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.

Professional Education & Training

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Schedule Of Events

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

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10:30am From Our Host Organization, VPQHC: Conversations on Access to Lethal Means (CALM Conversations) with Mark Margolis

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10:30am From Our Host Organization, VPQHC: Foundational Safety Planning Intervention (SPI) Using the Stanley Brown with Mark Margolis

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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

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

VTCPAP Sponsored/Recommended Trainings:

Upcoming Events

  • Grand Rounds from Sheppard Pratt: Suicide and Access to Lethal Means

    To see the full Grand Rounds schedule and for more information click here.


    Paul Nestadt, MD, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health


    DATE: September 23, 2026

    TIME: 12 - 1PM ET


    Click Here for the Sheppard Pratt online portal to access the Ground Rounds.

  • Grand Rounds from Sheppard Pratt: Reproductive Psychiatry Essentials: What Every Clinician Should Know

    To see the full Grand Rounds schedule and for more information click here.


    Sarah Nagle-Yang, MD, Colorado Center for Women’s Behavioral Health and University of Colorado School of Medicine.


    DATE: December 9, 2026

    TIME: 12 - 1PM ET


    Click Here for the Sheppard Pratt online portal to access the Ground Rounds.

Ongoing/On Demand

  • Dartmouth Health: Pediatric Grand Rounds

    Check out the video recordings of the Pediatric Grand Rounds at Dartmouth Health including on the topics of:

  • 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 Care: free 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.

  • 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
  • Perinatal Suicide Care
  • Exposure & Response Prevention
  • Perinatal PTSD & Reproductive Trauma
  • Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
  • 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.