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  • A trauma informed approach to mental health support for autistic children, young people and their families – FREE ACEs SIG webinar

    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 UCL.

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    Grief and Trauma-Practice and Research

    The seminar will provide a bridge between research and clinical contexts of traumatic experiences and loss in bereaved children and young people.

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  • School Avoidance boy crying

    School Anxiety & Emotional Based School Avoidance

    This webinar will bring attention to, and focus on, the emotional components of being a pupil or student in the journey of schooling and learning. The session will take strong and particular interest in the rise in problems of attendance during and since the COVID closures, along with rising suspension & exclusion rates in the […]

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  • school bot 7-8yrs at desk

    Schools – a pathway to Public health through Trauma Informed approaches to establish a healthy environment

    School as a pathway to public health ensures that the environment promotes psychological safety, enables equity and inclusion and facilitates children to be able to live life well, interrupting the cycle of intergenerational trauma. This free webinar is open to all, and is organised by ACAMH’s Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Special Interest Group. The webinar will be led by Julie Harmieson, TISUK Director of Education and National Strategy.

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    FREE live stream
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  • Children using magnifying glass to look at a leaf in the woods

    Taking mental health outdoors: from prevention to intervention

    Research is increasingly showing the benefits of spending time outdoors on our mental health. These studies are often about adults rather than children and young people, and about how spending free time outdoors can be of benefit. However, there is less known about how and why we might support young people to be outdoors to prevent mental health problems, or in treatment settings if they do have poor mental health.

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  • Boy refusing food

    Restrictive Eating Disorders & Autism; Awareness, Advice, Actions

    Booking for this event is now closed. Complex presentations of eating disorders in young people with Autism or other neurodevelopmental conditions can be challenging for professionals. We hope to provide clinicians with up to date knowledge of current research, helpful tips for clinical practice and an overview of specialist services in the northwest.

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    Webinar
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  • teen boy gaming

    Pleasures and pitfalls of technology

    In this event, organised by the Devon and Cornwall Branch we will hear from a selection of speakers and explore how technology can be beneficial for young people’s mental health and how issues with technology could be mitigated.

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    Understanding and supporting children looked after and adopted children

    It is recognised that the children looked after population is often on clinical caseloads, yet there appears to be little discussion around both the impact of their early life experiences on their neuropsychology, and the practical aspects of working with this specific population due to this. This webinar will focus on the mental health of children looked after and adopted children.

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    Webinar
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  • dad shouting at small child

    Words Matter: Childhood Verbal Abuse

    Childhood verbal abuse is characterised by adults verbally threatening the child, it can be as damaging to a child’s development as other subtypes of maltreatment such as childhood physical and sexual abuse. Register for this FREE webinar, open to all, led by Professor Shanta R. Dube, Jessica Bondy, and Fiona Pienaar.

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  • Happy teen with headphones on

    Trauma Treatment by Beethoven and Beyoncé: Incorporating Music as a Tool for Engagement in Evidence-Based Treatments for Child Trauma

    This FREE webinar will be led by Assistant Professor Dr. Jessica Wozniak and Associate Professor Dr. Jessica L. Griffin, both University of Massachusetts Medical School, who will present a brief overview of research on music and neurobiology and health outcomes, including mental health.

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