Resources for Youth-Serving Providers

This page is for youth-serving health care providers and professionals. Here, you can find links to training, information, and resources requested by youth-serving medical and behavioral health care providers.

Upcoming webinars and in-person events

• November 18-20, 2024: #HealthyTeen24, Rise, Reimagine, and Reinvent, will be held in Phoenix, Arizona, this year for the 44^th annual conference. General attendance is $945.
• December 5-7, 2024: National Center for School Mental Health's Annual Conference on Advancing School Mental Health. Early bird registration (until September 17) is $550.
• December 6, 2024: 9:00 am-3:00 pm the Southwest Washington Area Health Education Center is hosting a free Mental Health First Aid training. Register here by November 22, 2024.

Youth Friendly and Inclusive Care

• Youth at the Center: Effective and Equitable Support at Adolescent Health Care Clinics. This new online training for adolescent health providers covers trauma-informed and healing centered care, youth friendly services, and sexual health care and education. It is available for free, and you can earn CE through May 19, 2026. For more information, check out this one-pager.

• Adolescent Health Initiative

  • Spark Training: Being Youth Friendly

  • Spark Training: Adolescent Brain Development 

  • Spark Training: Principles of Trauma-Informed Care in Adolescent Health Practice

  • Youth-friendly care

• Gender and sexual health care

  • Washington laws on gender affirming care and prohibited discrimination

  • Caring for Gender Diverse Youth training - Cardea Services and Seattle Children's Gender Clinic (CE available until October 20, 2025)

  • Education and Resources for Healthcare Providers - Seattle Children's Gender Clinic

  • Transhealth program | Washington State Health Care Authority 

  • Spark Training: LGBTQ+ Youth Series - Adolescent Health Initiative

  • Birth control methods chart - 2024 Medical Eligibility Criteria recommendations of the CDC.

School-Based Health

• Planning, Operating and Sustaining a SBHC - Washington School-Based Health Alliance

• SBHC Clinic Coordinator Toolkit - Washington School-Based Health Alliance

• Resources – School-Based Health Alliance

• School-Based Mobile Health Toolkit - School-Based Health Alliance

• Guide to SBHC and School Collaboration - Adolescent Health Initiative

• SBHC and Primary Care Provider Partnership - Adolescent Health Initiative

• 2023 National School-Based Health Care Conference Highlights - School-Based Health Alliance

• Chapter 3. Assessing Community Needs and Resources - Community Tool Box - information about conducting a community assessment including a needs assessment, surveys, focus groups, and interviews.

• Resource Guide to HIPAA and FERPA - School-Based Health Alliance

• SBHC Grant Program Billing FAQ - DOH and HCA - November 5, 2024

Confidentiality and Minor Consent

Washington State Information

• I'm under 18. When can I get health care without an adult’s consent? - Washington Law Help and Northwest Justice Project

• When can a minor access health care without parental consent? - Washington Law Help and Northwest Justice Project

• Spark Training: Confidentiality Laws - Adolescent Health Initiative (umhs-adolescenthealth.org)  - Trainings, vignettes, and posters for Washington-minor consent laws

• Office of the Insurance Commissioner

  • Confidentiality Request Form - universal form for patients to fill out and send to their health insurance plan to request confidentiality around a specific service.

  • Health information and your privacy - information about privacy rights as it relates to health insurance

• Health Care Authority 

  • Washington State Confidentiality Toolkit for Providers 

  • Family Planning Only | Washington State Health Care Authority

  • Tips for Maintaining Patient Privacy and Confidentiality - Reproductive Health National Training Center

  • Call customer service if you or your patients have questions about privacy: 1-800-562-3022

• Department of Health

  • Title X Clinic Locations | Washington State Department of Health

  • Privacy tools for teens: Resources to share with your young patients to help them understand their rights and what they need to do

    • Teens, Privacy, and Health: What you need to know digital poster

    • How to: Keep your health care visit confidential video

General Information

• Spark Training: Confidentiality Best Practices - Adolescent Health Initiative (umhs-adolescenthealth.org) - Best practices for confidentiality with teens in the health care setting

• Adolescent Health Care, Confidentiality - American Academy of Family Physicians

• Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Part IV - University of Michigan Adolescent Health Initiative

• Adolescent & Young Adult Health Care in Washington (2019) - Adolescent & Young Adult Health National Resource Center

Billing Support

Managed Care Billing: Managed care coverage questions and managed care billing questions should be directed to the appropriate Managed Care Organization (MCO)

• MCO Provider Resources - Association of Washington Healthcare Plans

• For questions or concerns regarding MCO Provider training resources, please contact AWHP@wahealthcareplans.org.

• Contact information for each of the five MCOs are listed in Appendix B of the K-12 Medicaid BH Toolkit. If providers have trouble getting ahold of the MCOs, they can send an email to HCA managed care staff at HCAMCPrograms@hca.wa.gov.

Health Care Authority - Medicaid/Apple Health:

• Fee-for-Service (FFS) Billing: Most Medicaid clients are enrolled in an MCO. If there are students who are not covered by an MCO and are receiving services through FFS, providers can find fee-for-service billing instructions and coverage information in the appropriate Medicaid billing guide. There should be contact information in the billing guides for providers who have additional questions.

• ProviderOne Support at HCA: ProviderRelations@hca.wa.gov can assist with technical issues such as how to submit fee-for-service claims in ProviderOne, help with enrolling providers in ProviderOne, how to review the remittance advices (RAs) in ProviderOne, and connections to other HCA support. They cannot provide coverage details (what is and what isn’t covered) or help with managed care billing.

  • Learn ProviderOne: Learn more about the ProviderOne system, including how to set up your account, how to submit claims, and how to get help if you need it. Here are additional resources available on the HCA's website:

    • Learn ProviderOne - Health Care Authority

    • ProviderOne Billing and Resource Guide - Health Care Authority

    • Enroll as a provider - Health Care Authority

    • Provider billing guides and fee schedules - Health Care Authority

Other billing resources

• Medicaid School-based Behavioral Health Services and Billing Toolkit provides an overview of behavioral health services and associated billing that can be provided in the school setting.

• Medicare Learning Network (MLN) Web-Based Training - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Behavioral Health

• Back to School Kit for Technology from Mental Health America includes fact sheets for young people and adults, key messages, social media post examples, and guides to resources.

• Washington Partnership Access Line - Seattle Children's. The Partnership Access Line (PAL) supports primary care providers, including those in SBHCs, with questions about mental health care such as diagnostic clarification, medication adjustment or treatment planning. Our child and adolescent psychiatrists are available to consult during business hours.

• Information for Healthcare Providers on Behavioral Health - Washington State Department of Health

• Regions - Office of Behavioral Health Advocacy - Use this website to find your area's Office of Behavioral Health Advocate

Trauma-informed/Healing-centered care

• Trauma-informed approach - Health Care Authority

• Trauma-Informed Care (traumapolicy.org)

• NCTSN Learning Center for Child and Adolescent Trauma

Suicide Prevention

• Suicide Prevention: In Crisis - Washington State Department of Health

  • General information on suicide prevention, including resources for suicide crisis, and peer support

• Suicide Prevention Training for Health Professionals - Washington State Department of Health

• Preventing Youth Suicide - National Association of School Psychologists

• Suicide: Blueprint for Youth Suicide Prevention - American Academy of Pediatrics

• Strategies for Community and School Settings for Youth Suicide Prevention - American Academy of Pediatrics

• Conducting a Brief Suicide Safety Assessment - American Academy of Pediatrics

• Digital Shareables on Suicide Prevention - National Institute of Mental Health

• Mind4Health - Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board

  • This 90-minute online training prepares caring adults to support and refer youth when they see or post concerning messages online.

• QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) Suicide Prevention Training - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

• Talking to teens: Suicide prevention tools and resources - American Academy of Pediatrics

• THRIVE mental health and suicide prevention resources - Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board

• Zero Suicide - Education Development Center

• Culture Forward: A Strengths and Culture Based Tool to Protect Our Native Youth from Suicide - Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health.

Well-Child Checks and Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT)

• Health Care Authority

  • EPSDT Program Billing Guide - billing guide for early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment activities

  • Well-child checkups

• Washington State Department of Health

  • Resources for Professionals and providers - Information, flyers, and brochures to download and share with patients and families. Includes a new toolkit for Extended Hours for Well Visits, as well as tips and tricks for increasing well visits.

  • Child and Adolescent Well-Care Visits - Washington State Department of Health - Provides more information on what a well-care check or well visit is, why it's important, and what to expect. This page is geared to parents and caregivers.

Telehealth

• Telehealth State and Federal Resources - Washington State Department of Health

• TeleMental Health Guides for Infancy to Young Adults - Harborview Behavioral Health Institute

• Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource Center School-Based Telehealth Playbook - School-Based Health Alliance

• School-Based Telehealth Services - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Teen Dating and Violence Prevention

• Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs (wcsap.org)

  • Prevention Basics - Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence

  • In Their Shoes Teen Dating Trainings - Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence

    • For a free In Their Shoes training, contact Alexis Bates at alexis.bates@doh.wa.gov.

  • Making-a-Mandatory-Child-Abuse-Report-Best-Practices1.pdf (wscadv.org)

• Teen Dating Violence is Serious in WA - Northwest Public Broadcasting

• CDC - Dating Matters training

• Find Help - Washington State Department of Health

• WaSAFE (washington.edu)

• Teen Dating Violence | Overview | Office of Justice Programs (ojp.gov) 

• Sexual Violence Prevention (ospi.k12.wa.us)

Vaccines

• Adolescent Immunization Schedule At A Glance Poster

  • Free DOH poster printing

• WA DOH Vaccine Information Page: Includes information, recommendations, and resources about vaccine schedules for children, teens, and college-age youth. Washington State covers the cost of vaccines for children and youth, regardless of insurance status.

• HPV at age 9: WA DOH Resources. Includes up-to-date recommendations for vaccine schedule, flyers, handouts, posters, and information for parents, letters for schools to send to parents, and tips for discussing vaccine hesitation with parents

• This HPV Vaccine  toolkit from the Reproductive Health National Training Center describes three approaches to increasing HPV vaccination among adolescents in a clinical setting and includes suggested action steps and supportive resources.

• WA DOH COVID Vaccine for Youth: Includes recommendations, FAQs, and resources for the COVID-19 Vaccine for teens and young adults.

• The Public Health Communications Collaborative compiled resources and messaging about vaccines, vaccine development, and reports to support 2024-25 vaccine campaigns.

For resources and information for teens and young adults, check out Teen Health Hub WA.

Don't see what you need? If you have ideas for resources or specific resource needs, email us at adolescenthealthunit@doh.wa.gov.