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

Lecture 1

• Describe global mental health care delivery as a field of study, and its relevance to children and adolescents living in low resource settings
• Explain systems of care, humanitarian crisis response, and task sharing
• Discuss the framing of child and adolescent mental health concerns in the broader context of global challenges to mental health care

Lecture 2

• Describe the challenges to youth mental health globally
• Explain the current state of mental health for children and adolescents in low resource settings 
• Describe various approaches to mental health care of youth based on evidence from global mental health research and delivery

Lecture 3

• Identify the need and the value of the field of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) to the care of children and adolescents across settings 
• Describe international evidence-based guidelines on MHPSS
• Discuss the limitations of the MHPSS approach in systems design for the long-term

Lecture 4

• Explain Psychological First Aid in practice
• Describe resources to develop PFA practices in context
• Discuss the limitations of PFA for longer-term support

Lecture 5

• Explain Psychological First Aid in practice for children and adolescents
• Describe resources to develop PFA practices in context for children and adolescents
• Design a language for teaching PFA to others

Lecture 6

• Discuss the conceptual basis and practical need to task sharing in mental health care delivery
• List evidence behind effectiveness of mental health care delivery by non-specialists 
• Describe WHO’s mhGAP Intervention Guide, and associated technical resources

Lecture 7

• Describe the state of ECD globally, and critical competencies for frontline workers to be trained on to effectively deliver early childhood interventions
• Identify effective ways to promote demand for early childhood interventions in health systems, local communities, and large-scale services
• Discuss approaches we can use to design early childhood interventions in partnership with communities and health workers

Lecture 8

• Explain how concepts in this course could be used to envision new kinds of mental health services for care of children and adolescents 
• Discuss comprehensive, collaborative, community-based systems for youth mental health, facilitated through several case studies
• Identify barriers, ways in which barriers were overcome, and opportunities for advocacy and action