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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 MHA Education Department500 District Ave.Burlington\, MA 01803-5096 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMHA Children’s Behavioral Health Summit is a collaborative forum that brings together leaders from healthcare\, government\, education\, and the community to address the youth mental health crisis and advance innovative\, equitable\, and integrated behavioral health solutions for children and families in Massachusetts.\n\n\n\nAGENDA: \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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOpening Address – A Vision for Pediatric Behavioral Health in the Commonwealth \n\n\n\n\nAmy Rosenthal\, MPH\, MPA\, Undersecretary of Health\, Undersecretary of Health\, Executive Office of Health and Human Services\, Commonwealth of Massachusetts\n\n\n\n\nMassachusetts’ 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\nCommissioner Emily Bailey\, Department of Mental Health\, Commonwealth of Massachusetts\n\n\n\n\nInnovations in Threat Assessments \n\n\n\n\nSharmila Mehta\, Clinical Director of Child and Adolescent Inpatient Services\, Cambridge Health Alliance\n\n\n\n\nFamily Centered Approaches to Children’s Behavioral Health \n\n\n\n\nPamela Sager\, Esq.\, Executive Director\, Parent/Professional Advocacy League\, Inc.\n\n\n\n\nConnecting the Dots – Care Coordination for Children with Complex Needs \n\n\n\n\nKim Irving\, LICSW\, Director of Complex Case Management\, Executive Office of Health and Human Services\n\n\n\nDeputy Commissioner Charlene Zuffante\, LICSW\, Child\, Youth and Family\, Massachusetts Department of Mental Health\n\n\n\nLauren Almeida\, LICSW\, Director of Mental Health\, Massachusetts Department of Children and Families\n\n\n\nTania Gianino\, Assistant Director of Mental\, Massachusetts Department of Children and Families\n\n\n\n\nThe 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\, Boston Children’s Hospital | Harvard Medical School\n\n\n\n\nPediatric Boarding 2.0: From Crisis to Solutions: \n\n\n\n\nFredrick Crow\, MD\, Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Intensive Services\, Cambridge Health Alliance\n\n\n\nNicole Brisbois BSN\, RN\, CPEN\, RN Manager\, Pediatric Emergency Room; RN Manager- CDU/EDTU\, UMASS Memorial Medical Center – University Campus\n\n\n\n\nBehavioral Health in the 2025 – 2026 Legislative Session \n\n\n\n\nSenator John Velis\, Vice Chair\, Joint Commission on Mental Health\, Substance Use and Recovery\n\n\n\nMore speakers announced soon!\n\n\n\n\nClosing 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:Professional Development,MHA Conferences
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