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title: "Helping Children Thrive: Strategies to Support Children’s Mental Health"
description: "  This webinar examines the factors driving the increase in child and adolescent mental health conditions and identified strategies to enhance and expand access to behavioral health services. Timestamps: [0:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi_wS_m5Uuw&t=0s): Welcome & Introduction, Speaker: Sheree Crute, MA, Director of Communications,…"
url: "https://bridges4mentalhealth.org/hub/access-to-mental-health-services/helping-children-thrive-strategies-to-support-childrens-mental-health/"
updated: "2026-07-31"
category: Access to Mental Health Services
tags:
  - Audience
  - Exemplars
  - Mental health professionals
  - TA sites
  - Webinar
---

# Helping Children Thrive: Strategies to Support Children’s Mental Health

 

This webinar examines the factors driving the increase in child and adolescent mental health conditions and identified strategies to enhance and expand access to behavioral health services.

Timestamps:

[0:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi_wS_m5Uuw&t=0s): Welcome & Introduction, Speaker: Sheree Crute, MA, Director of Communications, NIHCM Foundation

[1:54](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi_wS_m5Uuw&t=114s): Youth Mental Health: The Challenge and What NAMI Can Do to Help, Speaker: Ken Duckworth, MD, National Alliance on Mental Illness

[14:32](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi_wS_m5Uuw&t=872s): Advancing Children’s Mental Health Services Through Integrated Care Models and Implementation Science, Speaker: Courtney Benjamin Wolk, PhD: University of Pennsylvania

[30:46](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi_wS_m5Uuw&t=1846s): Treating Youth Mental Health with Sustainable Solutions, Speaker: Ellyn Saren, LCWS, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina

 

[Read More](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi_wS_m5Uuw)

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