Project TEACH

Intensive Training:
Child & Adolescent Mental Health
for Primary Care Clinicians
Live, In-Person Training Event

Sun, Apr 19, 2026 - 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Mon, Apr 20, 2026 - 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Woodcliff Hotel & Spa
199 Woodcliff Drive, Fairport, NY

Virtual, Follow-Up Session

Wed, Apr 29, 2026 - 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Overview
Learning Objectives
Potential Presenters
Course Topics
Agenda
Virtual Follow-Up Session
Target Audience
Tuition
Hotel, Parking and Travel
Accreditation

This Intensive Training Program Includes:

2 day training event + 1 virtual follow-up session = 15.0 CME credits.

Overview

This program will enhance a healthcare provider’s skills to assess, treat and manage mental health concerns in child and adolescent patients. The focus is to provide helpful tools and strategies for primary care clinicians who are treating pediatric patients and their families. This event offers presentations by Project TEACH’s expert team of child and adolescent psychiatrists along with primary care clinicians.

Project TEACH is funded by the New York State Office of Mental Health and all services and events, such as this intensive training, are offered at no-cost to clinicians in New York State.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this program, learners will be able to:

Recognize the presentation, diagnosis, comorbidity, neurobiology, and current treatment options available for individuals with ADHD.
Assess depression in youth, and evaluate the treatment options for children and adolescents, including an assessment of the black box warning for SSRIs.
Differentiate common anxiety disorders, and describe their assessment and treatment.
Recognize the behaviors resulting from trauma that require treatment, and evaluate the treatment options for children and adolescents
Define pediatric bipolar disorder, and provide examples of effective evidence-based therapies
Assess children with aggression as a primary problem area, recognizing the relevant underlying factors, clinically assess, and provide evidence based treatment options
Assess the factors contributing to school refusal and identify the important elements of a broad treatment plan.
Understand the resources schools have available to assist children with mental health needs and how to access them.
Screen, assess, triage, and manage suicidal children and adolescents.
Assess and development a management plan for adolescents with nonsuicidal self-injurious behaviors

Potential Presenters

Mike Adragna, MD

Mary DeGuardi, MD

Jessica Grant, MD

Jason Herrick, MD

Viki Katsetos, MD

Nayla Khoury, MD

Zoya Popivker, D.O.

Joshua Russell, MD

Michael Scharf, MD

Molly Scharf, MD

James Wallace, MD

Course Topics

ADHD

Aggression

Anxiety

Bipolar Depression

Depression Assessment & Management

Eating Disorder

Non-Suicidal Self-Injury

School Refusal

Suicide Risk Assessment & Management

Trauma-Informed Care

Agenda

Sunday, April 19, 2026

8:30-9:00 am

Registration

Introduction & Overview

9:00-9:10 am

Project TEACH Welcome and Overview

James Wallace, MD

Module Topic 1: ADHD

9:10-9:50 am

Assessment of ADHD

Michael Scharf, MD

9:50-10:40 am

Management of ADHD Table activity: “Incorporation into Your Practice”

Molly Scharf, MD, Mike Adragna, MD

10:40-11:30 am

Trickier Questions for Trickier Kids

Viki Katsetos, MD

11:30-11:45 am

Question and Answer Session

Molly Scharf, MD, Viki Katsetos, MD, Michael Scharf, MD

11:45-12:30 pm

Lunch Break

Module Topic 2: Depression

12:30-12:35 pm

Welcome Back

Michael Scharf, MD

12:35-1:00 pm

Assessment of Adolescent Depression

Mike Adragna, MD

1:00-1:45 pm

Management of Adolescent Depression Role Play: Talking to Teens and Parents about starting SSRI

Moderator:

Jessica Grant, MD

Panelists:

Viki Katsetos, MD Nayla Khoury, MD Amy Lyons, LCAT

1:45-2:00 pm

Question and Answer Session

Mike Adragna, MD

2:00-2:10 pm

Break

Module Topic 3: Self-Injury and Bipolar

2:10-2:55 pm

Non-Suicidal Self-Injury

James Wallace, MD, Molly Scharf, MD

2:55-3:25 pm

Bipolar Depression: Fact or Fiction

Zoya Popivker, D.O.

3:25-3:35 pm

Break

Module Topic 4: Suicidality and Safety Planning

3:35-4:25 pm

Suicide Assessment and Management in Pediatric Primary Care Role Play: Suicide Assessment Decision Tree

Moderator:

Molly Scharf, MD

Panelists:

Jessica Grant, MD Zoya Popivker, D.O.Kim Dobson, MD

4:25-4:35 pm

Safety Planning with Suicidal Teens & Their Parents

Nayla Khoury, MD, Jessica Grant, MD

4:35-5:00 pm

Question and Answer Session

Zoya Popivker, D.O., James Wallace, MD

Monday, April 20, 2026

8:30-8:45 am

Welcome, Housekeeping

James Wallace, MD

Module Topic 5: Trauma-Informed Care (TIC)

8:45-9:25 am

Assessment of Trauma and Trama’s Effects

9:25-9:45 am

Management of Trauma and Trauma’s Effects

9:45-10:00 am

Table Activity (Assessment and Diagnosis: CASE A, Part-1)

Nayla Khoury, MD, Michael Scharf, MD

10:00-10:30 am

Incorporation of TIC into Your Practice Table Activity (Incorporation into Your Practice: CASE A, Part-2)

Mary DeGuardi, MD

10:30-10:45 am

Question and Answer Session

Michael Scharf, MD

10:45-10:55 am

Break

Module Topic 6: Anxiety

10:55-11:20 am

Assessment of Anxiety Disorders

Kim Dobson, MD

11:20-12:00 pm

Management of Anxiety Disorders Panel Discussion: Anxiety and Your Practice

Moderator:

Zoya Popivker, D.O.

Panelists:

Kim Dobson, MD

12:00-12:45 pm

Lunch Break

12:45-1:15 pm

Difficult Case - School Refusal

Viki Katsetos, MD, Molly Scharf, MD

1:15-1:30 pm

Question and Answer Session

Viki Katsetos, MD, Kim Dobson, MD

1:30-1:40 pm

Break

Module Topic 7: Aggression

1:40-2:10 pm

Assessment of Aggression

Jessica Grant, MD

2:10-2:40 pm

Management of Aggression

Zoya Popivker, D.O.

2:40-3:10 pm

Incorporation into your practice (with 10 min table activity)

Molly Scharf, MD, Jessica Grant, MD, Zoya Popivker, D.O.

3:10-3:25 pm

Question and Answer Session

Zoya Popivker, D.O.

3:25-3:35 pm

Break

Module Topic 8: Eating Disorder

3:35-4:15 pm

Assessment and Management of Eating Disorders

Mary DeGuardi, MD, James Wallace, MD

4:15-4:30 pm

Question and Answer Session

Michael Scharf, MD

4:30-4:45 pm

Final Comments and Evaluations

Virtual Follow-Up Session

Following this two-day event, the learning continues through a 2-hour virtual session that will provide insight into common concerns that present in the primary care practice.

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Virtual Follow-Up Session

12:00-12:45 pm

Getting Paid For Behavioral Health in a Primary Care Setting: Billing and Coding Strategies

12:45-2:00 pm

Insight from Clinical Practice: Case Vignettes

Target Audience

New York State clinicians practicing in a pediatric, family practice and/or school-based health clinic; including: physicians, psychologists, nursing professionals, social workers and residents.

Tuition

This training program is offered at no cost to physicians and clinicians affiliated with a practice that provides medical or psychiatric treatment to children and adolescents in New York State. It is offered as a service provided by Project TEACH and is funded by the NYS Office of Mental Health.

Hotel, Parking and Travel

Hotel Accommodations: A reduced conference room rate of $179.00 per night, plus taxes and destination fee, is available at the Woodcliff Hotel & Spa. To receive the discounted rate, reservations must be made by March 19, 2026. Book online at: Woodcliff Hotel & Spa.

Parking: Complimentary self-parking is available at the hotel.

Travel Information: The closest airport is Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport (ROC), located approximately 12.2 miles from the hotel. The closest train station is Louise M. Slaughter Station (ROC), approximately 17 miles from the hotel. Taxis, Uber, and Lyft are readily available throughout the Rochester area.

ACCREDITATION:

The University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CERTIFICATION:

The University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences designates this internet live activity for a maximum of 13.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

**The UB CME Office will provide UB CME Certificates of Attendance to allied healthcare professionals or non-physicians, who have attended a UB CME certified and accredited educational activity. The allied healthcare professional is responsible for submitting the UB CME certificate to their own governing body for credit. Most allied healthcare professional boards accept Physician credits.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

At the conclusion of this program, participants should be able to:

Recognize the presentation, diagnosis, comorbidity, neurobiology, and current treatment options available for individuals with ADHD.
Assess depression in youth, and evaluate the treatment options for children and adolescents, including an assessment of the black box warning for SSRIs.
Differentiate common anxiety disorders and describe their assessment and treatment.
Recognize the behaviors resulting from trauma that require treatment and evaluate the treatment options for children and adolescents.
Define pediatric bipolar disorder and provide examples of effective evidence-based therapies.
Assess children with aggression as a primary problem area, recognizing the relevant underlying factors, clinically assess, and provide evidence-based treatment options.

This Intensive Training “Child and Adolescent Mental Health for Primary Care Clinicians” is at no cost to pediatric care clinicians in New York State.

Credit Claim: All registrants will receive online instructions on how to access the Project TEACH Learning Management System to receive CME credits and complete the evaluation form.