Intellectual disabilities (ID)
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Early Bird webinar offers for 2026
In 2026 we are offering a rich programme of research-informed webinars centred on improving evidence-based practice across youth mental health, ALL WITH EARLY BIRDS!
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Special Educational Needs and Young People Involved in Violence
Children and young people with special educational needs (SENs) are more likely to commit violent offences compared to those without SENs. Our research team used existing data from school and police records from over 1.5 million children and young people to unpack this relationship. The aim of our project was to identify what works to reduce violent offending and re-offending in children and young people with SENs.
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Mapping SEND Legislation: what it looks like and how it can work for children & young people and front-line professionals
This face to face event event aims to bring attention and to create a powerful focus on the future of SEND policy, practice and provision. The event perspective will take strong and particular interest in the challenges in the current system and the opportunities that a revised framework can bring.
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- Face to Face session
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- Wolverhampton
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Physical health of children and young people with learning disabilities – Joint CAIDPN/BACD Conference
Join us for this one day online conference jointly organised by the Child & Adolescent Intellectual Disability Psychiatry Network (CAIDPN) and British Academy of Childhood Disability (BACD). The conference focuses on the physical health of children and young people with learning disabilities.
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- Conference
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- LIVE STREAM
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Protected: Beyond Words – An exploration of the mental health of children and young people with severe and profound learning disabilities
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- Edinburgh
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Early Intervention in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities – This is how we do it in Dorset
The theme of this event is service innovation and delivery. We will showcase two excellent initiatives/areas of good practice within Dorset Healthcare involving our trailblazers Mental Health Support Team (MHST) and specialist Pan Dorset Intellectual Disability CAMHS.
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- Half day conference
- Location
- LIVE STREAM
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Protected: Child and Adolescent Intellectual Disability Psychiatry Network; Annual Meeting
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FASD (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder): Understanding the Diagnosis
In this ‘In Conversation’ podcast, Sandra Butcher and Rachel Jackson provide insight into Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).
In the United Kingdom, September is celebrated as FASD Awareness Month, with 9 September internationally recognised as International FASD Day.
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Debate: Neurodiversity, autism and healthcare
Open Access paper from the CAMH journal – ‘I discuss current different uses of the term autism, the relation to intellectual disability, and introduce a conceptualisation of autism as emergent and transactional, which is consistent with current developmental and intervention science. This could bridge between neurodiversity and clinical perspectives and implies a framing of early intervention support that has strong clinical trials evidence and provides the basis for a rational and pre-emptive evidenced care pathway, which I describe.’ Jonathan Green (pic).
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Mental health impact of autism on families of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities of genetic origin
Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – “In a cohort with IDD of genetic aetiology, we tested the hypothesis that excess risk attached to those with ASD + IDD, in terms of both children’s mental health and parental psychological distress.” Jeanne Wolstencroft (pic) and Ramya Srinivasan et al.
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