Native American Youth Mental Health ECHO
The NAYMH ECHO is a collaborative speaker series to better support the mental health and wellbeing of Indigenous youth, their families and their care teams. This ECHO aims to strengthen community-defined mental health care for Native youth through knowledge sharing and mentorship.

Who is this ECHO designed for?
Health professionals, behavioral health specialists, school mental health workers, and community organization staff responsible for the care and wellbeing of Indigenous youth.

NAYMH ECHO Partners
This project is led by a Leadership Council made up of community leaders and professionals from across the state of California. It is a partnership between the California Area Indian Health Service, Southern Indian Health Council, Two Feathers Native American Family Services, Yurok Tribe Health and Human Services, Native American Health Center, Southern California American Indian Resource Center, Cal Poly Humboldt and the Stanford Center for Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing.

2025 Program

The 2025 Native American Youth Mental Health ECHO Series will focus on approaches to building resilience, enhancing community support systems, and integrating holistic and traditional practices into treatment to improve Native American youth wellbeing. This series will provide guidance and collaborative learning about co-occurring conditions and insights and strategies for community-informed care. Behavioral health providers working with Native youth in various health care, and community, and school-based settings are encouraged to participate.

Schedule
Sessions will be held 12 - 1:30pm PST

Part 1: Promoting Native Youth Mental Health Within Educational Environments

January 30, 2025

Community Approaches to Supporting Native Youth in School Settings

February 13, 2025 

Addressing Bullying and Building Resilience in Native Youth

February 27, 2025 

Digital Spaces and Native Youth: Balancing Safety & Wellbeing

March 13, 2025

Restorative Justice for Native Youth: Integrating Community Practices with Care

   

Part 2: Holistic Systems of Support for Native Youth Wellbeing

April 10, 2025 

Impact of Food Sovereignty and Nutrition Native Youth Experiences

April 24, 2025

Crisis Support and Suicide Prevention for Native Youth

May 22, 2025 

Behavioral Health Infrastructure Across Indian Country 

June 26, 2025 

Reconnecting to Traditional Lands: Pathways to Healing and Wellbeing for Native Youth
   

Part 3: Community-Informed Clinical Approaches for Native Youth

July 24, 2025 

Art, Play, and Community-defined Approaches to Violence Prevention

August 28, 2025 

Preventing Suicide in Native Youth: Community-Informed Firearm Safety

September 11,
2025

Community-Based Approaches for Substance Use and Comorbid Conditions in Native Youth

September 25, 
2025

Indigenizing Youth Mental Health Care

 

Important Course Information

Course Platforms
This course uses two separate platforms, one to register and another to participate.

  1. Register and Claim CME/CE - Cloud CME Platform
  2. Participate in an ECHO session & access course materials – iECHO Platform

Account Setup

  1. Register for the NAYMH ECHO program on Cloud CME platform.
  2. Locate the iECHO email invitation from no-reply@iecho.org, follow the link provided, and click on 'Register for the program.'
  3. You may need to check your spam folder or go directly to https://iecho.org to sign in.
  4. Create a secure password for your iECHO account.
  5. You may be asked to provide professional profile information such as occupation, organization & areas of interest.

Accessing the Session

  1. The webinar sessions will be conducted via the Zoom platform.
  2. The Zoom link to join each ECHO session will be sent from iECHO by email to each registrant 1 hour prior to the start time the day of the ECHO session.

Claiming CE Credit
Information on how to claim Continuing Education credit will be provided during the ECHO session.

Questions & Support
Should you encounter any issues during the account setup process or have any questions about accessing the ECHO session, please feel free to reach out to the CME office at stanfordcme@stanford.edu.

Meet the Team

Questions? Contact Us

For CME questions: stanfordcme@stanford.edu

For inquiries about the program: 
indigenousyouthwellbeing@stanford.edu

About Project ECHO
Project ECHO is a revolutionary guided-practice model that reduces health disparities in under-served and remote areas of the state, nation, and world. Through innovative telementoring, the ECHO model uses a hub-and-spoke knowledge-sharing approach where expert teams lead virtual clinics, amplifying the capacity for providers to deliver best-in-practice care to the underserved in their own communities.
Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, Stanford Medicine 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.

This activity is approved for:

AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM
ANCC Contact Hours
ACPE Contact Hours
ASWB Continuing Education Credit
AAPA Category 1 CME credit
APA Continuing Education Credit

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