STATEWIDE — Children’s Hospital Colorado will be hosting its first community mental health town hall on Wednesday, Feb. 2, at 6:00 p.m. The session will be moderated by the new Mental Health-in-Chief Dr. Ron-Li Liaw.

In 2021, the hospital said that it has seen over 6,500 emergency department behavioral health visits of children in crisis.

Dr. Liaw, a child psychiatrist, will be joined by two child/adolescent psychologists, a manager of clinical social work and the hospital’s vice president of Population Health and Advocacy who will share the following:

Coping mechanisms and tools for stressful situationsTactics for building resiliency  De-escalation techniquesHow to know if your child is suffering or in crisis and how to get helpThe difference between healthy and unhealthy social media habitsHow to get involved in advancing youth mental health support across our state

There will be an open Q&A at the end of the forum as well as a live interpretation in Spanish.

Families can register at the following link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/254758348077