This interactive online workshop will explore how education and mental health professionals can better support the social communication needs of children in school settings. Through presentations, discussion and practical video-based activities, the session will consider early support and intervention, how adults can respond and adapt to individual children’s communication profiles, and practical approaches that can be applied in educational settings.
Register for the event & pricing
Sign up at this link or on the Book Now buttons, 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. Recordings from the session will be available to delegates from 5 working days after the event.
- 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 sessions.
| Ticket Type | Price |
|---|---|
| ACAMH paying Members (Online, Concession) | EARLY BIRD £109 (until 11/01/27 then £139)(Join now and save) |
| ACAMH Learn Account Holders | EARLY BIRD £139 (until 11/01/27 then £169) |
| Non Members | EARLY BIRD £139 (until 11/01/27 then £169) |
| ACAMH Undergraduate/ Postgraduate Members | £15 |
| LMIC Members | Free |
About the event
Details to follow.
Who should attend
Educational Psychologists, teachers, SENCOs, Mental Health Support Team (MHST) professionals, and specialist CAMHS professionals working with or supporting schools.
About the Speakers
Dr Catherine Aldred – Consultant Speech and Language Therapist and Director of Roundway Centre and IMPACT
Catherine is a clinical expert in early development and autism, founded on scientific research. She is a Research Fellow in Psychology and Mental Health within the School of Health Sciences at the University of Manchester.
Catherine is the founder of Roundway Centre, with the vision of taking the best expertise to families and schools, providing holistic assessments and support, implementing practical, individually tailored plans and therapy for children and young people. Our team bases their work on the highest-quality research evidence, in close collaboration with professionals, including paediatricians, education consultants, child psychologists, and psychiatrists.
Catherine has worked within public sector organisations, the N.H.S., and the University of Manchester, with over 40 years of experience in developing autism care pathways, undertaking diagnostic assessments and innovative therapy.
She is a certified trainer in ADOS-2 (Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, University of Chicago, U.S.A.), BOSA (Brief Observation of Symptoms of Autism), A.D.I.R. (Autism Diagnostic Interview, University of Newcastle), and PACT. Catherine has also trained in iBASIS V.I.P.P. (parent-mediated, video-aided feedback therapy intervention).
Catherine developed a pioneering autism intervention based on her PhD work on parent-mediated early intervention, leading to over 20 years of collaborative research trials in PACT, Paediatric Autism Communication Therapy. This showed high effectiveness in improving long-term outcomes for autistic children. Catherine is currently collaborating on a number of international trials of parent-mediated therapy for autism in infancy and early childhood.
PACT has been widely implemented internationally and successfully adapted for low-income contexts in South Asia using task-shifting (PASS, COMPASS).
Catherine has developed sensitive outcome measures for autism trials, including the D.C.M.A. Dyadic Communication Measure of Autism, which is widely used in international research and clinical practice. https://www.pacttraining.co.uk/ http://research.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/pact/
Catherine has formed a not-for-profit social enterprise, IMPACT C.I.C., where she is co-director with Professor Jonathan Green.