Early Relational Health builds the foundation for lifelong health and wellbeing. In this presentation, we hope to describe early relational health and trends in pediatrics, identify state-of-the-art, evidence-based practices that promote early relational health, illustrate team-based approaches that effectively collaborate between Peds, families, and communities, and demonstrate approaches of engaging families to advance equity in child health practice transformation
Working for over 10 years in the mental health field and currently working to retrofit a cumbersome medical system in creating family partnership, early relational health and upstream efforts and frameworks, and create effective teams of care (Community Health Workers and Integrated Mental Health Therapists).
Medical champion for care transformation and our Collaborative Care Model of integrated behavioral health at the Pediatric Medical Home. She serves as the Medical Director for Reach Out and Read Northwest, and is co-chair for the Early Childhood Committee of the Washington Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (WCAAP)