Massachusetts General Hospital-Alfaisal University Child Mental Health Program 2025-2026 (Cohort 4)

برنامج الصحة النفسية للطفل مستشفى ماساتشوستس العام-جامعة الفيصل



 

يقدم البرنامج رؤية عامة عن الصحة النفسية للطفل من خلال منهج متعدد الوحدات يهدف إلى تأهيل العاملين في قطاعات مختلفة تُعنى بالطفل، وإعدادهم بالمعرفة اللازمة، والأدوات الأساسية للتعامل مع الاحتياجات النفسية البسيطة والمتوسطة عند الأطفال. يبدأ البرنامج بطرح المنظور التاريخي لمرحلة الطفولة، ودور الطبيعة مقابل دور التنشئة الاجتماعية في تنمية الطفل، وشرح مسببات ومسار الاضطراب النفسي عند الأطفال ضمن إطار الأسرة والمجتمع. كما أن البرنامج قائم على نموذج يهدف الى التركيز على مواطن القوة والمرونة عند الأطفال. وفي الختام، يغطي البرنامج المبادئ الأخلاقية الأساسية في العمل مع الأطفال والفرص المهنية التي يمنحها مجال الصحة النفسية للطفل

This program provides an overview of child mental health, setting the stage for a comprehensive, multi-module program that aims to equip practitioners from different child related disciplines with the necessary knowledge and the basic tools to deal with mild to moderate mental health needs in children. The program begins with a description of historical perspectives on childhood; the role of nature versus nurture on child development; the etiology and trajectory of psycho-pathology and the child in the family and community. The course adopts a strength-based model with a focus on the capabilities and resilience of children. Finally, it covers the basic ethical principles in working with children and the professional opportunities the field of child mental health provides.

Community Support

Lamis S. Solaim, PhD, CPsychol, AFBPsS
Founder & Executive Director
MGH/Alfaisal Child Mental Health Program
[email protected]

Najilaa A. Aldashnan
Administrative Director
MGH/Alfaisal Child Mental Health Program
[email protected] 

 

For technical support, please contact MGH at [email protected].

 

Evaluation

  • 40% attendance/active participation: The overall mission of this program is to build a community of child mental health workers.  For the reason, your attendance and active participation in the Q&A sessions, on the discussion board, and during the in-person workshops is an essential part of this journey.
  • 30% final tests: a computer generated MCQ test will be administered at the end of each course
  • 30% final project: a small scale project is required at the end of the program.  There will be a full information session on the final project in term two.

Target Audience

This program is intended for professionals from different disciplines related to child mental health. This includes physicians, psychologists, social workers, licensed mental health counselors and nurses.

 

Learning Objectives

By the end of this program, participants will be able to:

  • Identify the child in the context of the family and society
  • Identify the basic pattern of child development and the factors that influence the development of psychopathology
  • Apply a strengths-based approach to child development that does not focus on the assignment of pathological labels
Course summary
Registration opens: 
09/21/2025
Course closes: 
09/30/2026
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COHORT 4    

 2025-2026

Massachusetts General Hospital-Alfaisal University Child Mental Health Program

 

TERM 1:

  • Introduction to Child Mental Health Course
  • Wellness & Resiliency in Children & their Communities Course

Faculty

Course

Session

Time

Date

Myron Belfer, MD, MPA+ Lamis S. Solaim, PhD

Introduction to Child Mental Health

Introduction to Child Mental Health

5:00 to 6:00 PM

Monday

September29th

Lamis S. Solaim, PhD

Introduction to Child Mental Health

Child Development & Developmental Psychopathology

6:00 to 7:00 PM

Ed K.S. Wang, MS, PsyD

Wellness & Resiliency in Children & their Communities

Healthy Childhood Development

5:00 to 6:00 PM

Monday

October 6th

Ed K.S. Wang, MS, PsyD

Wellness & Resiliency in Children & their Communities

Coping and Growing with Stress

6:00 to 7:00 PM

MEET THE LOCAL EXPERT SERIES (TBA)

Wednesday

October 8th

Ed K.S. Wang, MS, PsyD

Wellness & Resiliency in Children & their Communities

Why Children Behave the Way they Behave

5:00 to 6:00 PM

Monday

October 13th

   Usman Ghumann, MD

Introduction to Child Mental Health

Autism Spectrum Disorder

6:00 to 7:00 PM

Ed K.S. Wang, MS, PsyD

Wellness & Resiliency in Children & their Communities

Building Resilience

5:00 to 6:00 PM

Monday

October 20th

Gordon Harper, MD

Introduction to Child Mental Health

Approaches to Child Development: How to see Children & The Key to Helping Them

6:00 to 7:00 PM

Gene Beresin, MD

Wellness & Resiliency in Children & their Communities

 

Childhood in the Age of Digital Media

5:00 to 6:00 PM

Monday

October 27th

David Rubin, MD

Introduction to Child Mental Health

Developmental Psychopathology I

6:00 to 7:00 PM

Gene Beresin, MD &

 Lamise S. Solaim, PhD

Wellness & Resiliency in Children & their Communities

Childhood in the Age of Digital Media Conversation

5:00 to 6:00 PM

Monday

November 3rd

David Rubin, MD

Introduction to Child Mental Health

Developmental Psychopathology II

6:00 to 7:00 PM

MEET THE LOCAL EXPERT SERIES (TBA)

Wednesday

November 5th

Anne Fishel, PhD

Wellness & Resiliency in Children & their Communities

Harnessing the Power of Family Meals to benefit Children & Parents

5:00 to 6:00 PM

Monday

November 10th

Anne Fishel, PhD

Introduction to Child Mental Health

Introduction of Thinking in Systems

6:00 to 7:00 PM

Anne Fishel, PhD

Wellness & Resiliency in Children & their Communities

The Role of Nutrition in Mental Health

5:00 to 6:00 PM

Monday

November 17th

Anne Fishel, PhD

Introduction to Child Mental Health

Family Systems

6:00 to 7:00 PM

  • Exam 1: Posttest: Wellness and Resiliency in Children and their Communities):
    November 24th  5:00 PM – 7:00 PM AST
  • Exam 2Posttest: Introduction to Child Mental Health):
    November 26h    5:00 PM – 7:00 PM AST

On-Site Workshop (Specified Faculty): December 4th - December 6th

 

TERM 2:

  • Child and Adolescents Mental Health Assessment Course
  • School Mental Health Course.

Faculty

Course

Session

Time

Date

Ellen Braaten, PhD

Child and Adolescents Mental Health Assessment

Definitions of Assessment and Diagnosis

5:00 to 6:00 PM

Monday

December 29th

Ellen Braaten, PhD

Child and Adolescents Mental Health Assessment

Infant Assessment

6:00 to 7:00 PM

Jeff Bostic, MD

School Mental Health

Working with Schools

5:00 to 6:00 PM

Monday

January 5th

Jeff Bostic, MD

School Mental Health

Common Factors Important for Therapeutic Relationships

6:00 to 7:00 PM

MEET THE LOCAL EXPERT SERIES (TBA)

Wednesday

January 7th

Ellen Braaten, PhD

Child and Adolescents Mental Health Assessment

Early Childhood Assessment

5:00 to 6:00 PM

Monday

January 12th

Jeff Bostic, MD

School Mental Health

Common Elements and Managing Difficult Behavior

6:00 to 7:00 PM

Ellen Braaten, PhD

Child and Adolescents Mental Health Assessment

Middle Childhood

5:00 to 6:00 PM

Monday

January 19th

Jeff Bostic, MD

School Mental Health

 

Managing Student Worries and Fears

6:00 to 7:00 PM

Ellen Braaten, PhD

Child and Adolescents Mental Health Assessment

Intelligence and Assessing Intellectual Disabilities

5:00 to 6:00 PM

Monday

January 26th

Jeff Bostic, MD

School Mental Health

Managing Sadness and Unpleasant Moods

6:00 to 7:00 PM

Ellen Braaten, PhD

Child and Adolescents Mental Health Assessment

Assessing ADHD and Disruptive Behaviors

5:00 to 6:00 PM

Monday

February 2nd

Jeff Bostic, MD

School Mental Health

Improving Attention and Focus

6:00 to 7:00 PM

MEET THE LOCAL EXPERT SERIES (TBA)

Wednesday

February 4th

Ellen Braaten, PhD

Child and Adolescents Mental Health Assessment

Assessing Autism Spectrum

5:00 to 6:00 PM

Monday

February 9th

Jeff Bostic, MD

School Mental Health

Helping Schools Manage Difficult Events

6:00 to 7:00 PM

Ellen Braaten, PhD

Child and Adolescents Mental Health Assessment

Adolescents: Assessing Anxiety, Mood Disorders, Suicidality, and Trauma

5:00 to 6:00 PM

Monday

February 16th

Jeff Bostic, MD

School Mental Health

Promoting School Staff Well-being

6:00 to 7:00 PM

  • Exam 1 Posttest: Child and Adolescents Mental Health Assessment
    February 23rd 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM AST

 

  • Exam 2 Posttest: School Mental Health:
    February 25th 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM AST

 

 

TERM 3:

  • Interventions in Child Mental Health I Course.
  • The Interface Between Physician & Mental Health Course.

 

Faculty

Course

Session

Time

Date

Aude Henin, PhD

Interventions in Child Mental Health I

Introduction to Child Intervention Techniques

6:00 to 7:00 PM

Monday

March 30th

Eric Hazen, MD

The Interface Between Physician & Mental Health

Introduction: The Interface Between Physical and Mental Health

7:00 to 8:00 PM

Aude Henin, PhD

Interventions in Child Mental Health I

Techniques to Reduce Physiologic Symptoms of Stress

6:00 to 7:00 PM

Monday

April 6th

Eric Hazen, MD

The Interface Between Physician & Mental Health

Common Emotional and Psychological Problems in Medically Ill Children

7:00 to 8:00 PM

MEET THE LOCAL EXPERT SERIES (TBA)

Wednesday

April 8th

Aude Henin, PhD

Interventions in Child Mental Health I

Cognitive Restructuring Techniques

6:00 to 7:00 PM

Monday

April 13th

Eric Hazen, MD

The Interface Between Physician & Mental Health

Stress, Trauma, and Medical Care

7:00 to 8:00 PM

Aude Henin, PhD

Interventions in Child Mental Health I

Behavioral Techniques to Reduce Anxiety-Based Avoidance

6:00 to 7:00 PM

Monday

April 20th

Eric Hazen, MD

The Interface Between Physician & Mental Health

Approaches to Supporting Children with Medical Illnesses

7:00 to 8:00 PM

Aude Henin, PhD

Interventions in Child Mental Health I

CBT Techniques to Address Mood Problems

6:00 to 7:00 PM

Monday

April 27th

Eric Hazen, MD

The Interface Between Physician & Mental Health

Psychosomatic Disorders

7:00 to 8:00 PM

Aude Henin, PhD

Interventions in Child Mental Health I

Encouraging Healthy and Effective Behaviors

6:00 to 7:00 PM

Monday

May 4th

Eric Hazen, MD

The Interface Between Physician & Mental Health

Psychosocial Considerations in Specific Medical Conditions

7:00 to 8:00 PM

MEET THE LOCAL EXPERT SERIES (TBA)

Wednesday

May 6th

Aude Henin, PhD

Interventions in Child Mental Health I

Incorporating Families into Intervention

6:00 to 7:00 PM

Monday

May 11th

Eric Hazen, MD

The Interface Between Physician & Mental Health

Developmental Disorders and Medical Illness

7:00 to 8:00 PM

Aude Henin, PhD

Interventions in Child Mental Health I

Developmental Adaptations/Special Populations

6:00 to 7:00 PM

Monday

May 18th

 

Eric Hazen, MD

The Interface Between Physician & Mental Health

Altered Mental Status and Summary/Conclusions

6:00 to 7:00 PM

 

  • Exam 1 Posttest: Interventions in Child Mental Health I:
    June 1st 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM AST

 

  • Exam 2 Posttest: The Interface Between Physician & Mental Health:
    June 3rd 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM AST

On-Site Workshop (Specified Faculty): June 4-6

Term 1 Faculty – September 2024 

Lamis S. Solaim, PhD
Myron Belfer, MD, MPA
Gordon Harper, MD
Anne Fishel, PhD
David Rubin, MD
Gagan Joshi, MD
Edward K.S. Wang, MS, PsyD
Gene Beresin, MD

Term 2 Faculty– January 2025

Ellen Braaten, PhD
Jeffrey Bostic, MD
 

Term 3 Faculty – April 2025

Aude Henin, PhD
Eric Hazen, MD

 

 

 

 

The weekly faculty Q&A calls are not for CME credit.

 
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Expiration Date: July 1, 2025

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Course Director

Lamis S. Solaim, PhD

Planners

Lamis S. Solaim, PhD
David Rubin, MD
Jane Pimental, MPH
Susan Sprich, PhD 

 

TERM 1 DISCLOSURES

Disclosure Information

In accord with the disclosure policy of McLean Hospital as well as guidelines set forth by the Accreditation Council on Continuing Medical Education, all people in control of educational content, including speakers, course directors, planners, and reviewers, have been asked to disclose all relevant financial relationships with commercial interests of both themselves and their spouses/partners over the past 12 months, as defined below:              

Commercial Interest

The ACCME defines a “commercial interest” as any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients. The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical service directly to patients to be commercial interests. For more information, visit www.accme.org.

Financial relationships

Financial relationships are those relationships in which the individual benefits by receiving a salary, royalty, intellectual property rights, consulting fee, honoraria, ownership interest (e.g., stocks, stock options or other ownership interest, excluding diversified mutual funds), or other financial benefit.  Financial benefits are usually associated with roles such as employment, management position, independent contractor (including contracted research), consulting, speaking and teaching, membership on advisory committees or review panels, board membership, and other activities from which remuneration is received, or expected.  ACCME considers relationships of the person involved in the CME activity to include financial relationships of a spouse or partner.

Relevant financial relationships 

ACCME focuses on financial relationships with commercial interests in the 12-month period preceding the time that the individual is being asked to assume a role controlling content of the CME activity. ACCME has not set a minimal dollar amount for relationships to be significant.  Inherent in any amount is the incentive to maintain or increase the value of the relationship. The ACCME defines “’relevant’ financial relationships” as financial relationships in any amount occurring within the past 12 months that create a conflict of interest.

Conflict of Interest

Circumstances create a conflict of interest when an individual has an opportunity to affect CME content about products or services of a commercial interest with which he/she has a financial relationship.

The following planners, speakers, and content reviewers, on behalf of themselves and their spouse or partner, have reported financial relationships with an entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services (relevant to the content of this activity) consumed by, or used on, patients:

Susan Sprich, PhD (Psychologist Reviewer)
Royalties (co-authoring treatment manual and client workbook): Oxford University Press
Royalties (editing book): Springer
Honorarium (serving as one of the Associate Editors of the journal entitled "Cognitive and Behavioral Practice"): Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT)

Gagan Joshi, MD
Research Support (Site PI for Multi-Site Studies): F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.
Research Support (PI for Investigator Initiated Studies): National Institute of Mental Health Grant Award #K23MH100450 Demarest Llyod, Jr Foundation

All other individuals including course directors, planners, reviewers, faculty, staff, etc., who are in a position to control the content of this educational activity have, on behalf of themselves and their spouse or partner, reported no financial relationships related to the content of this activity.


TERM 2 DISCLOSURES

Disclosure Information 

In accord with the disclosure policy of McLean Hospital as well as guidelines set forth by the Accreditation Council on Continuing Medical Education, all people in control of educational content, including speakers, course directors, planners, and reviewers, have been asked to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies for the past 24 months, as defined below:                        

Ineligible Companies 

The ACCME defines an “Ineligible company” as “those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.”  For more information, visit

accme.org/standards

Financial Relationships

Financial relationships are those relationships in which the individual benefits by receiving a salary, royalty, intellectual property rights, consulting fee, honoraria, ownership interest (e.g., stocks, stock options or other ownership interest, excluding diversified mutual funds), or other financial benefit.  Financial benefits are usually associated with roles such as employment, management position, independent contractor (including contracted research), consulting, speaking and teaching, membership on advisory committees or review panels, board membership, and other activities from which remuneration is received, or expected. 

Mitigation of Financial Relationships

All financial relationships are reviewed to determine which ones are relevant, and then measures are taken to mitigate all relevant financial relationships and ensure that they do not insert commercial bias into the content of the education.   

The following planners, speakers, content reviewers, and others in control of educational content have reported financial relationships with ineligible companies over the past 24 months. Measures have been taken to mitigate the impact of these financial relationships on the educational content and ensure that they do not insert commercial bias into the content of this education.        

Susan Sprich, PhD (Psychologist Reviewer)
Royalties (co-authoring treatment manual and client workbook): Oxford University Press
Royalties (editing book): Springer
Honorarium (serving as one of the Associate Editors of the journal entitled "Cognitive and Behavioral Practice"): Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT)

Aude Henin, PhD
Royalties: Oxford University Press

All other individuals in a position to control the content of this educational activity have reported no financial relationships with ineligible companies.


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