Early Childhood Therapeutic Partnership Learning Collaborative (July 22, 2025)

Program Information

The Early Childhood Therapeutic Partnership (ECTP) Learning Collaborative is a joint initiative between the Weitzman Institute and the Child Guidance Center of Southern Connecticut. This program consists of six one-hour videoconference sessions designed to engage participants in collaborative learning and coaching. The sessions focus on quality improvement, change management, and the implementation of effective early childhood education and mental health partnership models. The ultimate goal is to enhance mental health care outcomes for young children by supporting mental health providers, early childhood educators, and other professionals working in this space. 

This activity meets the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of every month from 11am-12pm ET.

Acknowledgement of Support

This project is supported by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration under the Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH)  grant to improve outcomes for children, from birth to 12 years of age, by developing, maintaining, or enhancing infant and early childhood mental health promotion, intervention, and treatment services. The content is the responsibility of the Weitzman Institute and Child Guidance Center of Southern Connecticut and does not necessarily represent the official views of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. 

Target Audience

This activity is appropriate for the following audiences:

  • Early childhood education leaders
  • Pediatric behavioral health providers (psychologists, Master's level clinicians, and counselors)
  • Pediatric medical team members (MDs, DOs, NPs, PAs, RNs)

Learning Objectives

By the end of the Early Childhood Therapeutic Partnership Learning Collaborative, participants will:

  1. Participants will develop an outline and meaningful next steps to develop a collaborative IECMH partnership in their local community with a peer organization
  2. Create strategic goals and aims of the IECMH partnership
  3. Brainstorm local peer partners who have established IECMH presence, shared interests, and alignment
  4. Identify sustainable funding sources to support the development and implementation of an IECMH partnership
  5. Model IECMH partnership impact across different levels of the community (children, families, staff, leadership/organization)
  6. Practice and refine integration of a reflective consultation model throughout IECMH partnership
  7. Draft partnership evaluation plan to align with IECMH partnership goals

Presentation Slides

The slide deck will be available at the bottom of this page within 1 day of the live session. 

Session Recording

Link to the session recording will be available here within 1 week of the live session. 

Postwork

Postwork is due the 1st Tuesday of each month. Postwork is intended to help your team develop and build on the skills you are learning during the live Learning Collaborative sessions. The QI coach is available during their QI Office Hours to help with any questions regarding the postwork. The postwork attachment(s) are available at the bottom of this page.

Postwork due: August 5, 2025

Postwork directions will be uploaded within 1 day of the live session. 

Postwork Submission:

Once you have completed the postwork, the team lead will complete the following steps:

  1. Select the Continue tab
  2. Select Post-Work Submission in the left-hand navigation bar
  3. Select Start or Resume
  4. Once inside the Post-Work Submission, select Choose File to launch the navigation pop-up and navigate to the document located on your computer
  5. Select Open in the bottom right of the navigation pop-up to identify the chosen document
  6. Select Upload to upload the document to the platform
  7. Select Submit to submit your post-work

Optional QI Office Hour

The first QI Office Hour will be held on July 29th, August 19th, and September 16th from 11am-12pm ET.

Link to QI Office Hour: Session Link 

AMA Designation Statement

Moses/Weitzman Health System Inc. designates this Early Childhood Therapeutic Partnership Learning Collaborative for a maximum of 6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Activity summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AAPA Category I CME
    Through Joint Accreditation, Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is able to provide American Academy of PAs (AAPA) credit to physician assistants at its activities. Participants should only claim commensurate credit with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 1.00 ACE/ASWB
    Through 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.
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    Through Joint Accreditation, Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is able to provide AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ to physicians at its activities via Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).
  • 1.00 ANCC
    Through Joint Accreditation, Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is able to provide American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) nursing credit to nurses at its activities.
  • 1.00 APA
    Through Joint Accreditation, Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is able to provide American Psychological Association (APA) credit to psychologists at its activities.
  • 1.00 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.
Activity opens: 
07/08/2025
Activity expires: 
10/07/2025
Part of: 
Early Childhood Therapeutic Partnership Learning Collaborative

Schedule

This activity meets the second and fourth Tuesday of every month from 11am-12pm ET. Below are the dates of the Learning Collaborative sessions: 

  • July 15, 2025
  • July 22, 2025
  • August 12, 2025
  • September 9, 2025
  • September 23, 2025

Quality Improvement Office Hours will be offered the third Tuesday of every month from 11am-12pm ET. Below are the dates of the optional Quality Improvement Office Hours: 

  • July 29, 2025
  • August 19, 2025
  • September 16, 2025

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.

Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Moses/Weitzman Health System, Inc. and its Child Guidance Center of Southern Connecticut. Moses/Weitzman Health System, Inc. 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. Additional credits are available for Physician Assistants/Associates. 

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).

Joint Accreditation logo

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

  • 1.00 AAPA Category I CME
    Through Joint Accreditation, Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is able to provide American Academy of PAs (AAPA) credit to physician assistants at its activities. Participants should only claim commensurate credit with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 1.00 ACE/ASWB
    Through 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.
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    Through Joint Accreditation, Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is able to provide AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ to physicians at its activities via Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).
  • 1.00 ANCC
    Through Joint Accreditation, Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is able to provide American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) nursing credit to nurses at its activities.
  • 1.00 APA
    Through Joint Accreditation, Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is able to provide American Psychological Association (APA) credit to psychologists at its activities.
  • 1.00 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.
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Required Hardware/Software

This online activity requires use of a device connected to the Internet, such as a computer tablet or mobile device.