Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Research Digest of papers on Neurodevelopmental Disorders, including speech, language and communication, ADHD and ASD.

‘ACEs, Attachment, and Trauma: new advances in understanding and treatment’ – 2020 Emanuel Miller Memorial Lecture and National Conference

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Event type

National Conference

Location

London

Resilience

Research Digests on Resilience, including mindfulness, self-help, cognitive pathways, dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) and implications of self-perceptual bias for ADHD.

Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Skills Update – special interest focus

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Event type

Skills Update

Location

London

Intolerance of uncertainty underlies demand avoidance behaviours in children

Researchers in Newcastle have conducted one of the first studies to conceptualise and understand the behavioural features of the pathological demand avoidance (PDA) profile — a proposed subtype of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) — in children and young people.

14 November 2019

Teacher assessments could replace high-stake testing to improve student well-being

Many students experience anxiety and distress during exams, and these emotions can have a negative effect on achievement. Notably, one of the top-reported concerns voiced by children in the UK is the stress and anxiety associated with school work and exam performance.

14 November 2019

Prof. Paramala J Santosh ‘Mobile applications and wearable devices in assessing suicide risk’

ACAMH members can now receive a CPD certificate for watching this recorded lecture. Simply email membership@acamh.org with the day and time you watch it, so we can check the analytics, and we’ll email you your certificate.

9 November 2019

Why it’s time to ACE the way we measure the bad things that happen to children

There is no magic wand to stop bad things happening, but how we measure the impact of those bad things is absolutely key to helping these children fare better.

29 October 2019

Parental Mental Illness Edition Editorial

In this edition we focus on parental mental illness and its effect on children. This is published in advance of the ACAMH conference “Parental Mental Illness – Supporting children and young people who live with a parent with a mental illness”.

28 October 2019

Prof. Stephen Scott – Parenting

Professor Stephen Scott talks about using parenting as an intervention in young people’s mental health and future prospects. The discussion includes the latest research on parenting programmes, insecure attachment and digital interventions.

25 October 2019