Psychiatric Intake Response Center 2025 Annual Report

PIRC COMMUNITY OUTREACH

PATHS sponsored the 24th Annual Alabama Autism Conference, including PIRC as an exhibitor. At the conference are, left to right: PATHS Director Margo Harwell; PATHS Care Coordinators Staci Smith and Casey Barnes; PATHS Project ECHO Coordinators Meghan Dreher and Kristin Adams; and PIRC Director Cindy Jones.

Minnesota Children’s Behavioral Health Team came to Children’s for a two-day site visit. Pictured are Minnesota’s Children’s and Children’s of Alabama’s Behavioral Health leadership teams.

Mental Health/Healthcare Providers

“The PIRC team has been essential to the care of behavioral health patients within the Emergency Department… The PIRC Therapists are both advocates and guides— bridging the gap between crisis and community, while supporting healthier outcomes for children and families.” Lisa Maloney, Emergency Department and Trauma Services Director, Children’s of Alabama

3rd Annual Alabama Association for Play Therapy Conference 17th Annual Southeast Regional ADHD Conference 24th Annual Alabama Autism Conference Alabama Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Conference

Alabama Chapter—American Academy of Pediatrics (AL-AAP) Fall Conference Alabama Chapter—American Academy of Pediatrics (AL-AAP) Spring Conference Alabama Rural Health Conference Children’s Aid Society’s Understanding & Addressing Complex Trauma and Loss in Childhood Conference Children’s of Alabama Mental Health Awareness Conference Children’s of Alabama 2nd Annual Pediatric Emergency Medicine Symposium Children’s of Alabama Practical Day of Pediatrics Conference Huntsville Hospital Nursing Administration Site Visit Minnesota Children’s Site Visit Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) Training to Alabama Mental Health Therapists PATHS Project ECHO Presentation to Alabama Pediatricians on Navigating Mental Health Care and Assessing for Suicide VitAL Annual Conference Wellstone Emergency Services (WES) Pediatric Unit Site Visit

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