquist has published in peer-reviewed journals on adolescent emotion development, depression, and anxiety.

Eunice Blackmon, MD
I am a pediatrician at the CHECK Foster Care Complex Care Center, dedicated to caring for children in the foster care system with complex medical conditions. After a decade in pediatric emergency medicine, I shifted my focus to meeting the unique needs of this vulnerable population. Inspired by my mentor, Dr. Jocelyn Elders, I am committed to addressing health disparities, promoting preventive care, and advocating for underserved children. I prioritize open communication and collaboration with families to build trust and empower them in their healthcare journey. Outside of work, I enjoy traveling, dancing, and spending time with my family.

Patty Hadden, MEd
Patty Hadden is the Director of Student Services for Deer Park Community City Schools.  Mrs. Hadden's duties include supervision of special education programming, federal funding programs, homeless needs, foster care cases, mental health services, along with numerous other programs within the district.  Patty has 29 years of classroom teaching experience in both general education and special education.  She has experience as an adjunct professor in Early Childhood Special Education and Learning Specialist for athletics at Xavier University.

Why Join?
This free, interactive ECHO series provides an “all teach, all learn” environment, connecting you with experts and peers to foster collaborative growth. Participants will leave equipped with actionable strategies to improve the care and support of children and families navigating trauma.

What is Project ECHO?
Cincinnati Children’s Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is a virtual, telehealth program for community providers to learn more about managing common pediatric diseases that can be complex to treat. The goal is to provide a network of resources, access to experts, and to increase comfort level in caring for children and adolescents with common yet complex conditions.

How Project ECHO Works
Project ECHO – Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes – uses technology, Project ECHO bridges the gap between healthcare specialists and community-based clinicians. The Project ECHO model is based on four principles:
     • Use technology to leverage scarce resources
     • Share “best practices” to reduce disparities
     • Apply case-based learning to master complexity
     • Evaluate and monitor outcomes

During Project ECHO sessions, healthcare clinicians present cases using a case-based format using video conferencing equipment. Project ECHO specialist and other participants discuss patient cases and recommendations are made regarding a treatment plan.  Specialists and community clinicians hear various case presentations, as well as follow-up and outcomes, and over time greatly increase their knowledge and experience in the evaluation and treatment of depression.  

What Clinicians and Partners say about Project ECHO:
     • “I feel more confident and it makes providing care easier. This project allows for increased opportunities to learn, and patients to get better care.”

     • “Project Echo has been a valuable learning experience for me, and I have learned and incorporated new ideas into my practice as a direct result of my participation. I find that sharing in a group setting and seeing how others approach problems to be a good way of synthesizing how I would or might approach things in my daily practice.  I highly recommend participation in Project Echo learning opportunities as they come available."

 

 

 

 

1. Screen for pediatric health concerns
2. Utilize best evidence/treatment algorithms to identify treatment options
3. Describe the referral pathway of pediatric diagnoses if not treatable in the community setting
4. Discuss roles/responsibilities for the healthcare team when treating and referring
5. Communicate with the healthcare team

In support of improving patient care, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physician:  Cincinnati Children’s designates this Activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing:   This activity is approved for a maximum 1.25 continuing nursing education (CNE) contact hours (per session). This activity is designed for the additional hours required for APRNs with prescriptive authority in Ohio.

Psychology: Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological  Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs. This activity is pre-approved for 1.25 Regular Psychology credits (per session).

Social Work: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center is an approved provider of Social Worker, Counselor and Marriage and Family Therapist continuing education by the State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board. Provider numbers (RSX069302) and (RCT052503). This session is pre-approved for 1.25 clock hours (per session).

Clinical Counseling: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center is an approved provider of professional counselor continuing education credits by the State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board, Provider #RCX111201.  This program is pre-approved for 1.25 clock hours (per session).

Teacher: 1.25 Contact Hours of Educator Credit are provided. Final approval of Certificates of Participation will be determined by your Local Professional Development Committee (LPDC).  Keep all Certificates of Participation with your Individual Professional Development Plan (IPDP).

MOCpt2: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the activity and individual assessment of and feedback to the learner, enables the learner to earn up to 1.25 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.

IPCE: This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1.25 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change. 

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.25 hours), ABP MOC Part 2 (0.00 hours), APA Psychology Regular CE (1.25 hours), CME - Non-Physician (Attendance) (1.25 hours), Counseling (G) (1.25 hours), IPCE (1.25 hours), Nursing CE (1.25 hours), Social Work – (OH CSWMFT) (1.25 hours), Teaching (LPDC) (1.25 hours)

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

No faculty are available for this activity at this time.