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

Enhancing Motivation in Adolescents With ADHD: Long-Term Insights From the STAND Trial

ADHD is a long-term condition that often continues into adulthood, bringing academic, social, and health challenges. A new community trial tested Supporting Teens’ Autonomy Daily (STAND), a programme that combines motivational interviewing with parent–teen collaboration and training in organisation, time management, and planning skills. The study found that STAND improved outcomes when delivered by licensed therapists, highlighting both promise and implementation challenges.

8 September 2025

Mastering Meltdowns: Managing Big Feelings in Kids

Discover practical strategies for helping children manage intense emotions in this engaging webinar, with Associate Professor Erin Schoenfelder Gonzalez, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Department of Pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine.

Event type

Introductory and Update Session

Location

LIVE STREAM

Social Fears in Children: The Roles of Parental Communication and Child Temperament

A recent longitudinal study by Zeytinoglu and colleagues (2025) provides insights into how parental verbal communication and child characteristics contribute to the transmission of social fears. The study shows the impact of both positive and negative maternal statements about ambiguous social situations, finding that positive comments were linked to reductions in children’s social fear beliefs, while negative comments predicted increases, especially among children who were behaviourally inhibited or had high anxiety.

20 August 2025

Understanding How Parenting Programs Work: Key Behaviour Changes and Individual Differences in Outcomes

A 2025 study by Sigurðardóttir and colleagues brings together findings from 14 European randomized controlled trials with 3,252 families, all evaluating social learning-based parenting programmes. The study examined in detail how these programmes can support the reduction of disruptive behaviours in children.

20 August 2025

Children and Adolescents with Single and Multiple Traumas Response to PTSD Therapy: New Insights from a Major Meta-Analysis

A 2023 meta-analysis led by Hoppen and colleagues examined whether children and adolescents with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) benefit equally from psychological interventions, regardless of whether they have experienced a single traumatic event or multiple traumas (Hoppen et al., 2023).

11 August 2025

Call for Early Career Researchers Reviewer Panel for ACAMH Journals

The Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry (JCPP), the Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) journal and JCPP Advances, published by the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, are seeking early career researchers (within 10 years of being awarded their PhD) with expertise in the field of child and adolescent psychology and psychiatry to become part of our ECR Reviewer Panel.

24 July 2025

Blades and Wounded Minds: exploring the links between youth mental health and knife crime

This webinar examines the complex relationship between youth mental health issues—particularly trauma and anxiety—and the rise in knife crime among young people.

Event type

Half day conference

Location

LIVE STREAM

ACAMH Awards 2025 Longlist – Recognising Advancements in CAMH Research and Practice

It is our pleasure to announce the long list of nominees for the 2025 ACAMH Awards. Congratulations to all nominees for making it on the longlist.

25 June 2025

From Isolation to Intervention: Loneliness and Youth Mental Health

This Loneliness Awareness Week, please explore the FREE learning opportunities available on our website and ACAMH Learn and do share with your networks.

9 June 2025