IECMH Approaches to CARE: Keeping the Baby in Mind

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Session #6:

Zero to Three’s Healthy Steps Program: Transforming the Promise of Pediatric Care

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Virtual Event

8:30-10:30am  Presentation and Discussion

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Description: HealthySteps, a national program of ZERO TO THREE, uses a unique team-based approach that integrates a HealthySteps Specialist, a child development and behavioral health prevention and promotion expert, into the health care team. At practices with HealthySteps, all children ages 0-3 and their families receive a tiered model of services, from universal screening to risk-stratified supports, including care coordination and onsite intervention, as needed. HealthySteps’ priority population is babies and toddlers aged 0-3 who are insured through Medicaid or are uninsured. This session will introduce participants to the HealthySteps program, how it is working in other states, and why it is a promising strategy to improve health outcomes for young children and their families. An explanation of the plan to bring Healthy Steps to RI will also be reviewed. 

Featured speaker: Paolo Pina, MD, Division Director, Ambulatory & Community Medicine, Hasbro Children's Hospital  

Check out RIAIMH's final CCS 2026 session offered in Spanish!

Registration fee:

- RIAIMH Members:  NO COST with active 2026 membership

- Non-Members:  $40/session

- Undergraduate and Graduate Students: NO COST with valid student email entered during registration

CEUs:   

- NASW (Social Work) Continuing Education Units : $30/session (small online CC fee applied)

- CELP (Center for Early Learning Professionals) 2 contact hours (no cost for participants)

IECMH-Competencies toward IECMH-Endorsement® Systems Expertise: Service Delivery Systems; Working with Others: Collaborating- suggested competencies noted on event participation certificate. 

IMH Endorsement® applicants may select other appropriate IMH Competencies® 

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