The Sustainability of the Incredible Years Teacher Classroom Management Programme: Insights from UK Primary School Teachers

The current youth mental health crisis highlights the need for preventive and early intervention strategies like the Incredible Years programmes. The Incredible Years Teacher Classroom Management programme has shown positive effects on teachers’ classroom management strategies and pupil mental health. In this blog, we discuss teachers’ views on the sustainability of the programme, necessary to maintain its desired benefits in the longer term.

30 July 2024

Loneliness and Early Career Researchers: An Evidence-Based Perspective

Loneliness is a significant and often overlooked issue among early career researchers (ECRs). This phenomenon can have profound implications for both personal well-being and professional development. Recent studies have highlighted the prevalence of loneliness among academics, particularly those in the early stages of their careers, suggesting that this issue warrants serious attention from both research and policy perspectives.

8 July 2024

Trauma in children and young people – understanding the range of impact and treatment options

The conference will dive deep into the challenges of effectively working with traumatised young people and their families, while also addressing the pivotal role of systems in mitigating secondary trauma.

Chronotype and Depression in Adolescence

We know that there is a bidirectional association between sleep duration/quality and depressive symptoms in youth. In adult populations depressive symptoms and circadian rhythms (sleep chronotype) have also been linked. In this paper, we established an association between chronotype and depressive symptoms in middle adolescence, independently of poor sleep and prior mental health difficulties.

28 May 2024

Day 1 CAIDPN Conference 2024 (Open to all) Continuing to improve outcomes for Children and Young People with Intellectual Disabilities whilst working in challenging times

Having an ID should not be seen as an impairment, nor a barrier to having a good life and a full life like everyone else. Organised by the Child & Adolescent Intellectual Disability Psychiatry Network of ACAMH, known as CAIDPN.

The profile of abilities in Autistic girls – Prof. Tony Attwood

‘The profile of abilities in Autistic girls – Prof. Tony Attwood’ is a 3-hour presentation is to understand and celebrate autistic girls. Delegates will increase their awareness and knowledge of autism as it is experienced by girls, and Tony will shares tip and strategies he has used in clinical practice.

The development of Paediatric and Child Health approaches to Trauma Treatment and Resilience

This free webinar is open to all, and is organised by ACAMH’s Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Special Interest Group. The webinar will be led by Heather Forkey and Jessica Griffin from the Department of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts.

CAIDPN (Members only) Conference 2024 Continuing to improve outcomes for Children and Young People with Intellectual Disabilities whilst working in challenging times

Identifying an Intellectual Disability is important to a young person, their family, carers and services e.g. education, health or social care.

Location

Coventry

The power of special interests – Prof. Tony Attwood

Prof. Tony Attwood will discuss the stages in the development of special interests, their sequence, and the reasons why specific interests occur as part of the overall profile of Autism.

Adolescent issues for Autistic teenagers – Prof. Tony Attwood

Autistic teenagers experience greater challenges during adolescence than their typical peers. Professor Tony Attwood explores these challenges and provides strategies to improve coping mechanisms, resilience, and connection with peers.