Join us for this pathbreaking discussion on the future of providing behavioral healthcare to children.

A combination of technological change and financial pressure is creating seismic shifts in the behavioral health workforce.  After years of concern about workforce shortages, we now face the very real possibility that the workforce a decade from now will look almost unrecognizable. 

On the one hand, millions of people, including children and adolescents, are turning to AI for support with mental health, often in response to financial or other barriers to accessing more traditional forms of care.  On the other, AI innovations like ambient scribing and agentic AI for administrative functions mean that the clinical workforce can operate more efficiently. AI coaches and remote patient monitoring also make it possible to provide wraparound support in the community. 

Simultaneously we face Medicaid cuts and steep reductions in federal funding. There’s also growing recognition that the kind of care that may be most valuable for children’s behavioral health happens by working alongside families in the community, rather than in emergency departments and inpatient units.  New roles, including Community Health Workers and Family Peer Support Workers are proliferating.  Using these roles effectively requires fundamentally reshaping clinical teams. 

The New England Children’s Behavioral Health Network Fall Conference will explore these themes, share best practices, and provide stakeholders across the region with an opportunity to collaborate on what the future might look like.

For any questions or inquiries, please contact us at info@necbhn.org