HEADS-ED Mental Health Screening Tool - Follow-up and Discussion

Recorded June 16, 2020

Presenters

Dr. Mario Cappelli

Senior Clinician-Scientist at the Ontario Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health, Adjunct Professor of Psychology, Clinical Investigator, CHEO Research Institute, Professor of Psychiatry

Dr. Ashley Radomski

Post-doctoral fellow, Ontario Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health

Joel Schryer

Program Manager, Mental Health and Quality Improvement, Children First - Windsor

Description

The HEADS-ED mental health screening tool was initially developed for use with children and youth between the ages of 6 and 18 years presenting to the Emergency Department. It has since been adapted and used in a variety of settings including youth mental health walk-in clinics, centralized intakes, and most recently, to facilitate care pathways between primary care and community-based mental health services. A new version of the tool has been developed for use with children under age 6. Early years mental health providers provided feedback on the initial version of the tool during a previous session with IEMHP. The HEADS-ED Under 6 is now being validated by the Ontario Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health in collaboration with Children First in Windsor.

Learning Objectives

The presentation will provide:

• A brief background of the HEADS-ED
• An overview of the use of the HEADS-ED in primary care (Primary Care Pathways project)
• The adaptation of the HEADS-ED for children under 6
• Preliminary results from HEADS-ED under 6 validation study
• A discussion of how primary care providers can support infant and early mental health
• Progress update of a scoping review on the multidimensional mental health and developmental screening tools for children 6 years of age and under.