Training & Support

EDOPC Web-Based Training

EDOPC now offers five web-based trainings for CME credit. Trainings allows you to learn at your own pace and cover topics pertaining to developmental screening, social/emotional screening, perinatal maternal depression screening, domestic violence screening, and care coordination. Visit the online CME course registration page to learn more about the trainings and to get started.

EDOPC Office, Clinic, or Hospital Based Training

Early detection and referral is crucial to addressing developmental, social, emotional, and behavioral issues. In addition, surveys indicate that parents want their child's health care provider to address child development and psycho/social issues. Families that receive these types of services have enhanced trust in, and a more successful working relationship with their physician. Additionally, they are more satisfied with the care of their children. New strategies and tools are available to aid health care providers to meet these expectations.

EDOPC offers developmentally oriented continuing medical education (CME)¹ opportunities to pediatricians and family physicians through office, clinic, and hospital-based training. These trainings are geared toward the entire staff in order to facilitate a comprehensive team approach to patient care. In addition to CME credits, EDOPC offers resource materials and the opportunity for additional training and technical assistance. Topics currently include:

• Bright Futures Guideline for Health Supervision for Birth to 10 (coming in the near future)
  • Overview of Bright Futures
  • Bright Futures Health Supervision Visits Prenatal to 11 months
  • Bright Futures Tool and Resource Kit - Infancy
  • Bright Futures in practice the Early Years (1-4)
  • Bright Futures Toolkit the Early Years (1-4)
  • Bright Futures in practice Middle Childhood (5-10)
  • Bright Futures Toolkit the Middle Years (5-10)
• Coordinating Care Between Early Intervention and the Primary Care Medical Home
• Developmental Screening and Referral
• Effective Discipline in the Early Years
• Obesity Prevention in the Early Years
• Perinatal Maternal Depression Screening
• Psycho-social Development, Screening and Referral for Children 5-8Social/Emotional Screening and Referral

To schedule any of the above presentations at no charge, please contact Debbie Beck, Project Coordinator, at 847/384-3311 or Debbie.Beck@advocatehealth.com

¹ CME units for the office, clinic, hospital-based and education teleconference training are offered by Advocate Health Care which is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

EDOPC Education Teleconferences - 2011

Join colleagues and the Enhancing Developmentally Oriented Primary Care (EDOPC) staff for education teleconferences.  You can earn CME credit and learn how to identify the purpose of early intervention, conduct various screenings using appropriate and effective tools, and develop strategies for making referrals for children and their families when you have concern, employ parent/caregiver education materials, and implement efficient office procedures for screening and referrals.

Upcoming topics to be presented as part of the EDOPC Education Teleconference series include:

• 9/28/11 Bright Futures Health Supervision Visits Prenatal to 11 months
• 10/26/11 Bright Futures Tool and Resource Kit - Infancy

Call in information for the above events:  888/272-7337, Passcode: 8155723. These education teleconferences are conducted from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. and require registration. To register for any of the education teleconferences listed immediately above this paragraph, please contact Sandi Fraction, ICAAP Administrative Assistance at 312/733-1026 ext. 201 or sfraction@illinoisaap.com.

For answers to questions and additional information about these education opportunities contact Juanona Brewster, MDiv, MTS, MJ, Director, Early Childhood Development for Illinois Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics at 312/733-1026 ext. 203 or jbrewster@illinoisaap.com.

EDOPC Technical Assistance Teleconference Support

Join colleagues and the Enhancing Developmentally Oriented Primary Care (EDOPC) staff during the monthly teleconference call. You will have the chance to brain storm, problem solve, and work together to create best practice in service delivery for important topics related to early childhood development.

All calls are conducted from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. on the third Wednesday of each month.  Call In Number:  800/615-2820 Pass code: 266078 For answers to questions and additional information about these technical assistance teleconferences please contact Debbie Beck, Project Coordinator at 847/384-3311 or Debbie.Beck@advocatehealth.com

¹ CME units for the office, clinic, hospital-based and education teleconference training are offered by Advocate Health Care which is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.