Introductory and Update Session
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Autism in Females
Don’t miss the Early Bird! In this session, Dr. Harrop presents up-to-date research spanning early childhood through adulthood that characterizes the profiles and experiences of autistic females.
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- Introductory and Update Session
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- LIVE STREAM
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Female ADHD and Hormones – The Perfect Storm
Don’t miss the early bird! Dr Lotta Borg Skoglund, leads a session that explores the underrepresented biological differences between sexes in ADHD research and clinical practice, despite a growing awareness of ADHD in girls and women. The session highlights how the historical male-centric lens on ADHD has led to delayed diagnosis and mismanagement in females, particularly during hormonally sensitive life phases.
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- Introductory and Update Session
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- LIVE STREAM
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Substance use and the adolescent brain
Early bird! Depending on the substance, they impact health in various ways, both in the short and long term, with some of the most profound effects occurring during adolescence.
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- Introductory and Update Session
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- LIVE STREAM
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Healthy Attachment is Learned: Fostering Responsive Parenting Through Parent-Child Interaction
Don’t miss out on the early bird! Dr. Larissa Niec presents Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), a transdiagnostic, family-based intervention with over 45 years of empirical support.
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- Introductory and Update Session
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- LIVE STREAM
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Supporting emotion regulation and recognising dysregulation in children and young people: what do we need to know?
Don’t miss the early bird offer! Ends 31/07/25. Dr. Alessio Bellato looks at ‘Emotion regulation in children and adolescents’. Emotion regulation is a core skill that underpins children and young people’s mental health, learning, and relationships, and it matures throughout development. Yet, many professionals, educators, and parents report uncertainty about how to assess or identify difficulties with emotion regulation, or how best support the development of these skills in everyday settings.
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- Introductory and Update Session
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- LIVE STREAM
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The Early Path to Social Anxiety: How Temperament, Attention, and Emotion Interact to Inform Intervention Strategies
Don’t miss the early bird! In this insightful session, Dr. Koraly Pérez-Edgar, McCourtney Professor of Child Studies at Penn State University, will explore how early-emerging temperament, particularly behavioral inhibition, can influence children’s long-term social and emotional development.
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- Introductory and Update Session
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- LIVE STREAM
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Treatment of Conduct Disorders: Tailoring Approaches to Different Subtypes and Clinical Presentations
Early bird now on! Ends 31/07/25. Join Professor Stephen Scott (ACAMH President) for a practical and insightful webinar on the treatment of conduct disorders in children and adolescents. This session will explore how to tailor interventions to different subtypes and clinical presentations, including comorbid ADHD, callous-unemotional traits, irritability, and treatment resistance.
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- Introductory and Update Session
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- LIVE STREAM
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Transgender and Nonbinary Youth – Supporting Families
Supporting families of transgender and nonbinary youth is crucial for positive mental health outcomes. Join Dr. Sabra L. Katz-Wise leading researcher on LGBTQ+ health and family functioning.
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- Introductory and Update Session
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- LIVE STREAM
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Insomnia: Assessment, Treament, Results
Join renowned expert child and adolescent psychiatrist Dr. Jess Shatkin for insights and guidance on managing insomina in children and young people. Healthcare professionals attending will enhance their skills in diagnosing and treating sleep disorders, gain insights into how improving sleep can positively impact psychiatric functioning and overall wellbeing, and contributing to ongoing professional development.
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- Introductory and Update Session
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- LIVE STREAM
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Prevention and treatment of depression in children and adolescents
Emeritus Professor Pim Cuijpers – I will give an overview of the research on preventing the onset of major depression in youth and will show that prevention is indeed possible but also faces important challenges in terms of effectiveness and implementation.
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- Introductory and Update Session
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- LIVE STREAM