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

The Emanuel Miller Memorial Lecture and National Conference returns with a truly incredible line-up, focusing on ‘ACEs, Attachment, and Trauma: new advances in understanding and treatment’

The Challenge Model – anxious and vulnerable children

Royal Free Hospital Children’s School (RFHCS) has been running a specific programme to address the needs of a cohort of anxious and vulnerable children for the last 4 years – many of whom exhibit signs of emotionally based school refusal.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a trans-diagnostic therapeutic approach, belonging to the broad church of cognitive behavioural therapies (CBTs).

Debate – Regulating Social Media Use in Children and Young People – Are bans justified?

This 1.5-hour online debate brings together leading experts to examine whether age-based social media bans are an appropriate policy response to concerns about children and young people’s mental health.

Event type

Debate

Trauma: Evidence, Practice, and Implementation Challenges. Jack Tizard International Online Conference

The sessions dive into the practical challenges of identifying and treating trauma in children and young people, with an emphasis on implementation issues, barriers to delivering evidence-based treatments, and work with specific populations. Confirmed speakers; Professor Rachel Hiller, Dr. Jess Richardson, Dr. Connor Kerns, Dr. Stephanie Lewis, and Professor Dr. Elisa Pfeiffer. 

Event type

Jack Tizard Memorial International Conference

Location

LIVE STREAM

ARFID in Autistic Young People: Assessment, Overlap and Practical Clinical Management

Explore ARFID and autism in this expert webinar on assessment and treatment strategies for children and young people. Learn how autism‑related traits shape eating behaviour and how to deliver effective, evidence‑based support across health and education settings. Dr. Rachel Bryant-Waugh leads this advanced online event.

Event type

Update session

Location

LIVE STREAM

Adversity, Protection, and Prevention: Rethinking Childhood Experiences Through New Evidence

Explore how adversity, protection, and prevention shape child and adolescent mental health at this ACAMH expert conference on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). Learn evidence-based strategies to reduce risk and build resilience in children and families.

Event type

Day Conference

Location

LIVE STREAM

Trauma to a child of being in the Secure Care System; How can we improve processes

Led by Dr. Heidi Hales “In this talk I will consider the structure of the secure system set up to contain and care for children in young people in the United Kingdom, who are complex situations and show risk behaviours that are considered to need containment.”

Intervention and prevention of the sexual abuse of children and young people and those displaying harmful sexual behaviour. Mandatory Reporting – What’s next?

The object of the seminars is that given the introduction of Mandatory Reporting it is likely that there will be increasing numbers of sexually abused children and young people identified.

Event type

4 x 2 hour webinars

Location

Online

Words Matter: Childhood Verbal Abuse

Childhood verbal abuse is characterised by adults verbally threatening the child, it can be as damaging to a child’s development as other subtypes of maltreatment such as childhood physical and sexual abuse. Register for this FREE webinar, open to all, led by Professor Shanta R. Dube, Jessica Bondy, and Fiona Pienaar.