ACEs – Adverse Childhood Experiences

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are defined as situations that lead to an elevated risk of children and young people experiencing damaging impacts on their health and other social outcomes across the life course.

  • Mindful Emotion Coaching

    Mindful Emotion Coaching (recording)

    This free session is the fourth of ACAMH’s Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Special Interest Group Monthly seminars. In this session we discuss ‘Mindful Emotion Coaching’.

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    Harmful sexual behaviours among children and young people – recording

    The ACAMH Northwest branch presented this half day conference on sexually harmful behaviours in children and young people. The webinar focused on several key presentations, questions and discussion.

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  • Professor Roz Shafran

    Mental Health Intervention for Children with Epilepsy

    We are delighted to welcome Professor Roz Shafran (pic) and Dr. Sophie Bennett, present up to date outcome data of the ‘M.I.C.E—Mental Health Intervention for Children with Epilepsy’ study

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    Stress, adversity, COVID; caring for children with an intellectual disability

    This free webinar is open to all, and is organised by ACAMH’s Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Special Interest Group Monthly seminars. In this session we welcome Dr. Jeanne Wolstencroft, Research Fellow at the Great Ormond Street UCL Population, Policy and Practice Dept. will present findings from The IMAGINE—ID consortium.

    Event type
    ACEs SIG Monthly seminars
    Location
    FREE live stream
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  • Family Therapists Supporting the Hosts of Ukrainian Families

    Family Therapists Supporting the Hosts of Ukrainian Family (recording)

    Following the response teams of Systemic Therapists have delivered face to face and online workshops for people hosting Ukrainians with a view to helping them prepare for the task and to support them throughout the process. This webinar discusses what has been helpful, what’s been learnt, and future planning.

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  • Identifying and responding effectively to Traumatic Bereavement

    Identifying and responding effectively to Traumatic Bereavement

    This free session is the fifth of ACAMH’s ACEs Special Interest Group Monthly seminars, which is open to all. In this session we welcome David Trickey, UK Trauma Council Co-Director and Consultant Clinical Psychologist, to discuss ‘Identifying and responding effectively to Traumatic Bereavement’. BOOKINGS CLOSED

    Event type
    ACEs SIG Monthly seminars
    Location
    LIVE STREAM
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  • Mindful Emotion Coaching

    Mindful Emotion Coaching

    Bookings closed.
    This free session is the fourth of ACAMH’s ACEs Special Interest Group Monthly seminars, which is open to all. Dr. Sarah Temple draws on her experience as a GP to share a neurodiversity inclusive, trauma-informed approach to wellness.

    Event type
    ACEs SIG Monthly seminars
    Location
    LIVE STREAM
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    Trauma & Looked After Children

    ACAMH in collaboration with Child and Family Training (C&FT) and Improved Futures (IF) present a series of Briefing Seminars on ‘Dealing with distress, restoring well-being, and promoting resilience of Looked After Children and young people who have suffered extensive trauma’.

    Event type
    4 x 2 hour webinars
    Location
    LIVE STREAM
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  • Portrait of a poor little thailand girl lost in deep thoughts, poverty, Poor children, War refugees

    Adverse Childhood Experiences for schools – a MindEd e-learning Training (recording)

    This free session was the second of ACAMH’s Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Special Interest Group Monthly seminars. In this session we discussed ‘Adverse Childhood Experiences for schools – a MindEd e-learning Training’.

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  • journal covers JCPP

    Effects of maternal childhood trauma on child emotional health: maternal mental health and frontoamygdala pathways

    Paper from the JCPP – “Experiences of early life adversity pose significant psychological and physical health risks to exposed individuals”. Jessica P. Uy et al.

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