An ad hoc committee will plan and conduct an interactive public workshop that will focus on the development and training of the healthcare workforce that promotes children’s behavioral health and wellbeing. Panelists will address the needs for workforce development, current training protocols and programs, and core competencies for a number of health professions including pediatric medicine, family medicine, nursing, pediatric psychology and behavioral health, child psychiatry, obstetrics and gynecology, public health, social work, counseling, and parent coaches in an effort to address the promotion of children’s health in an interdisciplinary and multi-generational manner. The workshop will also address training and practice of professionals with behavioral competencies in subspecialty fields, specifically those working with children who have life-threatening chronic illness, and training and certification for health care professionals who work with children in non-traditional health settings, including school, justice, and child welfare systems.
A set of research presentations will address the following topics:

• Goals and strategies for interprofessional training and integrated practice to meet current and future needs for the behavioral health of children and families.
• Training for multi-generation surveillance and intervention, including maternal health.
• Training for co-promotion of cognitive, affective, and behavioral health with parents.
• Training for collaboration with professionals in school and community settings, including child care facilities.

A full-length summary and a brief summary of the workshop presentations will be prepared by an independent rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines.