Pediatric Depression Screening and Treatment Strategies (On-Demand)
This training provides a comprehensive overview of why depression screening tools are essential in pediatric care, highlighting their role in early identification, tracking symptoms, and guiding clinical decision-making within the context of the current pediatric mental health landscape. Participants will explore common obstacles to care and practical strategies to address them, while gaining an understanding of the key features and types of validated screening tools, including depression-specific and suicide risk assessments.
Presenters
Christina Clayton, MS, BSN, RN
Director, Clinical Services, Renaye James Healthcare Advisors
As a dedicated healthcare leader, Christina has over 13 years’ experience as a nurse leader in community, hospital, health insurance, and regulatory settings.
Christina has had a valuable impact on healthcare quality improvement. She has had positions in nursing leadership, nursing management, case management, payer quality programs, program management, regulatory compliance, and nursing education.
Prior to Renaye James, as a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) nurse consultant, Christina provided accreditation oversight to Medicare’s acute care programs. She served as the program lead for Diabetes Self-Management Training and Home Infusion Therapy accreditation programs. Additionally, she was the clinical support for Rural Health and Federally Qualified Health Center programs. Christina provided oversight to national accreditation organizations and provides direction in the development of education material for state surveyors for those programs. Additionally, she was responsible for collaborating with other federal agencies and national associations.
As a program manager for Johns Hopkins Healthcare, LLC, Christina aligned measurable program goals with organization’s mission, and utilized quality improvement strategies and measurement to implement changes the health plan’s programs. Christina has been instrumental in improving the health of the community; as a Program Manager, she collaborated with external stakeholders to improve health outcomes and decrease high utilization of members within the Complex Case Management and Disease Management Program.
As a FQHC Clinical Manager, she has vast experience in health center operations, care management, health center budgeting, nursing management, and medical assistant supervision.
Christina has a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Coppin State University (Baltimore, Maryland) and a Master of Science in Nursing Administration from Morgan State University (Baltimore, Maryland).
Ericka Goodwin, MD
Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist
Dr. Ericka Goodwin is on a mission to help you Be Better, Do Better, and Live Better. She is a Harvard-trained, board-certified Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist, bestselling author, top-rated speaker, integrative lifestyle coach, and creator of the hit podcast “Better with Dr. Ericka.” She also hosts a weekly show on YouTube called Growth Groove with Dr. Ericka. Her extensive experience as a traveling psychiatrist enables her to connect with individuals from all walks of life, providing her with a unique understanding of various systems.
Dr. Ericka is a co-author of Mind Matters and How Amari Learned to Love School Again: A Story About ADHD, and the author of Fix Your Fairytale: A Woman's Guide to a Great Life, Love, and Legacy.
She graduated from Spelman College and Emory University School of Medicine, completed her General Psychiatry Residency at Morehouse School of Medicine, and served as chief resident. Dr. Goodwin was the second American Psychiatric Association Jeanne Spurlock Congressional fellow and completed a child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at Children’s Hospital Boston-Harvard University.