MCPAP's Clinical Conversations 2026-2027
This is a live, virtual activity.
MCPAP hosts a series of nine webinars throughout the year, which usually take place September – June, except December. It is an hour-long conversation with a MCPAP Psychiatrist or subject matter expert on different behavioral health topics of interest to pediatric primary care clinicians.
Target Audience
This activity is intended for physicians, nurse practitioners, psychologists & social workers.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Describe & provide integrated conceptual models of each evidence-based behavioral therapy / skill set training combined with medication approaches for the same diagnosis / symptoms / skill set deficit.
- Accomplish this by improving each set of clinicians’ understanding of the work done by their colleagues and how they can invest and supplements each other’s work.
- Demonstrate this by having experts in each disorder and treatment present webinar discussions together.
- Identify more highly integrated approaches that include CBT for depression, anxiety, and OCD; Social pragmatic training and sensory integration techniques for high functioning autism; Applied behavioral analysis (ABA) for more severe autism spectrum disorders; etc, and how these can best be integrated with medications and interventional psychiatry Rx.
Additional Information

Course summary
Barry Sarvet, MD - Course Director
Child Psychiatrist, Baystate Medical Center;
Chair, Department of Psychiatry,
UMass Chan Medical School – Baystate;
Medical Director, Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program (MCPAP)
In support of improving patient care, Mass General Brigham is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit Designation Statements
AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM
Mass General Brigham designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Physician Assistants
Mass General Brigham has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1.00 AAPA Category 1 CME credit. Pas should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

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