Championing research about, by and for neurodivergent people

How neurodiversity-inspired thinking is casting a new light on brain development research, with neurodivergent young people at its core.

30 March 2023

Moving from Assessment & Formulation to Supporting Behaviours that Challenge in Children with Intellectual Disabilities

BOOKING IS CLOSED

We will be cover two key themes ‘Assessment, Diagnosis & Formulation in CAMHS-ID’ and ‘Supporting Behaviours that Challenge in CAMHS-ID’, with talks from some of the leaders in the field, a lived experience viewpoint, together with Q&A plus panel discussions.

Event type

Live Stream

Location

LIVE STREAM

Tackling Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) State of the Art and Options for Action – Jack Tizard Memorial Conference

BOOKINGS CLOSED
We have taken the title of the 2023 Jack Tizard Memorial Conference from a current WHO review by Professor Mark Bellis and colleagues from the Collaborating Centre on Investment for Health and Wellbeing. The idea of taking stock, and reviewing our thinking about Adversity, Trauma and the mental health and well-being of children and young people is a timely theme.

Event type

National Conference

Location

LIVE STREAM

Doom-monitoring Students’ Online Interactions and Content Creation in Schools

In this ‘Papers Podcast’, we are joined by Professor Andra Siibak and Kristjan Kikerpill (pic) to discuss their CAMH journal 2023 Special issue paper ‘Schools engaged in doom-monitoring students’ online interactions and content creation: an analysis of dominant media discourses’.

13 March 2023

Trauma and Looked After Children – recording

The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, in collaboration with Child and Family Training (C&FT) and Improved Futures (IF) present a series of Briefing Seminars on ‘Dealing with distress, restoring well-being, and promoting resilience of Looked After Children and young people who have suffered extensive trauma’. Our goal is to help Looked After Services, Social Workers, […]

9 March 2023

How England’s calorie labelling policy is impacting young people

Last year the government introduced the out-of-home calorie labelling policy in England to help people make informed nutritional decisions as part of a broader strategy to reduce rates of obesity. However, little is known about how this policy impacts young people’s mental health, especially those with lived experience of eating disorders. Here we summarise the existing research and highlight areas for further investigation.

27 February 2023

Benefits of the Outdoors on Well-Being & Mental Health

Bookings are closed. The aim of this online conference is to explore and learn about the benefits of the outdoors and nature on well-being. A further aim is to encourage delegates to reflect on how these topics may apply to their professional approaches with young people and own personal well-being.

Event type

Talk with Q&A

Location

LIVE STREAM

Bereavement – Pedagogy in practice

This Bereavement session was aimed at teachers and school leaders, and Chartered College of Teaching Members. ACAMH is delighted to have teamed up with the Chartered College of Teaching to present these FREE online training series entitled ‘Pedagogy in practice’. Pedagogy is the method and practice of teaching, especially as an academic subject or theoretical […]

31 January 2023

Phenomenology of Gender Dysphoria in Autism

In this ‘Papers Podcast’ episode, we are joined by Dr. Kate Cooper to discuss her JCPP paper ‘Phenomenology of gender dysphoria in autism: a multiperspective qualitative analysis’. Kate is the first author of the paper.

23 January 2023

Harmful sexual behaviours among children and young people – recording

The ACAMH Northwest branch presented this half day conference on sexually harmful behaviours in children and young people. The webinar focused on several key presentations, questions and discussion.

20 January 2023