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2025 Psychiatric-Advocacy Collaborative Teams Summit (PACTS)
P.A.C.T.S.: Bringing the Village to the Children: Convening the Helpers
The 2025 Psychiatric-Advocacy Collaborative Teams Summit (PACTS): Bringing the Village to the Children - Convening the Helpers aims to unite medical professionals, families, social workers, educators, and child-serving entities to enhance mental health and well-being. The summit will feature a keynote on the theme of collective efforts, a youth voice panel, a systems of care panel and an address on empowering incarcerated marginalized youth through mental health conversations. Lunch will include a networking opportunity fostering effective collaboration. A poster session will provide participants with the opportunity to gain insights into the latest research conducted in the field of children’s mental health.
Target Audience
- Physicians
- Community Healthcare Providers
- Nurses
- Nurse Practitioners
- Fellows
- Residents
- Medical Students
- Social Workers
- Child Psychiatrists / Psychologists
- Anyone who works with children and their families
Learning Objectives
- Recognize the importance of collaborating with various stakeholders to enhance the identification, intervention, and support for at-risk children’s mental health
- Develop strong interpersonal skills to effectively engage with children, understand their needs, and provide compassionate and appropriate support
- Explore techniques to actively involve families in the care process, ensuring that parents and caregivers are equipped with the knowledge and resources to support their children’s mental health and well-being
Desired Outcome
The 2025 Psychiatric Advocacy Collaborative Teams Summit (PACTS) will convene experts and youth to explore innovative ways to bring comprehensive support to children through a Systems of Care approach.
A key focus of the summit is amplifying youth voices, ensuring that young people are actively involved in shaping the services and support they receive.
By bringing the village to the children, PACTS 2025 strives to build a supportive community that addresses the unique needs of each child, overcoming barriers and disparities in access to services.
***This course has been approved for 5.25 hours of CME.
| Psychiatric-Advocacy Collaborative Teams Summit (PACTS) | ||
| Friday, May 16, 2025 | ||
| Times | Presentation | Speaker |
| 8:00 - 8:30 AM | Registration and Breakfast | |
| 8:30 - 8:45 AM | Welcome | Introductions | Opening Remarks | Alicia Barnes, DO, MPH, FAACAP, FAPA |
| 8:45 - 9:00 AM | 10th Anniversary and Evolution of the Center for Youth Advocacy and Well-Being | Altha J. Stewart, MD |
| 9:00 - 9:15 AM | Discussion on the State of Children's Mental Health Services in Tennessee | Marie Williams, LCSW - Commissioner of the TN Dept. of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services |
| 9:15 - 10:15 AM | Empowering Incarcerated Marginalized Youth Through Mental Health Conversations (EMPOWER) | Russell Ledet, MD, PhD, MBA - Indiana University School of Medicine |
| 10:15 - 10:30 AM | Break | |
| 10:30 - 11:30 AM | Keynote Address: Bringing the Village to the Children: Convening the Helpers | Tami Benton, MD - President, American Academy of Child Psychiatry |
| 11:30 - 12:15 PM | Lunch and Poster Session | |
| 12:15 - 1:30 PM | The Village They Need: The Help They Should Receive | Kay Johnson, BHSc, ACC - Moderator |
| 1:30 - 3:00 PM | Convening the Helpers: The System of Care Approach, A Call to Action: Youth and the Village Driving Change | Altha J. Stewart, MD |
| 3:00 - 3:30 PM | Closing Remarks / Recognition / Awards | Alicia Barnes, DO, MPH, FAACAP, FAPA |
Keynote Speaker
Tami Benton, MD is the Psychiatrist-in-Chief at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and leads the Child and Adolescent Mood program and Youth Suicide Prevention Center. She holds the Frederick H. Allen Endowed Chair in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and is an Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Benton earned her medical degree from Ohio State University and trained in multiple specialties at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She is the 36th president of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) and has received several awards for her leadership and contributions to children’s mental health. Her career focuses on nurturing diverse physician leaders and eliminating disparities in pediatric mental healthcare.
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Conflicts of Interest: A Conflict of Interest occurs when an individual has an opportunity to affect educational content about health-care products or services of a commercial interest with which she/he has a financial relationship.
The planners and presenters of this CME activity have disclosed no relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests pertaining to this activity.
Commercial Support: No
Noncommercial Sponsor Support: No
AMA Credit Designation: The University of Tennessee College of Medicine (UTCOM) designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Continuing Education for Non-Physicians: The UTCOM will issue Certificates of Participation to non-physicians for participating in this activity and designates it for CEUs using the national standard that 1 hour of educational instruction is awarded .1 CEU.
Accreditation: The UTCOM is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians
Available Credit
- 5.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 5.00 Attendance