Children and young people with intellectual disability are more likely to experience co-occurring mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions, yet assessment and treatment planning remain clinically complex.
This advanced two-session course focuses on specialist assessment, formulation, pharmacological management, and the adaptation of psychological interventions across the spectrum of intellectual disability.
Delegates will explore prescribing considerations, diagnostic overshadowing, challenging behaviour, and the practical modification of evidence-based therapies to support meaningful clinical outcomes. Content is grounded in NHS specialist practice, with an emphasis on multidisciplinary collaboration within clinical services.
This advanced two-session course will cover ‘Intellectual Disability and Co-occurring Mental Health Conditions’ and Intellectual ‘Disability and Co-occurring Neurodevelopmental Conditions’.
Booking
Sign up at this link or on the Book Now button at the top of the screen, and complete the form that follows. You’ll then receive an email confirmation and a link to the webinar, plus we’ll send you a calendar reminder nearer the time. Delegates will have exclusive access to recordings for 90 days after the event, together with slides. Plus you will get a personalised CPD/CME certificate via email.
- ACAMH Members MUST login to book onto the webinar in order to access this webinar and get a CPD/CME certificate
- Non-members this is a great time to join ACAMH, take a look at what we have to offer, and make the saving on these session
NB – PRICE IS FOR BOTH SESSIONS: Session 1: 18/06/26 2:00 – 5:00pm UK time, Session 2: 18/06/26 2:00 – 5:00pm UK time
EARLY BIRD £89 (until 06/05/26, then £119) for ACAMH Members (Print, Online, Concession) Join now and save
EARLY BIRD £119 (until 06/05/26, then £149) ACAMH Learn Account holders
EARLY BIRD £119 (until 06/05/26, then £149) Non Members
£10 ACAMH Undergraduate/Postgraduate Members
LIC Members free
Don’t forget as a charity any surplus made is reinvested back as we work to our vision of ‘Sharing best evidence, improving practice’, and our mission to ‘Improve the mental health and wellbeing of young people aged 0-25’.
About the sessions
Dr. Heather Hanna and Dr. Ashley Liew will provide broader overviews in their sessions, while Dr. Sarah Carman’s session will focus on psychological interventions and Dr. Osman Malik’s session on psychiatric treatment. Dr. Mark Lovell will chair both sessions.
Programme
11 June – Session 1: Intellectual Disability and Co-occurring Mental Health Conditions
2:00pm Dr. Heather Hanna – Presentation + Q&A
2:55pm Dr. Sarah Carman – Presentation + Q&A
3:50pm Break
4:05pm – Dr. Osman Malik – Presentation + Q&A
5pm Close
18 June – Session 2: Intellectual Disability and Co-occurring Neurodevelopmental Conditions
2:00pm Dr. Ashley Liew – Presentation + Q&A
2:55pm Dr. Sarah Carman – Presentation + Q&A
3:50pm Break
4:05pm Dr. Osman Malik – Presentation (No Q&A, will be a pre-recorded presentation)
5pm Close
About the speakers
Dr. Ashley Liew is Vice-Chair and Research Lead for CAIDPN. He was previously Consultant in the Birmingham CAMHS-LD team for a decade, and is currently Consultant Paediatric Neuropsychiatrist at the Evelina London Children’s Hospital, as well as National & Specialist CAMHS at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. His clinical and academic interests are in the mental health of children and young people with neurodevelopmental conditions (particularly intellectual disabilities) and neurological conditions (particularly epilepsy, encephalitis and brain injury). Ashley has honorary academic appointments at the Universities of Birmingham and Warwick; and sits on 2 Faculty Executive Committees at the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Dr. Heather Hanna is a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in Intellectual Disability. She is the clinical lead for a CAMHS-ID team, based in Northern Ireland. Heather was awarded UK Psychiatrist of the Year in 2018, by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, for her role in setting up Northern Ireland’s first CAMHS-ID team. She now works with the Department of Health (NI) to address the need for service development across the region. Heather is the current chair of the Intellectual Disability Faculty of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Northern Ireland and Vice-Chair of the Child and Adolescent Intellectual Disability Psychiatry Network. Heather has interests in service development, restraint reduction and improving outcomes for children and young people with intellectual disability.
Dr. Osman Malik is a consultant child and adolescent neuropsychiatrist at Evelina London Children’s Hospital, working in children’s neuroscience as well as children’s psychological medicine. He trained in general psychiatry at Charing Cross Imperial College training scheme before working in the children’s psychopharmacology service at Great Ormond Street Hospital. He completed higher training in child and adolescent psychiatry with a focus on neuropsychiatry at Great Ormond Street Hospital and the Royal London training programme.
Osman then worked as a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist for community mental health services in Newham, leading the child liaison and emotional-behavioural problems team.
Dr. Sarah Carman is a Principal Clinical Psychologist in the Mental Health of Intellectual Disability team within the Service for Complex Autism and Associated Neurodevelopmental Disorders (SCAAND) at the Michael Rutter Centre for Young People. She provides specialist assessment, intervention and consultation for children and young people with intellectual disability or autism, particularly where there are co-occurring mental health, emotional or behavioural difficulties. Sarah has extensive experience in neurodevelopmental assessment and in adapting evidence-based psychological interventions for this population, and is actively involved in training and teaching across CAMHS and postgraduate programmes.
Dr. Mark Lovell is ACAMH’s Deputy Chair and Director of CPD and Training, a dual trained Consultant Child and Adolescent Learning Disability Psychiatrist working for 1 of the UK’s largest LD CAMHS teams. He works for Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust (TEWV) and covers the South Tees area along with a multidisciplinary team. Mark has previously held positions within the British Medical Association and the Royal College of Psychiatrists. He has had involvement within projects for the Royal College of Psychiatrist and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. He is a member of the Child and Adolescent Intellectual Disability Psychiatry Network (CAIDPN) and has particular interests in Autism and Challenging Behaviour within the context of Intellectual Disabilities.
Booking
Sign up at this link or on the Book Now button at the top of the screen, and complete the form that follows. You’ll then receive an email confirmation and a link to the webinar, plus we’ll send you a calendar reminder nearer the time. Delegates will have exclusive access to recordings for 90 days after the event, together with slides. Plus you will get a personalised CPD/CME certificate via email.
- ACAMH Members MUST login to book onto the webinar in order to access this webinar and get a CPD/CME certificate
- Non-members this is a great time to join ACAMH, take a look at what we have to offer, and make the saving on these session
NB – PRICE IS FOR BOTH SESSIONS: Session 1: 18/06/26 2:00 – 5:00pm UK time, Session 2: 18/06/26 2:00 – 5:00pm UK time
EARLY BIRD £89 (until 06/05/26, then £119) for ACAMH Members (Print, Online, Concession) Join now and save
EARLY BIRD £119 (until 06/05/26, then £149) ACAMH Learn Account holders
EARLY BIRD £119 (until 06/05/26, then £149) Non Members
£10 ACAMH Undergraduate/Postgraduate Members
LIC Members free
Don’t forget as a charity any surplus made is reinvested back as we work to our vision of ‘Sharing best evidence, improving practice’, and our mission to ‘Improve the mental health and wellbeing of young people aged 0-25’.