schools
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What are the mental health impacts of school anxiety and emotional based school avoidance (EBSA)?
EBSA refers to severe difficulty attending school due to emotional factors. It’s estimated to affect 1-5% of school-age children and is more prevalent in secondary schools. This blog explores the mental health consequences of these issues.
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“I’m not going and you can’t make me!” – how to support children and young people with emotionally based school avoidance (recording)
Delegates only. Over the last few years, there has been an increase in referrals to CAMHS for young people struggling to attend school. Young people can present with significant distress and family relationships may become strained. It can be challenging for CAMHS professionals to know how to support young people and their families. This half-day session provided a useful overview of current research and practical tips for clinicians.
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Doom-monitoring Students’ Online Interactions and Content Creation in Schools
In this ‘Papers Podcast’, we are joined by Professor Andra Siibak and Kristjan Kikerpill (pic) to discuss their CAMH journal 2023 Special issue paper ‘Schools engaged in doom-monitoring students’ online interactions and content creation: an analysis of dominant media discourses’.
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Emotionally based school avoidance (recording)
This webinar discussed Emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA) a term used to describe young people who have difficulty attending school due to emotional needs. Dr. Cat Halligan and Jemma Michelson who have developed and delivered the Royal Free Children’s Hospital School’s ‘LinkEdUP’ online reengagement programme were our speakers
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Trauma – Pedagogy in practice recording
ACAMH is delighted to have teamed up with the Chartered College of Teaching to present these FREE online training series entitled ‘Pedagogy in practice’, this session was on Trauma.
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How to spot and support students who have experienced trauma
Blog from Amy Sayer. “The need to spot and support students who have experienced trauma has become increasingly urgent and necessary within educational settings.”
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Youth Substance Use and Co-occurring Mental Health Concerns
In this podcast, we talk to Dr. Jillian Halladay, winner of ACAMH’s Research Trainee of the Year 2021 Award, about her research into the co-occurrence of substance use in youth in general and in acute clinical settings.
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Supporting Child Refugees in Educational Settings
This Refugee Week, we are joined by Dr. Tina Rae to explore how best to support child refugees within educational settings.
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Improving research-informed practice in schools
We have recently launched an initiative aimed at teachers, to enable schools to access and put to use resources that can genuinely make a difference to the mental wellbeing and educational outcomes of young people.
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The Mental Health Impact of COVID-19 School Closures
The focus of this podcast is on the JCPP Advances paper ‘Covid-19 partial school closures and mental health problems: a cross sectional survey of 11,000 adolescents to determine those most at risk’, written by Dr. Karen Mansfield, Associate Professor Mina Fazel, and colleagues.
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