Child Mental Health Forum
Course Director
Claudio O. Toppelberg, MD
Director of Continuing Education & Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical SchoolDr. Toppelberg is a child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist on the faculty of Harvard Medical School. He is a member of the research committee,…
Read MoreAbout The Child Mental Health Forum
The Child Mental Health Forum is one of the longest continuously running lecture series in the country. Forum presenters are renowned clinical, research, and academic leaders in child and adolescent mental health. The Forum aims to provide intellectually stimulating information on scientific advances and evidence supporting clinical practice and research.
The Forum is held on the first Wednesday of each month from 10:00AM to 11:15AM EST, virtually.
Zoom links will be sent to those on the mailing list. There is no cost to attend.
2024-2025 Calendar
Click here to subscribe to calendar or email cmhf@bakercenter.org to be added to the list.
October 2, 2024
Parenting Interventions for Autistic Youth with Challenging Behaviors: Adaptations and Innovations to Enhance Community Access to Care
Karen Bearss, PhD
Vice President of Caregiver-Mediated Care Solutions, Catalight, Inc;
Affiliate Associate Professor, University of Washington
November 6, 2024
Enhancing Cultural Sensitivity in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) for American Indian and Alaska Native Children
Dolores Subia BigFoot, PhD
Caddo Nation of Oklahoma and affiliated with the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Montana;
Presidential Professor, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center;
Director, Indian Country Child Trauma Center, Senior Advisor/Elder, Suicide Prevention Resource Center
December 4, 2024
Bipolar and Depressive Disorders in Children and Adolescents
Eric Youngstrom, PhD
Director, Institute for Mental and Behavioral Health Research (IMBHR),DiMarco Family Endowed Chair of Psychiatry, Nationwide Children’s Hospital and The Ohio State University;
Co-Founder and Executive Director,Helping Give Away Psychological Science (hgaps.org)
January 15, 2025
Lessons Learned from 30 Years of Taking Care of Patients with Autism: AKA Sarah’s Top 10 List
Sarah Spence, MD, PhD
Co-Director, Autism Spectrum Center, Boston Children’s Hospital;
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
February 5, 2025
The Hidden Cost of Emotion Regulation: Pathological Affect Suppression and the Promise of Sense Foraging
Norman Farb, PhD
Associate Professor, University of Toronto Mississauga
March 5, 2025
Pathways to Neurobiology-Based Interventions in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Jeremy M. Veenstra-VanderWeele, MD
Suzanne Crosby Murphy Professor of Developmental Neuropsychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center; and Director, Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, New York-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI), and Columbia University
April 2, 2025
Addressing the Impact of Child Trauma with Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: An Overview of TF-CBT and its Applications
Jessica Griffin, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical School
May 7, 2025
The Pillars of Effective Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) Clinical Service Delivery for Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): Research, Training, and Excellence in Care
Jessica Sassi, PhD, BCBA-D, LABA
Chief Executive Officer, The New England Center for Children (NECC)
Past Child Mental Health Forums
2022-2023 Child Mental Health Forums
2021-2022 Child Mental Health Forums
2020-2021 Child Mental Health Forums
2019-2020 Child Mental Health Forums
2018-2019 Child Mental Health Forums
2017-2018 Child Mental Health Forums
2016-2017 Child Mental Health Forums
You can also watch recorded versions of past Child Mental Health Forums by clicking here.
Continuing Education (CPD/CME/CEU) Information
Physicians
The Harvard Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Harvard Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Psychologists
The Baker Center for Children and Families is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Baker Center for Children and Families maintains responsibility for this program and its content. There are no known commercial support or conflicts of interest related to this program.
Counselors
The Baker Center for Children and Families has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7254. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The Baker Center for Children and Families is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Social Workers
The Baker Center for Children and Families, 1904, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: November 14, 2023 - November 14, 2024. Social workers requesting CE credits must complete the evaluation form prior to receiving their certificate of completion, which will be provided via email within 30 business days upon receipt of the evaluation. Social workers completing this course receive 6 social work clinical practice continuing education credits.