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SUMMARY:2026 Children's Behavioral Health Summit
DESCRIPTION:$219   Member Rate$299   Non-Member Rate \n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\nEVENT CONTACT\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTERFAX 781-262-6136 \n\n\n\nMAIL –  Check Payable to MHAMHA Education Department500 District Ave.Burlington\, MA 01803-5096 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8:30 – 9 a.m.: Registration\, Networking\, and Continental Breakfast \n\n\n\n9:05 – 9:15 a.m.: Welcoming Address \n\n\n\n\nKevin B. Churchwell\, MD\, President & CEO\, Boston Children’s Hospital\n\n\n\n\n9:15 – 9:30 a.m.: Opening Address – A Vision for Pediatric Behavioral Health in the Commonwealth \n\n\n\n9:30 – 10:15 a.m.: Massachusetts’ Behavioral Health System – Update from the State Agency Leaders \n\n\n\n\nLee Robinson\, MD\, Associate Chief of Behavioral Health\, MassHealth Office of Accountable Care & Behavioral Health\n\n\n\nEmily Bailey\, Commissioner\, Department of Mental Health\n\n\n\n\n10:15 – 10:45 a.m.: Innovations in Threat Assessments \n\n\n\n\nSharmila Metha\, Clinical Director of Child and Adolescent Inpatient Services\, Cambridge Health Alliance\n\n\n\n\n10:45 – 11 a.m.: BREAK \n\n\n\n11 – 11:30 a.m.: Family Centered Approaches to Children’s Behavioral Health \n\n\n\n\nSpeakers announced soon!\n\n\n\n\n11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.: Connecting the Dots – Care Coordination for Children with Complex Needs \n\n\n\n\nKim Irving\, Director of Complex Case Management\, Executive Office of Health and Human Services\n\n\n\nMore speakers announced soon!\n\n\n\n\n12:15 – 1 p.m.: LUNCH \n\n\n\n1 – 1:30 p.m.: The State of Health Equity and Behavioral Health \n\n\n\n\nKevin Simon\, MD\, Chief Behavioral Health Officer\, City of Boston; Director\, JUSTICE Clinic\, Division of Addiction Medicine; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry; Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences\n\n\n\nBoston Children’s Hospital | Harvard Medical School\n\n\n\n\n1:30 – 2:15 p.m.: Building a Regional Pediatric Center \n\n\n\n\nMatthew Siegel\, MD\, Chief of Clinical Enterprise\, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences\, Boston Children’s Hospital; Chief Behavioral Health Officer\, Franciscan Children’s Hospital\n\n\n\n\n2:15 – 2:45 p.m.: Behavioral Health in the 2025 – 2026 Legislative Session \n\n\n\n\nChair – Senator John Velis\, Vice Chair\, Joint Commission on Mental Health\, Substance Use and Recovery\n\n\n\nMore speakers announced soon!\n\n\n\n\n2:45 – 3:30 p.m.: Pediatric Boarding 2.0 – From Crisis to Solutions \n\n\n\n\nGino Mortillaro\, MD\, Medical Director\, Emergency Psychiatric Service; Medical Director\, Psychiatry Bridge Clinic; Psychiatric medical Director\, Behavioral Health Transport System\, Boston Children’s Hospital\n\n\n\n\n3:30 p.m.: Closing Remarks
URL:https://www.mhalink.org/event/2026-childrens-behavioral-health-summit/
LOCATION:MCLE Conference Center\, 10 Winter Place\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, 02108\, United States
CATEGORIES:MHA Conferences
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