‘A trauma informed approach to mental health support for autistic children, young people and their families’, is a free webinar open to all, and is organised by ACAMH’s Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Special Interest Group. The webinar will be led by Dr. Georgia Pavlopoulou and Alexis Quinn at Anna Freud and University College London (UCL).
Booking
Sign up to this FREE webinar at this link or on the Book Now button at the top of the screen, and complete the form that follows. You’ll then receive an email confirmation and a link to the webinar, plus we’ll send you a calendar reminder nearer the time.
- ACAMH Members attending will be eligible for a FREE electronic CPD certificate. Members MUST login to book onto the webinar and get their certificate.
- Non-members can opt to receive an electronic CPD certificate for just £5, select this option at the point of booking. This is a great time to join ACAMH, take a look at what we have to offer
- Don’t forget as a charity any surplus made is reinvested back as we work to our vision of ‘Sharing best evidence, improving practice’, and our mission to ‘Improve the mental health and wellbeing of young people aged 0-25’.
About the webinar
Autistic children with and without a learning disability, are at heightened risk of experiencing interpersonal, cultural or medical trauma and exposure to bullying and violence. It is estimated that these children are approximately two to three times more likely to encounter traumatic events of an interpersonal nature relative to their nonautistic counterparts.
Georgia and Alexis will present key considerations of an experience sensitive, neurodiversity informed approach for professionals to embed in mainstream mental health practice to support autistic children, young people and their families who have suffered trauma and to prevent from re-traumatising them in their effort to access support.
About the speakers
Alexis Quinn is a former schoolteacher, professional athlete and author of two books: her ground-breaking memoir, Unbroken, and Autistic & Expecting, a guide for autistic parents to be. Alexis speaks on neurodivergence, trauma, restraint, solitary confinement and mental well-being. She is a psychotherapist, content developer for Anna Freud and works as Manager of the Restraint Reduction Network.
Dr. Georgia Pavlopoulou is Associate Professor at University College London (UCL), Director of the National Autism Trainer Programme at Anna Freud (#NATPmentalhealth), Co-Lead of the Special Interest Group in Coproduction at the Centre for Equality Research in UCL Brain Sciences (the ERB Centre), Founder of the Group for Research in Relationships And Neurodiversity (GRRAND) and a registered Psychotherapist.
Recent publications
Natri, H., Abubakare, O., Beaud, F., Botha, M., Bottema-Beutel, K., Brown, L. X. Z., Pavlopoulou… Zisk, A. H. (2023, February 15). Anti-ableist language is fully compatible with high-quality autism research: Response to Singer et al. (2022). https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/3vjnq
Vincent, C., Oliver, C., & Pavlopoulou, G. (2023). Lessons from lockdown: Autistic students, parents and mainstream schools. British Educational Research Journal. doi:10.1002/berj.3854
Stogiannos, N., Harvey-Lloyd, J., Brammer, A., Cleaver, K., McNulty, J. P., Sá dos Reis, C., . Pavlopoulou…. . Malamateniou, C. (2023). Toward Autism-Friendly Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Exploring Autistic Individuals’ Experiences of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scans in the United Kingdom, a Cross-Sectional Survey. Autism in Adulthood. doi:10.1089/aut.2022.0051
Pavlopoulou, G., Burns, C., Cleghorn, R., Skyrla, T., & Avnon, J. (2022). “I often have to explain to school staff what she needs”. School experiences of non-autistic siblings growing up with an autistic brother or sister. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 129. doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2022.104323
Pavlopoulou, G., Usher, C., & Pearson, A. (2022). ‘I can actually do it without any help or someone watching over me all the time and giving me constant instruction’: Autistic adolescent boys’ perspectives on engagement in online video gaming. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 15 pages. doi:10.1111/bjdp.12424
Booking
Sign up to this FREE webinar at this link or on the Book Now button at the top of the screen, and complete the form that follows. You’ll then receive an email confirmation and a link to the webinar, plus we’ll send you a calendar reminder nearer the time.
- ACAMH Members attending will be eligible for a FREE electronic CPD certificate. Members MUST login to book onto the webinar and get their certificate.
- Non-members can opt to receive an electronic CPD certificate for just £5, select this option at the point of booking. This is a great time to join ACAMH, take a look at what we have to offer
- Don’t forget as a charity any surplus made is reinvested back as we work to our vision of ‘Sharing best evidence, improving practice’, and our mission to ‘Improve the mental health and wellbeing of young people aged 0-25’.