Project ECHO - Trauma in the Tender Years: Building Emotional Resilience - It takes a Village (Spring 2026)

Tuesday, January 27, 2026, 7:00 AM - Tuesday, March 17, 2026, 8:15 AM

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.

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

Tuesdays | January 27-March 17, 2026 | 7:00-8:15 AM (ET)

Featured Faculty

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.

Megan Radenhausen, PhD
As a clinical psychologist, I treat children and adolescents who have experienced childhood trauma. I work in the CHECK Foster Care Clinic, where I work with youth and their caregivers to provide strategies to increase emotion regulation, distress tolerance, communication within the home, and parenting strategies. I also provide outpatient treatment, specifically trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) and parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT) through the Mayerson Center for Safe and Healthy Children.

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What is Project ECHO?
Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is a revolutionary guided-practice model that reduces health disparities in your state, nation, and world. Through innovative tele-mentoring, the Project ECHO model uses a hub-and-spoke knowledge-sharing approach where expert teams lead virtual sessions, amplifying the capacity for providers to deliver best-in-practice care to the patients in their own communities. Watch a brief video here.

How it Works
The Project ECHO model is built on four key 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, a learner from the community shares a de-identified case challenge or case concept based on their real-world experience. A brief overview of the case is shared during the ECHO session, followed by clarifying questions and a collaborative discussion. Together, the group provides recommendations, shares best practices, and offers guidance rooted in collective expertise and evidence-informed approaches.

Why Join?

• Free, interactive learning sessions

• Practical strategies to apply immediately in practice

• Collaboration and networking with peers and specialists

• Expert feedback on real-world cases

• Participate from the convenience of your office or home

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What Participants Are Saying 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 incorporated new ideas into my practice as a direct result of participation.”

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1. Apply evidence-informed strategies to support patients or populations with specialized, evolving, or unmet needs in the learner’s local setting.
2. Collaborate effectively across disciplines, professions, and systems of care by clarifying roles, improving communication, and integrating shared decision-making into routine workflows.
3. Increase confidence and capacity to address challenging or nuanced clinical situations locally, reducing unnecessary referrals and enhancing continuity, access, and equity in care.

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 Live 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.

Psychology: Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the AmericanPsychological  Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs. This activity is approved for 1.25. Eligible for ethics/cultural competency/professional conduct. 

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 (1.25 hours), APA Psychology Regular CE (1.25 hours), CME - Non-Physician (Attendance) (1.25 hours), Counseling (G) (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.