Social-Emotional Health Metric Provider Flyer
Author: Mari Tasche

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Periodicity schedule:

Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT):

Commonly used screening instruments and tools

Provider guide:

FAQ:

Zero to Three:

Oregon Psychiatric Access Line for kids (OPAL-K), offering psychiatric telephone

Oregon Infant Mental Health Association:

Oregon Health Authority, Early Childhood Mental Health:

[CCO specific resources]

[CCO/regional resources]

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Building a
healthy start
for kids

We are here to support you and your patients.

As a clinician who cares for young children, you most likely know what social-emotional health is and why it is important.
Social-emotional health is a child’s ability to form close relationships; experience, manage and express emotions; and explore and learn. Babies, toddlers and young children can and do experience mental health conditions impacted by the spectrum of life stressors and biological factors that influence their social-emotional development.

Why is it important to support social-emotional health for children ages 0-5?

From birth to age 5 is the most significant stage of human development. Experiences during this time build architecture in the brain for future health and learning.
Problems in early social-emotional health can have lasting detrimental effects on the developing brain, even if a child’s circumstances are improved later in life.
Providing social-emotional support early can prevent the need for more expensive interventions later.
There are children on the Oregon Health Plan who are not getting the social-emotional health services they need. This can contribute to a continuation of chronic and persistent opportunity gaps.

How can clinicians get involved?

The health system, and you as a clinician, have a key role in helping children develop social-emotional health — learn how to get more involved and make even more of a difference for the youngest Oregonians and their families!
Resources can be found on the next page.

Screenings

Consultations

Clinician trainings and
education

Referral resources

Resources
for clinicians

Screenings
Bright Futures
https://downloads.aap.org/AAP/PDF/periodicity_schedule.pdf
, including Behavioral/Social/Emotional and Child Development tools: https://publications.aap.org/toolkits/resources/15625/Bright-Futures-Toolkit-Links-to-Commonly-Used

Consultations
consultations to health care providers in Oregon: https://www.ohsu.edu/school-of-medicine/child-and-adolescent-psychiatry/oregon-psychiatric-access-line-opal

Clinician trainings and education
http://www.Oregon.gov/EPSDT
https://www.oregon.gov/oha/HSD/OHP/Tools/EPSDT-Provider-Guide.pdf
https://www.oregon.gov/oha/HSD/OHP/Tools/EPSDT-FAQ.pdf
https://www.zerotothree.org/resources/for-professionals/
https://www.orimha.org/training-events
https://www.oregon.gov/oha/HSD/BH-Child-Family/Pages/Early-Childhood.aspx

Through the system-level social-emotional health quality metric, the Oregon Health Authority, Oregon Pediatric Improvement Partnership, Children’s Institute, and other partners are working to ensure all Oregonians ages 0-5, and their families, have equitable access to services that support their social-emotional health and are the best match for their needs. Thank you for being part of the solution!

Referral resources