Resource Center

Children’s TiPS is a free program designed to help primary care clinicians deliver high quality psychotropic services to children and adolescents. Providing education resources is key to our mission. This section of our website is intended to provide primary care clinicians with valuable resources about Children’s TiPS and behavioral health issues.

Children’s TiPS Resources

• Children’s TiPS – An Introduction to Care Coordination (PDF)
• TiPS Introductory Presentation (PDF) – learn more about Children’s TiPS.
• Promotional Flyer for Providers (PDF) – learn how to enroll in Children’s TiPS.
• Promotional Flyer for Parents (PDF) – distribute to parents when you have completed a referral to Children’s TIPS care coordination.
• Substance Abuse Resources for Teens (PDF)

Behavioral Health Resources

• ADHD Medications: Basics (PDF)
• ADHD Diagnosis and Treatment in Pediatric Primary Care (PDF)
• Adolescent Depression (PDF)
• Advanced ADHD Stimulant Alternatives in Pediatric Primary Care (PDF)
• Autism Spectrum Disorders and Attention Deficit Disorders in Pediatric Primary Care (PDF)
• Behavioral Health Care Coordination (PDF)
• Childhood Trauma: What you need to know in the primary care setting (PDF)
• Children’s Telephonic Psychiatric Consultation Service (PDF)
• Diagnosing Depression and Anxiety in Pediatric Primary Care (PDF)
• Eating Disorders (PDF)
• Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Recognition and Referral (PDF)
• Media, Social Media, Children and Adolescents (PDF)
• Monitoring Children and Adolescents with Behavioral Health Conditions (PDF)
• Motivational Interviewing for Pediatricians (PDF)
• Pediatric Sleep Disturbance – Identification of Problems and Strategies for Management in Primary Care (PDF)
• SSRI Handout (PDF)
• Substance Use SBIRT (PDF)
• Tic Disorders (PDF)
• Treatment of Depression and Anxiety in Pediatric Primary Care (PDF)
• UPMC Suicide TrainingSAFE-T Model and Safety Planning (PDF)
• Using SSRIS in Pediatric Primary Care (PDF)

Behavioral Health Webinar

• Substance Use SBIRT Webinar

Children's TiPS Newsletter

• Fall 2019 (PDF) 
• Fall 2018 (PDF)
• Summer 2018 (PDF)
• Spring 2018 (PDF)
• November 2017 (PDF)
• September 2017 (PDF)
• July 2017 (PDF)
• May 2017 (PDF)