16:56:37 From Andre Tomlin Hello all, Thanks for joining us around the CAMHS campfire to talk about COVID, lockdown, school closures and youth mental health. A very warm welcome to you wherever you are in the world. I'm André from the Mental Elf. I'm chairing the discussion today. Do say hello here in the chat and tell us who you are and where you are from. 16:57:25 From ACAMH if you are on twitter do please follow @acamh and use #CAMHScampfire for the session 16:57:39 From Diana Hello from Diana Special Needs Teacher in West Sussex, UK 16:58:12 From ACAMH who here is not from the UK? 16:58:13 From Andre Tomlin Here are the #CAMHScampfire tweets if you want to join in https://twitter.com/search?q=%23CAMHScampfire&src=hashtag_click&f=live 16:58:14 From Hali Hello everyone, my name is Hali I am a learning support practitioner from Birmingham 16:59:21 From Douglas Badenoch Hello everyone! I’m Douglas, Information Scientist and National Elf Service person from Edinburgh. 17:00:09 From Andre Tomlin Hello all, Thanks for joining us around the CAMHS campfire to talk about COVID, lockdown, school closures and youth mental health. A very warm welcome to you wherever you are in the world. I'm André from the Mental Elf. I'm chairing the discussion today. Do say hello here in the chat and tell us who you are and where you are from. 17:00:18 From Andre Tomlin Everything (slides, webinar video, papers, Zoom chat, useful resources) will be shared on the event page https://www.acamh.org/event/campfire-covid-school-mental-health/ 17:00:27 From Andre Tomlin If you are on Twitter, please post your thoughts and comments to #CAMHScampfire as we go along https://twitter.com/search?q=%23CAMHScampfire&src=hashtag_click&f=live 17:00:45 From Andre Tomlin We are going to talk about COVID, Mental Health and School Closures today, and the author of the paper is with us in the webinar Dr. Karen Mansfield, a postdoctoral research scientist from the School Mental Health Project, Department of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford Covid-19 partial school closures and mental health problems: a cross sectional survey of 11,000 adolescents to determine those most at risk’. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.12021 17:00:57 From Andre Tomlin Douglas has written a blog about this paper, so you can get a good overview by reading that: https://elfi.sh/3oLwReC 17:00:57 From Douglas Badenoch Please use this chat window to say hello. Make sure you select “Everyone” from the drop-down so we can all see you! 17:02:16 From Victor to Everyone: Hello 17:02:16 From Dawn Hi from Hampshire :-) 17:02:30 From Adele Hello, Adele Trainee Clinical Psychologist in Staffordshire, currently doing my research project on this topic (impact of Covid-19 and the associated school closures on Year 11 school leaver). 17:02:31 From Hayley Hello. Hayley from Merchants' Academy Bristol 17:02:35 From Vicky Hi from Crouch End north London 17:02:39 From Arwa Hello everyone, I'm Arwa a PhD student from Newcastle University :) 17:02:47 From Lynda Hi from Bonnybridge, Falkirk 17:03:00 From Martin hi from East Lothian, Scotland 17:03:03 From Kara Hi I am a school counsellor in North Manchester 17:03:07 From Saleem Hi I am Saleem from Pakistan, Karachi 17:03:07 From Hannah Hiya, from The Cedar school Southampton 17:03:11 From Catia to Hosts and panelists: Hi everyone, 4th year social work student from Peterborough 17:03:13 From Sharon Hi From huddersfield 17:03:17 From Sharon Sharon, primary Teacher, Rowlands Castle 17:03:20 From Rebecca Hello. Becca from Southampton 17:03:38 From Samantha Hi. I am a DSL and wellbeing lead in a secondary school in South London. I am currently training to be the Senior Mental Health Lead too. 17:03:41 From Corinne Corinne from Belfast Northern Ireland 17:03:47 From Stephanie Hi everyone, I’m a speech and language therapist from London 17:03:49 From Victoria Hello, I'm Vic, Mental Health Lead/PSHE Lead/HLTA, Christ Church Junior School, Sowerby Bridge 17:04:47 From Sandra Hi I'm Karen from Devon county councils early help intervention team 17:04:47 From Sarah Hello, I'm Sarah and I work for Place2Be as a school project manager, based in a primary school in Stoke Newington, London 17:05:04 From Ashleigh Ashleigh primary principal from Belfast 17:05:42 From Sharon Sharon play therapist Lancashire 17:05:51 From Vicky Just flagging up I have only a half hour available so apologies in advance for leaving early 17:06:08 From Jesse Hello, I'm a neuroscientist and mental health counselor from the USA . 17:06:31 From Jo Hi everyone! I'm Jo and I'm a Senior Parenting Practitioner in Cardiff 17:06:40 From Emma Apologies for lateness - zoom took about 5 tries to open! I’ve just got a cover recovery contract for Jan-Jun, working for Angus Council. 17:06:46 From Sydney Hi I’m Sydney, play therapist and early career researcher at Cambridge with a research focus on COVID impact on little ones and child-centered play therapy! 17:06:46 From Hi from Orlean school counsellor North Shields 17:06:59 From Lesley Lesley DSL/ MH lead St James Primary , Lower Darwen 17:07:01 From Victoria Hi All, I'm a recently qualified counselling psychologist due to begin working in a core CAMHS service soon. 17:07:31 From Elaine Hi folks, I work as a social worker supporting schools in Northern Ireland 17:07:46 From Nikki Hello, lovely to see people from all over! I'm Nikki and I'm a Parenting Practitioner in Cardiff Parenting Team in Wales 17:07:49 From Kelly Hi I'm Kelly. I am a parent practitioner in Cardiff 17:08:42 From Annette Hi I'm Annette, an IAPT ASD/LD practitioner working in Hertfordshire 17:09:51 From Sarah Hello, I am an Educational Psychologist working in a range of areas in England and Wales 17:09:51 From Akane Hello, I’m Akane. I’m a Marriage and Family Therapist from Los Angeles. I must apologize in advance for leaving in the middle of live workshop. I have a client. 17:10:27 From Andre Tomlin Read about Eshal's research in this Mental Elf blog - Global pandemic: how do teenagers and families feel? https://elfi.sh/38iBSkQ 17:10:30 From Beatriz hi I'm Bea, a social work student year 2 at anglia Ruskin University and doing my first placement at a primary school 17:10:41 From Jo Hi I'm Jo, therapist working for a Charity - With Kids in Glasgow. Offering 1:1 therapy and group sessions in primary schools. 17:11:02 From Douglas Badenoch to Akane and all panelists: No problem Akane, there will be a recording on the ACAMh website in a few days time so you can catch up on the rest. 17:11:46 From Vanessa Hi, I'm Vanessa. I'm a primary school teacher and am training as the mental health lead. 17:12:16 From Andre Tomlin Find out more about Eshal's research project in this longer webinar from 2020: COVID-19 through the eyes of a child https://youtu.be/EdxPPMcDexA 17:12:19 From Akane Great! Thank you so much 🙂 17:13:45 From stephanie Lanarkshire in Scotland. I need to leave for another meeting at 5.30pm 17:15:14 From Victor Hello, I am Victor. I am a student social worker at ARU. 17:16:39 From Claire Hi, I am an Outreach Officer for Red Balloon of the Air, a therapeutic provision based in Cambridge and remotely across different counties. 17:16:53 From Jo Thank you Eshal! 17:17:25 From Eshal Sajid to Everyone: thank you for listening to what i have to say :) 17:17:46 From Arwa Really interesting study Eshal, thank you for sharing! 17:18:01 From Victoria Thank you Eshal, I found that really helpful both as a practitioner and a Mum of two teens! 17:18:11 From Ruth S Thank you Eshal, very interesting and well put together presentation! 17:18:50 From Victor Thank you Eshai, that was very informative 17:19:43 From Eshal Sajid to Everyone: thank you all so much :) 17:19:44 From Victoria Yes thank you 17:24:07 From Vicky I have a particular interest in children with learning disabilities and school attendance. Is there anyone here with knowledge or experience in this area? 17:26:00 From Chaido Could you please send us the links of these papers here? 17:26:07 From Chaido are they accessible? 17:26:21 From Claire Completely agree with Ellie, we are seeing this everyday in our setting and it is increasing everyday. 17:26:57 From Diana I have been teaching at my Special School since January 2015. This year for the first time have I got a 'school refuser' in my Cohort. He is on the spectrum. 17:28:20 From stephanie Really interesting - so sorry I need to leave for another meeting :( 17:28:30 From Claire Thankyou Ellie. 17:32:00 From Arwa Do we have any information about younger children's experience? E.g. those under 10 17:33:02 From Claire On the subject of phone use, with many provisions banning the use of mobile phones we are seeing a rise in young people really struggling to even ask for help for fear of punishment as their phones will be taken away. 17:35:03 From Diana https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/nov/27/ofsted-inspections-headteachers-quit 17:35:17 From Andre Tomlin If you’re interested in screen time in young people during the pandemic, I highly recommend this webinar from last summer: Teens, screens and quarantines: What can research tell us? https://youtu.be/nCbwckymJiI 17:35:44 From Beatriz sorry I need 5o leave, thank you so much 17:36:38 From Elisavet No problem, Beatriz - thank you for joining! 17:37:14 From Michael I missed the start as was in another meeting. Will the slides be shared? 17:37:58 From Andre Tomlin Yes Michael, Everything (slides, webinar video, papers, Zoom chat, useful resources) will be shared on the event page https://www.acamh.org/event/campfire-covid-school-mental-health/ 17:38:51 From Ellie Costello / Square Peg to Everyone: Hi everyone - if you’d like to follow Square Peg’s work, please sign up to our newsletter on our website www.teamsquarepeg.org. You can also follow us on Twitter @teamsquarepeg. Parent & family support can be found at www.notfineinschool.co.uk and via their closed FB group - Not Fine In School Family Support. 17:38:52 From Cate what does RCADS stand for? 17:39:17 From Ruth revised child anxiety and depression scale 17:39:32 From Elaine Folks- just for info- here's the framework we are beginning in Northern Ireland https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/publications/children-young-peoples-emotional-health-and-wellbeing-education-framework-final-version 17:39:35 From Karen Mansfiled to Everyone: RCADS = Revised children’s anxiety and depression scale 17:39:39 From Leandra Thank you . Apologies I have to leave. 17:41:23 From Dawn I have to leave for another meeting - I would really appreciate a copy of the slides - fascinating discussion - really supports my perspective as a mum, lecturer and doctoral student - thank you. :-) 17:41:33 From Cate S Thank you 17:42:09 From Andre Tomlin If you’re interested in how the pandemic has affected primary vs secondary school children, the CoSpace study is a good place to start: http://cospaceoxford.org/findings/4th-update/ 17:43:07 From Arwa Thank you for sharing Andre! 17:43:23 From Team ACAMH Marketing Department Thanks for joining us Dawn. The slides, webinar recording, papers, Zoom chat, and other useful resources will be posted on ACAMH's website following the event if you wanted to catch up at a later date. 17:43:49 From Andre Tomlin Here’s that podcast withKaren https://www.acamh.org/podcasts/covid19-school-closures-mental-health/ 17:45:44 From Dawn Burnham to Everyone: Ahh Thank you - That is grand... I really want to see the rest, so I can find it on the website - awesome - so interesting. :-) 17:49:12 From Arwa Thank you Dr Karen, this was a really interesting paper 17:52:10 From Elaine Apologies I need to leave- thank you! 17:53:19 From Elizabeth Great insights tonight. Thanks so much. 17:54:30 From Sarah We definitely need to focus more on play, reflection and socialising rather than this idea of catching up 17:55:33 From Adele This is definitely being reflected in my research so far Eshal- uncertainty has been a big theme. 17:56:05 From Amanda Simmons Thank you all very much - really interesting session. 17:56:15 From Arwa Reflecting on our experience is so important - teaching children that it's ok that we struggled during this time is important for them to learn that mental health care is important! 17:56:18 From Victoria Eshal, all of the points you are raising are so important. Thank you. 17:57:04 From Diana I am delivering yoga and mindfulness at my school. 17:57:06 From Eshal Sajid to Everyone: thank you all so much :) 17:58:08 From Arwa Diana that sounds really interesting, could I contact you to learn more about this? 17:58:26 From Emma Thank you so much for this. It’s been so interesting, but I do need to disappear now. 17:59:06 From Sarah I have done some work with a group of Educational Psychologists that has explored the views of children and young people about experiences of covid which while it includes mental health does look at wider experiences too. We have not yet published this work - but a colleague and I have published a paper in a BPS journal. I would welcome talking to you about this work please email me sarsivers@gmail.com 17:59:24 From Arwa K I'm doing research about teachers perspective on changes in children's behaviour during the lockdown - if anyone would like to take part or know more, feel free to contact me: a.katab3@ncl.ac.uk 17:59:51 From Sandra This has been a very useful insight as to how things were viewed over lockdown including the difficulities we still all face. Attendance is a real issue now for many YP , Reviewing how we support in the future with a multi agency approach in a school environment would be a positive step to support all YP, but also those who are extremely vulnerable within the family home . Thank you to everyone 17:59:53 From Diana Yes , of course. I took up yoga during the lockdown for myself. Completed a 200 h yoga teacher training in the summer. Funded it myself. Went ahead and asked my school to pay for training with MiSP . 18:00:03 From Sarah Thank you all for such a great webinar and excellent speakers. 18:00:09 From Annette Thank you everyone that was a really interesting discussion. 18:00:14 From Martin thanks panel, really interesting 18:00:17 From Catia Thank you so much, very insightful 18:00:17 From Akane Someone asked special needs kids. I have neuro diverse clients in my practice and I’m also a special needs mom. E-mail me if you like. takijiriakane@yahoo.com 18:00:21 From Sarah Thank you this has been really enriching 18:00:21 From Sharon Thanks 18:00:23 From Rebecca Thank you to all 18:00:25 From Team ACAMH Marketing Department If you are interested in finding out more about Karen's research and this particular paper, listen to this fantastic podcast with Karen and Associate Professor Mina Fazel on 'The Mental Health Impact of COVID-19 School Closures'. https://www.acamh.org/podcasts/covid19-school-closures-mental-health/ 18:00:27 From Hayley Thank you so may truly interesting points. 18:00:31 From Jesse S Thank you all 18:00:31 From Harbinson Cheers 18:00:34 From Kelly Thank you 18:00:34 From Maria Thank you so much for a very enlightening webinar 18:00:37 From Kara Really interesting points raised. Thanks so much! 18:00:52 From Patrick thanks very much ! 18:00:53 From Sophie Fascinating and vital discussions - thank you very much to all presenters 18:00:53 From Christopher Thank you everyone! 18:00:56 From Rebecca Thank you for hosting a really interesting (and much needed) discussion. 18:01:05 From John Thank-you! 18:01:10 From Victoria Really informative conversation and great paper. Thank you. 18:01:16 From Rashid Thank you it has been very educative webinar. 18:01:23 From Hannah Hi, I missed the majority of this. Will the recording by emailed out at all. Would really appreciate if so. 18:01:23 From Sharon Thank you for this, it has been very interesting and thought provoking 18:01:24 From Arwa That sounds really great Diana, thank you for sharing! 18:01:28 From Andre Tomlin Youth Mental Health & COVID-19 – What do we know and what should we do? #YouthMHCovid conference - Feb 2021 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSKM2Zm6MngKCkrfPI7IEAAB6oOsooJ5d 18:01:33 From Team ACAMH Marketing Department FREE event celebrating the launch of the CAMH Special Issue on ‘Child and youth mental health & the global ecological crisis’ (due to be published on the day of this event January 2022), we’ll be discussing the mental health implications of climate change with leading mental health professionals, young people, clinicians, and researchers. https://www.acamh.org/event/camh-eco-crisis-mental-health/ 18:01:36 From Andre Tomlin Tamsin Ford - Supporting children’s mental health as schools re-open #EmergingMinds (May 2020) https://youtu.be/DYJCau6OAvg 18:01:44 From Andre Tomlin Polly Waite - Supporting children & young people around attending school during Covid-19 (May, 2020) https://youtu.be/qX3pbg7Jx6Y 18:01:44 From Nikki Thank you so much for such an informative webinar :) wishing you all a Happy Christmas 18:02:25 From Sharon to Everyone: Thank you. 18:02:29 From Ellie Costello / Square Peg to Everyone: Attachment aware, trauma informed, parity of esteem for mental health. Accepting children’s distress as valid and allowing space for it to be expressed. Supporting the supporters - building capacity for school staff. Protecting workforce wellbeing is essential. 18:02:31 From Team ACAMH Marketing Department to Everyone: Supporting children and families experiencing domestic violence: A Devon and Cornwall perspective. Join in person or live online. During the covid-19 pandemic, increasing incidents of domestic violence have made national headlines. This event will focus on facets of the multidisciplinary approach to supporting affected families, hearing from practitioners, local authority representatives and researchers who work to support children and adolescents who have experienced domestic violence or related trauma, and their families. https://www.acamh.org/event/domestic-violence-mental-health-support/ 18:02:32 From Hali to Hosts and panelists: Thank you so much to all the panellists, such valuable information for all working with young people. Wishing you all a safe and happy Christmas. 18:02:33 From Susan to Hosts and panelists: Thanks so much for a very interesting and helpful event. Much appreciated 18:02:48 From Jo Thanks all - very insightful 18:02:53 From Diana I have made a note of your email Arwa. 18:03:06 From Victoria Thank you so much, this has been fab. Thank you. Have a wonderful Christmas all 18:03:06 From Anna to Everyone: Thank you all very much!! 18:03:06 From Sophie Thank you to all the speakers 18:03:18 From Margaret Thank you it was fantastic workshop 😀 18:03:25 From Samantha to Everyone: Thanks 18:03:27 From Jo Thanks so much. 18:03:38 From Arwa Thank you all! 18:06:10 From Team ACAMH Marketing Department If you are interested in accessing more of our fantastic resources, including our FREE topic guides, blogs, podcasts, and recorded lectures (as Matt mentioned), please head over to the ACAMH website https://www.acamh.org/ Feel free to sign up to our newsletters to stay informed about our latest podcasts, events, papers, and more. https://www.acamh.org/newsletter-signup/ And do consider becoming an ACAMH member, and be part of the advancement of child and adolescent mental health. https://www.acamh.org/join-us/