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To categorise or not to categorise: the use of transdiagnostic approaches to better understand complexity in neurodevelopment
Explore the prevalence of neurodevelopmental conditions in children, including ADHD, autism and intellectual disability, and the limitations of categorical diagnosis in capturing individual strengths and support needs.
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Mental Health Assessment and Support for Care-Experienced Children and Young People
How can mental health professionals better assess and support children and young people with social work involvement? Drawing on recent clinical recommendations and emerging research, this session will explore approaches to assessment, the importance of ensuring young people feel heard and understood, and what current evidence tells us about their responses to mental health interventions.
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Compliance as a trauma response in children
A child who smiles and causes no trouble at school is easy to overlook. In the session on mentalising with complex trauma in children and families, Dr Emma Morris described how, in some children who have experienced early relational trauma, compliance may be mistaken for a sign that all is well. A mentalising lens offers another reading, in which compliance may be a way of staying safe, and that reading can shape what support comes first.
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Understanding self injury in children with learning disabilities
Self-injury in children with learning disabilities requires an assessment that brings together health, communication, learning and individual differences (Richards et al., 2024). The evidence supports investigating the circumstances surrounding behaviour while remaining alert to pain, poor sleep and difficulties regulating behaviour. These influences can interact, making an individualised understanding essential (Oliver et al., 2020).
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OCD and Anxiety in Children and Young People: Assessment, Diagnosis and Treatment
This practical two-hour session will provide a clinical overview of OCD and anxiety in children and young people. It will cover key features to look out for, approaches to assessment and diagnosis, and how to distinguish OCD from other conditions. The session will also explore treatment approaches and the role of families, alongside a brief overview of the evidence base.
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Autism – the transition to adulthood: Understanding and supporting needs of autistic people
This session, led by Professor Will Mandy and Dr. Kate Cooper, will bring together researchers, clinicians and autistic experts by experience to improve understanding of the support needs of autistic people during the transition to adulthood. It will present evidence about the challenges autistic young people face as they navigate increasing independence and changing support systems, with a focus on how to promote wellbeing and thriving at this life stage.
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Using a case formulation to identify what maintains anxiety
Case conceptualisation helps clinicians move from a description of a young person’s symptoms to an account of what may be keeping them going. In the session on science-informed case conceptualisation, Professor Bryce McLeod illustrated his five-step model with a single case of social anxiety in a young adolescent girl. The case shows how a formulation can bring maintaining factors into view, including the coping strategies of the girl and her mother, and then shape treatment and the conversation with the family.
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Engaging young people in therapeutic conversations about self harm
Conversations after self-harm can help young people understand their experiences and identify changes that matter to them. McCabe et al. (2026) describe how the Supporting Adolescents with Self-Harm (SASH) intervention combines therapeutic assessment, enhanced safety planning and solution-focused brief therapy. Through four young people’s cases and one carer’s case, they illustrate collaborative work grounded in each person’s language, relationships and hopes, offering examples of practice and proposed mechanisms of change, rather than trial results demonstrating that SASH reduces subsequent self-harm.
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Tics and Tourette Syndrome in Children and Young People: Assessment and Treatment
This online session with Dr. Tara Murphy will explore how tics and Tourette Syndrome can be recognised and distinguished from other presentations, and how co-occurring conditions may shape assessment.
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ADHD in Clinical Practice: Navigating Complexity and Clinical Challenges
Join Professor Samuele Cortese for an in-depth Clinical Expert Session exploring some of the most challenging aspects of ADHD assessment and management in children and young people.
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