Child Abuse Project ECHO

Welcome to ECHOing Across the Nation: Protecting Children through Equal Access to Child Abuse Resources, a virtual series of child abuse identification and evaluation educational programs led by specialists at Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU. This series connects community providers with child abuse and maltreatment specialists in regular, real-time, collaborative sessions revolutionizing medical education and exponentially increasing workforce capacity to provide best-practice specialty care and reduce health disparities. Register for an ECHO Session! 

Network, Participate and Present

• Engage in a collaborative community with your peers.
• Listen, learn, and discuss didactic information and case presentations in real-time.
• Take the opportunity to submit your de-identified case study for feedback from the team of child abuse and maltreatment specialists.

Benefits

• Improved child and family outcomes.
• Improved clinical understanding of working with and advocating for endangered children.
• Systems-level planning and strategizing.
• Virtual networking opportunities using two-way video conferencing.
• No cost to participate.
• CME credits provided.

Content posted within the ECHOing Across the Nation: Protecting Children through Equal Access to Child Abuse Resources is made possible by funding from the Virginia Department of Health (VDH).

ECHO Model

The ECHO model connects professionals with each other in real-time collaborative virtual sessions on Zoom. Participants present de-identified cases to one another, share resources, connect to each other, and grow in their expertise.