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Welsh branch puts on dyslexia day with academic heavyweights
Conference review Dyslexia: From assessment to intervention This September saw ACAMH’s Wales branch host a one day conference on dyslexia in Cardiff. Over sixty delegates made the trip to the city’s All Nations’ Centre to listen to talks from leading researchers and practitioners. The day was opened with a warm welcome from Dr Owen Barry, […]
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Protected: The profile of abilities in Autistic girls – Prof. Tony Attwood – recording for delegates only
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Practicing what we preach
Today is World Mental Health Day, with this year’s theme being mental health in the workplace. I believe the most valuable asset any organisation has are its staff, and their wellbeing should be paramount to every CEO.
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Mental health in schools
“Sometimes you feel like a volcano erupting,” one eight-year-old boy told us, “but if you come to Place2Be, you can cool down.”
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The pariah of dyslexia
Sometimes, academia calls for a thick skin, particularly if you’re notorious for denouncing an entire area of research.
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Dyslexia and developmental language disorder: same or different?
Maggie Snowling looks at how we understand the definition, development and relationship between dyslexia and developmental language disorder (DLD).
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The Parent Blame Game
Seventy years ago Leo Kanner published his seminal paper describing autism. In that paper he also coined the term “refrigerator mother” apportioning some of the cause for the distinctive profile of autistic behaviour to cold, harsh parenting practices.
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‘Dyslexia and Language Impairment’ Professor Maggie Snowling
Professor Maggie Snowling on ‘Dyslexia and Language Impairment’. Recorded on 29 September 2017, and was organised by the Welsh ACAMH Branch as part of the conference, ‘Dyslexia from assessment to intervention’. ACAMH members can now receive a CPD certificate for watching this recorded lecture.
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Jonathan Green and Jon Spiers discuss early intervention in autism
Prof. Green has recently published a randomised trial of parent-mediated intervention for infants at high risk for autism.
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How to Help Children to Feel Happy
BBC Radio four discussion on CAMH featuring ACAMH Chair, Professor Stephen Scott
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