Past events

  • child drawing

    Child Maltreatment and Mental Health Problems: The Role of the Subjective Experience

    ‘Child Maltreatment and Mental Health Problems: The Role of the Subjective Experience’, is a free webinar open to all, and is organised by ACAMH’s Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Special Interest Group. The webinar will be led by Oonagh Coleman is a final-year PhD student at the Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre at King’s College London.

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    FREE live stream
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    FREE live stream
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  • sad teen on sofa

    Grief and Trauma-Practice and Research

    The seminar will provide a bridge between research and clinical contexts of traumatic experiences and loss in bereaved children and young people.

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    FREE live stream
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  • Prof Tony attwood

    Autism and Family Dynamics – Prof. Tony Attwood

    ‘Autism and Family Dynamics – Prof. Tony Attwood’ is a 3-hour presentation to understand how autism can affect different members of a family in different ways.

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    Webinar
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    LIVE STREAM
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  • A trauma informed approach to mental health support for autistic children, young people and their families – FREE ACEs SIG webinar

    Free webinar open to all, and is organised by ACAMH’s Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Special Interest Group. The webinar will be led by Dr. Georgia Pavlopoulou and Alexis Quinn at Anna Freud and UCL.

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    FREE live stream
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  • Prof Tony attwood

    The profile of abilities in Autistic girls – Prof. Tony Attwood

    ‘The profile of abilities in Autistic girls – Prof. Tony Attwood’ is a 3-hour presentation is to understand and celebrate autistic girls. Delegates will increase their awareness and knowledge of autism as it is experienced by girls, and Tony will shares tip and strategies he has used in clinical practice.

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    Webinar
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    LIVE STREAM
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  • School Avoidance boy crying

    School Anxiety & Emotional Based School Avoidance

    This webinar will bring attention to, and focus on, the emotional components of being a pupil or student in the journey of schooling and learning. The session will take strong and particular interest in the rise in problems of attendance during and since the COVID closures, along with rising suspension & exclusion rates in the […]

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    Live Stream
    Location
    Online
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  • trauma teen on a bench

    Trauma in children and young people – understanding the range of impact and treatment options

    The conference will dive deep into the challenges of effectively working with traumatised young people and their families, while also addressing the pivotal role of systems in mitigating secondary trauma.

    Event type
    Day Conference
    Location
    Southampton
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  • school bot 7-8yrs at desk

    Schools – a pathway to Public health through Trauma Informed approaches to establish a healthy environment

    School as a pathway to public health ensures that the environment promotes psychological safety, enables equity and inclusion and facilitates children to be able to live life well, interrupting the cycle of intergenerational trauma. This free webinar is open to all, and is organised by ACAMH’s Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Special Interest Group. The webinar will be led by Julie Harmieson, TISUK Director of Education and National Strategy.

    Event type
    FREE live stream
    Location
    Online
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  • Mixed parents on sofa with two children on their knee

    Reflective Parenting with Young Children and Teenagers

    About the webinar We are in the midst of an, ever escalating, mental health crisis for young people. Mental health problems for children and young people have increased over the past few years to nearly 1 in 4. Services, both statutory and voluntary, are unable to meet the scale of the demand of these issues […]

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    FREE live stream
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  • Children using magnifying glass to look at a leaf in the woods

    Taking mental health outdoors: from prevention to intervention

    Research is increasingly showing the benefits of spending time outdoors on our mental health. These studies are often about adults rather than children and young people, and about how spending free time outdoors can be of benefit. However, there is less known about how and why we might support young people to be outdoors to prevent mental health problems, or in treatment settings if they do have poor mental health.

    Event type
    Live Stream
    Location
    Online
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