In 2026, the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH) is offering a rich programme of research-informed webinars centred on improving evidence-based practice across youth mental health. The events reflect ACAMH’s mission to share best evidence and build practitioner confidence in working with young people aged 0–25 through accessible CPD opportunities and multidisciplinary collaboration. The ACAMH 2026 calendar includes several major online learning events ALL RUNNING WITH EARLY BIRDS!
Each live-streamed event offers CPD certification, 90-day on-demand access to recordings, and downloadable slides. Discounts are available for ACAMH members.
Physical health of children and young people with learning disabilities – Joint CAIDPN/BACD Conference
Understand and appreciate how physical health issues and barriers like diagnostic overshadowing result in the premature deaths of people with learning disabilities
Mental Health in Schools: Practical Strategies for a Stepped, Collaborative Approach
Three-part webinar series featuring practical models for school-based mental health delivery and cross-professional teamwork.
Connecting With Youth Psychotherapy
Building strong youth-caregiver alliances enhances engagement in evidence-based practice; competencies, cultural adaptation, and measurement-based care support therapeutic collaboration. Led by Professor Bryce D. McLeod, Professor of Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Rethinking reading disorders
We are lucky to have one of the Titans, Professor Maggie Snowling, deliver this session on the role of language in literacy development, and address the specific challenges faced by children with language disorder.
Autism and Co-occurring Conditions: Adapting Psychological Therapies
There remains a significant gap in both research and clinical practice concerning the treatment of co-occurring conditions in autism. Professor Franscisco Musich shows how this can be reduced.
Five Friendships Skills Every Child Needs to Learn – FROM JUST £5!
Dr. Eileen Kennedy-Moore as she offers parents practical ideas for helping children to feel more comfortable and confident in social situations by describing five essential friendship skills that are part of the unspoken social curriculum for school-age children.
Why I didn’t send my child back to school after the pandemic: The Rise in Home Education – JUST £5!
Led by Tami Alikhani, this is webinar is organised by ACAMH’s Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Special Interest Group.
Mastering Meltdowns: Managing Big Feelings in Kids – FROM JUST £5!
Discover practical strategies for helping children manage intense emotions in this engaging webinar, with Associate Professor Erin Schoenfelder Gonzalez, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Department of Pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Adolescents (DBT-A)
Led by Dr. Jake Camp, Senior Clinical Psychologist, DBT Therapist, and Clinical Academic Fellow, will provide an overview of the DBT-A model, including its theoretical foundations, core principles, and the structure and modes of delivery.
Unlocking Therapeutic Powers of Play: Practical Techniques for Safe and Effective Play Therapy
Dr. Laura Hanks focuses on exploring the therapeutic powers of play and how it can be safely used across settings, as well as understanding when a child may need more structured play therapy.
Practical Updates in ADHD Diagnosis and Management with Professor Samuele Cortese
Join Professor Samuele Cortese for a comprehensive 4-hour clinical expert session on ADHD, designed specifically for mental health professionals working with children, adolescents, and families. Professor Cortese was included in the list of the world’s most influential researchers of the past decade, demonstrated by the production of multiple highly-cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations in the field of psychiatry/psychology in Web of Science.
CBT for Anxiety in Youth
Professor Ron Rapee leads this webinar on the Cool Kids Suite of programs to manage anxiety and related problems among children and adolescents, which has been used for around 30 years and is one of the most extensively evaluated paediatric anxiety interventions in the world. Its international adoption and multiple translations have helped many thousands of young people from a wide range of cultural backgrounds live less impaired lives.
OCD; An update on OCD and related disorders in children and young people
Led by Professor David Mataix-Cols ; “In this session, I will provide an up-to-date overview of the latest research on OCD and related disorders, with a focus on risk factors, consequences, and evolving clinical approaches in the assessment and treatment of these disorders.”
An update on ACT research in children and young people
Dr. Victoria Samuel, covers an introduction to ACT and the concept of psychological flexibility, reviewing the evidence across different settings while reflecting on methodological limitations and practical implications, and then a focus on the example of Interactive Training in Emotional Resilience with ACT (InTER-ACT) a unique, engaging, evidence-based wellbeing programme for children and adolescents.
