Training & Events

VTCPAP believes in continuous, collaborative learning and growth.

We believe in doing what works, using evidence-based practices, and focusing our efforts on having a ripple effect of impact across Vermont.


By providing training opportunities to providers across Vermont, we are helping to support our partners in consistently delivering exceptional patient care.


Please use this form to inquire about availability and scheduling a VTCPAP training for your practice.

VTCPAP Training Opportunities

VTCPAP is available to provide FREE  live virtual trainings to practices on a variety of mental health related topics including: ADHD, anxiety, behavioral challenges/aggression, suicide care, and trauma. Please use this form to inquire about availability and to schedule a VTCPAP training for your practice.

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12pm From Our Host Organization, VPQHC: Telehealth Suicide Safer Care Webinar Series: Vermont Resources for Telehealth Providers

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Holiday VTCPAP Closed

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11am From Our Host Organization, VPQHC: Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ) Overview with Lisa Horowitz

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12pm From Our Host Organization, VPQHC: Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS) Community of Practice: Working with Teens & Their Families

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1pm From Our Host Organization, VPQHC: Motivational Interviewing for Suicidal Thinking with Rachel Davis-Martin

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VTCPAP has been offering The REACH Institute’s signature Patient-Centered Mental Health in Pediatric Primary Care (PPP) training since 2022. This gold-standard training has become a vital part of our work, supporting primary care providers in building skills and confidence in pediatric mental health care.


As we look ahead, we are transitioning to a rolling admissions model. Providers can submit an application and select training dates that best fit their schedules. VTCPAP will coordinate enrollment with the REACH Institute and, through grant funding, cover the cost of training as an investment in Vermont’s pediatric primary care workforce.


Please check The REACH Institute’s website for continuing education information.


Given the significant investment (approximately $1,900 per participant), selected applicants are expected to commit to attending their chosen training dates.


Take advantage of this excellent 

training opportunity

APPLY TODAY!

If you have questions, please contact Ellen Arrowsmith, VTCPAP Program Director at earrowsmith@vtcpap.com.

VTCPAP Sponsored/Recommended Trainings:


Upcoming Events

  • VTCPAP Sponsored: Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) Training

    VTCPAP is proud to present a three-hour virtual training, Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID), led by Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University, Nancy Zucker, Ph.D. and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University and Training Director at the Duke Center for Eating Disorders Ilana Brodzki Pilato, Ph.D.


    Date: Monday, June 15, 2026 

    Time: 12PM - 3PM EST

    Virtual: Zoom (details will be sent to attendees after they register)

    Cost: FREE 

    Ceu’s: 2.83 (social work, allied mental health practitioners, psychological examiners and alcohol & drug counselors)

    WHO IT’S FOR: Mental health clinicians and pediatric medical providers seeking to expand knowledge and skills in this area.


    This practical, 3 hour, evidence-informed training prepares providers to identify and treat Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) in young children.


    Hour 1: Overview of ARFID, including early identification, core features, and highlights from recent clinical findings. PCPs are welcome to attend the full 3-hour training or join just this first hour if that better fits their schedules.

    Hours 2–3: Skills-based strategies, including the Family Assisted Diet (a trauma-informed, family-centered approach) and Feeling & Body Investigators techniques to help children build food confidence, recognize hunger/fullness cues, and reduce anxiety around eating.


    The training includes two optional follow-up consultation calls for providers implementing ARFID strategies, providing an opportunity to discuss cases. Attendees will receive a link after the training to express interest in these sessions. Please note that CEU credit is available only for the main three-hour training, not for the optional follow-up calls. 


    REGISTER TODAY! 

  • VTCPAP Sponsored: Perinatal OCD

    VTCPAP in partnership with the Perinatal Quality Collaborative Vermont present a four-hour virtual training, Perinatal OCD, led by Bethany (Beth) Warren, LCSW, PMH-C.


    DATE: Wednesday July 1, 2026

    TIME: 12PM - 4PM EST

    VIRTUAL: Zoom (details will be sent to attendees after they register)

    COST: FREE

    CEU’s: 3.75 (social work, allied mental health practitioners and psychological examiners)

    WHO ITS FOR: Perinatal medical and mental health providers.


    Perinatal mental health clinicians often face complex decisions when OCD symptoms overlap with other perinatal conditions. This training will explore screening and treatment considerations for perinatal OCD and demonstrate how to thoughtfully apply Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) within a holistic, trauma-informed framework.


    REGISTER TODAY!

  • Taking the Time to ASQ: Detecting and Managing Youth at Risk for Suicide in the Healthcare Setting

    From the folks at CAMS:


    Wednesday, May 27th | 2 pm EDT / 1 pm CDT / 12 pm MDT / 11 am PDT

    Register now


    "Youth suicide rates are continuing to rise, with significant disparities in rates across high-risk populations. Suicide prevention efforts require a multipronged public health approach, with significant opportunities for healthcare providers to be partners in this effort. Suicide care treatments, like CAMS, can reduce suicidal thoughts, behaviors and death. But how do we ensure that we can identify and support youth at greatest risk for suicide and get them to the care they need? Most young people who die by suicide are often seen by healthcare providers in the weeks and months prior to their deaths, indicating that this setting can be leveraged to identify and care for those at risk. This presentation will focus on how feasible and efficient suicide risk clinical pathways can identify those most in need of suicide care using evidence-based screeners like ASQ."


Ongoing/On Demand

  • Dartmouth Health: Pediatric Grand Rounds

  • American Academy of Pediatrics

    • Identifying and Managing ADHD with Co-occurring Conditions: This course will support pediatricians and other health care providers with practical knowledge and resources to better identify and manage ADHD that co-occur with other conditions. 
    • Practical Strategies for Implementing Trauma-Informed Carefree 6-unit PediaLink that aims to enhance pediatricians’ practical skills to identify and respond to child traumatic stress and includes videos from national trauma-informed care experts, which discuss specific guidance and case studies related to trauma-informed care. This 3-hour asynchronous course offers 3 CME and 3 MOC Part 2 credits and includes practical tools to identify and respond to trauma by age groups.
  • What To Say Healthcare: Discussing Weight and Food in Pediatric Settings

    • Learn strategies to reduce weight stigma in your practice and address weight, BMI, and food-related concerns with pediatric patients and their families.  This course is accredited by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) for 2.0 Prescribed CME credits, and addresses critical topics such as weight stigma, adolescent body image issues, disordered eating and eating disorders. Click here for a flyer with the QR code for Vermont Providers to access this training for FREE
  • Mental Health Education & Training

  • Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health

  • Perinatal Trainings

    Postpartum Support International Trainings

    • Perinatal Mental Health Training for Medical Providers: Live Onsite or Virtual Course or On-Demand Recorded Webinar - Designed to equip primary care frontline healthcare providers with the skills necessary to assess patients for perinatal mental health complications and, as appropriate, provide treatment with medication(s) or connect individuals with additional resources and care. Training is provided by PSI perinatal psychiatric experts with curriculum developed specifically for primary healthcare providers. Discounts for group registration. CEs and CMEs provided.
  • The CAMS Approach to Suicidal Risk with David A. Jobes, Ph.D., ABPP - On-Demand

    "The Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS) is one of a handful of suicide-focused clinical treatments with extensive clinical trial support. CAMS is a therapeutic framework that focuses on patient-identified "drivers" of what makes them suicidal. CAMS is patient centered and focuses on empathy, collaboration, and honesty. As an outpatient intervention CAMS is designed to form a strong clinical alliance and to increase motivation in the patient with helpful clinical documentation that reduces the risk of malpractice liability." Check out this free, on-demand course

  • Early Childhood Development, Adversity, and Resilience: A review for pediatric health care providers

    This new interactive, self-paced learning module from The Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University offers an overview of key science concepts related to early childhood development, including: 

    • how children's earliest experiences — beginning before birth — impact their development and health;
    • how early development of the brain and other organ systems affects lifelong health and well-being;
    • toxic stress and its relationship to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), trauma, and resilience;
    • how moving upstream to address structural inequalities while also addressing individual needs can build children’s resilience and promote healthy development; and more!

    Click Here to Explore this New Resource!

  • Trainings from VPQHC

    Check out the trainings offered by the Vermont Program for Quality in Health Care.

  • Trainings from Empty Arms Vermont

    "Empty Arms Vermont offers bereavement trainings for professionals who work with the perinatal population, focusing on best practices to support patients or clients who experience a loss. These trainings are tailored to specific contexts, such as clinical settings, mental health support, and doula care, and can be scheduled to accommodate your staff’s needs (condensed to one hour, or as long as four hours)."

    Check out their training schedule

  • Taking the Time to ASQ: Detecting and Managing Youth at Risk for Suicide in the Healthcare Setting

    Youth suicide rates are continuing to rise, with significant disparities in rates across high-risk populations. Suicide prevention efforts require a multipronged public health approach, with significant opportunities for healthcare providers to be partners in this effort. Suicide care treatments, like CAMS, can reduce suicidal thoughts, behaviors and death. But how do we ensure that we can identify and support youth at greatest risk for suicide and get them to the care they need? Most young people who die by suicide are often seen by healthcare providers in the weeks and months prior to their deaths, indicating that this setting can be leveraged to identify and care for those at risk. 


    This presentation will focus on how feasible and efficient suicide risk clinical pathways can identify those most in need of suicide care using evidence-based screeners like ASQ.


    Watch On-Demand

Seeking Training Proposals

VTCPAP’s mission is to improve access to evidence-based mental health care across Vermont. As part of this work, we offer free training to pediatric and perinatal medical providers, as well as mental health clinicians throughout the state. Our goal is to make it easier for children, youth, families, and perinatal individuals in Vermont to access high-quality care.


For the 2026–2027 year, we are hoping to offer trainings in the following areas:


  • Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE)
  • Trauma-Focused CBT and TF-CBT for Problematic Sexual Behaviors
  • Social Skills Group Training for mental health clinicians
  • Pediatric Mental Health for Primary Care
  • Early Psychosis for Primary Care
  • Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders


If you have expertise in any of these areas and offer virtual training, we would love to hear from you. We are currently seeking training proposals.


Please email earrowsmith@vtcpap.com to learn more.