Primer

  • Dr. Kim Golding CBE

    Working with families affected by relational trauma: building safety, connection and resilience

    Early bird offer! This four-hour online training session with Kim Golding CBE will explore how relational trauma and attachment difficulties can shape children and young people’s emotional development, behaviour, and relationships.

    Event type
    Introductory to Advanced
    Location
    LIVE STREAM
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  • Erin Schoenfelder Gonzalez

    Mastering meltdowns and big feelings with Associate Professor Erin Gonzalez

    We caught up with the presenter – Associate Professor Dr. Erin Gonzalez, a clinical psychologist at Seattle Children’s Hospital – about the topic itself, her career, and her hopes for the event.

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  • 24

    Understanding mental health challenges in autism and ADHD: A focus on schools as a source of emotional burden

    The aim of this event is to share insights and outputs from Regulating Emotions – Strengthening Adolescent Resilience (RE-STAR), a UKRI-funded research programme which is trying understand why young neurodivergent people are at elevated risk for mental health problems.

    Event type
    FREE live stream
    Location
    FREE live stream
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  • 17

    Unlocking the Therapeutic Powers of Play: empowering professionals to be playful and effective

    Dr. Laura Hanks presents a session focusing on that will explore the profound therapeutic powers of play, learning how to apply these techniques safely across diverse settings.

    Event type
    Introductory session
    Location
    LIVE STREAM
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  • 16

    Physical health of children and young people with learning disabilities – Joint CAIDPN/BACD Conference

    Join us for this one day online conference jointly organised by the Child & Adolescent Intellectual Disability Psychiatry Network (CAIDPN) and British Academy of Childhood Disability (BACD).  The conference focuses on the physical health of children and young people with learning disabilities.

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  • David Mataix-Cols

    OCD; An update on OCD and related disorders in children and young people

    Led by Professor David Mataix-Cols ; “In this session, I will provide an up-to-date overview of the latest research on OCD and related disorders, with a focus on risk factors, consequences, and evolving clinical approaches in the assessment and treatment of these disorders.”

    Event type
    Introductory and Update Session
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    Neuroanatomical Variability and Early Substance Use Initiation: Insights from the ABCD Study

    Adolescence is a period of rapid brain development, making it a sensitive window for experiences that may shape long-term outcomes. A new study from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) project examined whether neuroanatomical variability is linked to early initiation of alcohol, nicotine, or cannabis. Drawing on baseline brain images taken before substance use began, the researchers found regionally specific differences in cortical thickness and surface area among early initiators. The findings highlight the complexity of adolescent neurodevelopment and point to the value of large-scale, longitudinal studies in clarifying how brain structure and behaviour unfold together.

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  • 13

    Autism and Co-occurring Conditions: Adapting Psychological Therapies

    Professor Franscisco Musich leads a session to understand transdiagnostic and trans-protocol adaptations for autistic individuals, identify specific protocol adaptations, and to recognize current limitations and outline future directions for research.

    Event type
    Intermediate level
    Location
    LIVE STREAM
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  • 09

    Ask Attwood – Autism & Anxiety

    Are you a parent looking for trusted, practical advice on supporting your child with anxiety? For the first time in this new “Ask Attwood” format, world-renowned Clinical Psychologist Professor Tony Attwood will offer a short introduction to the key themes of anxiety in young people, before answering your questions live.

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  • 03

    Rethinking reading disorders

    We are lucky to have one of the Titans, Professor Maggie Snowling, deliver this session on the role of language in literacy development, and address the specific challenges faced by children with language disorder.

    Event type
    Ask the expert
    Location
    LIVE STREAM
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