Registration: AAP & AFSP Suicide Prevention Clinical ECHO

Thank you for your interest in the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) Suicide Prevention Clinical ECHO! The AAP and AFSP have partnered to create this program so that primary care clinicians can learn more about the strategies described in the Blueprint for Youth Suicide Prevention.


The goal of this ECHO program is to provide clinicians with the tools and guidance needed to implement suicide prevention protocols in their primary care practice setting. Sessions are 75 minutes and include interactive components to support putting the evidence into practice.


Benefits to participating in the project include:

    •    Increase knowledge and confidence of best practices related to identifying and supporting youth at risk for suicide.

    •    Learn strategies, resources, and approaches on how to implement best practices related to youth suicide prevention protocols.

    •    Network and problem solving in real time with leading suicide prevention experts and a quality improvement advisor.

    •    Connect regularly with a small cohort of your peers in a confidential and safe virtual meeting environment.

    •    Participating pediatricians will have the opportunity to earn American Board of Pediatrics Part 4 Maintenance of Certification credit, pending approval.


There will be two final cohorts offered for this Suicide Prevention Clinical ECHO program. The first launches in August and the second launches in September (see schedules below). Please select which option you'd like to participate in based on your best availability. If your availability works with both program schedules, please select both options and we will assign you to one of the cohorts. This is a high interest program, and we want to make sure participants are distributed equally.


Option A (August Launch): Will meet monthly from August 2024 through March 2025 on the 2nd Wednesday of the month from 1pm-2:15pm CT/ 2pm-3:15pm ET.

Dates listed below:

•    August 14, 2024

•    September 11, 2024

•    October 9, 2024

•    November 13, 2024

•    December 11, 2024

•    January 8, 2025

•    February 12, 2025

•    March 12, 2025


Option B (September Launch): Will meet monthly from September 2024 through April 2025 on the 1st Thursday of the month from 12pm – 1:15pm CT/ 1pm – 2:15pm ET, except for January which will meet the 2nd Thursday of the month at the same time to accommodate the New Years holiday.

Dates listed below:

•    September 5, 2024

•    October 3, 2024

•    November 7, 2024

•    December 5, 2024

•    January 9, 2025

•    February 6, 2025

•    March 6, 2025

•    April 3, 2025


Contact Jessie Leffelman, ECHO Program Manager at jleffelman@aap.org with any questions.

You do not need to be an AAP member to participate in the ECHO

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