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CHC SBHC Behavioral Health Kick-Off 2026 (August 24, 2026)
Activity Information
SBHC Behavioral Health is excited to present Kick-Off 2026 designed to strengthen skills, build cross-disciplinary collaboration and elevate high-quality care across CHC School-Based Health Centers. Each session is tailored to the unique environment of SBHC and includes practice tools, emerging best practices and opportunities for multidisciplinary engagement.
Target Audience
This activity is open to School Based Health Center (SBHC) Behavioral Health Clinicians at Community Health Center, Inc.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to do the following:
- Identify and apply evidence-based, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive interventions for students experiencing mental health challenges.
- Demonstrate effective collaboration and advocacy strategies within school and community systems.
- Implement practical approaches to improve student engagement, psychological safety, resilience, and access to appropriate mental health supports and services.
Conference Schedule
Keynote Session
9:00-10:45AM
- Steve Gross, MSW: The Power of a Playful Mindset
Breakout Session 1
12:15-1:30PM
- Sarah Gilbert: Curious, Compassionate, and Competent: Gender Affirming Care in Schools
- Jill Chuckas: At the PPT Table: Effective Advocacy for School-Based Therapists
- NAMI: Why I Didn’t Tell You: Suicide Prevention
Breakout Session 2
1:45-3:00PM
- Meredith Hettler: Understanding OCD and Exposure and Response Prevention
- Elizabeth Connors, PhD: Building Strong School Partnerships as a School-Based Clinician
- Brooke Lombardo: Eating Disorders 101
Weitzman Institute Disclosure Statement
It is the policy of the Weitzman Institute to ensure that Continuing Education (CE) activities are independent and free of commercial bias. To ensure educational content is objective, balanced, and guarantee content presented is in the best interest of its learners' and the public, the Weitzman Institute requires that everyone in a position to control educational content disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies within the prior 24 months. An ineligible company is one whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Examples can be found at accme.org.
Faculty participating in a Weitzman Institute-sponsored activity must disclose to the planning committee and audience all financial or other relationship(s) with ineligible companies.
Nichole Doiron
Carolyn Janis, LCSW, RPT
Aly Jarocki
Rachel Lopes
Johanna Marco
Colleen Phillips, M.S., M.Ed.
TracyAnn Spaulding Bolstridge
Mandy Sullivan, LPC
Angela Wilkins, LPC
Elizabeth Connors
Sarah Gilbert, LCSW
Grace Grinnell
Angela LaMark, LCSW
Valerie Lepoutre
Steve MacHattie
Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Moses/Weitzman Health System Inc. and its Weitzman Institute is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credential Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
By completing this activity, you provide Moses/Weitzman Health System Inc. the permission to share completion data with the ACCME and the certifying board(s).
Please note that continuing education credit requirements differ by state, jurisdiction, and licensing agency. It is your responsibility to confirm if your licensing/credentialing agency will accept the credits offered by this activity.
Available Credit
- 4.25 ACE/ASWBThrough Joint Accreditation Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is able to provide Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) credit to social workers at its activities.
- 4.25 APAThrough Joint Accreditation, Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is able to provide American Psychological Association (APA) credit to psychologists at its activities.
- 4.25 Participation Hour(s)You are able to download an unaccredited Participation Certificate for your records if you are not able to use any of the credit types provided for this activity or if this activity does not offer accredited CME/CE credits.
Registration Instructions
Before the conference - Register for the conference
- Create an account with the Weitzman Education Platform if you haven't already. Reference How do I create an account? if needed.
- Select which breakout sessions you're interested in attending
- Select the Register button to register for all conference sessions. Reference How do I register for a conference? if needed.
On the day of the conference - Complete session evaluations and claim your credits
- Select the session(s) you attended. Within each session, select the Continue tab to complete session evaluations and claim your credits.
- Once you have attended all sessions in which you intend to participate and completed the session evaluations:
- You can claim credit commensurate with your total attendance for the conference as a whole.
- You will then be able to download a certificate appropriate to your credentials.
You must claim credit and download your certificate by the activity expiration date. For compliance reasons, the Weitzman Institute cannot modify this deadline. If you need any technical support, submit a ticket to our Support Center.
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