Fire starting – what makes young people do it, which interventions work

Led by criminologist Joanna Foster, these two interactive workshop explores what is known about children and teenagers who set fires. ACAMH Members receive a CPD certificate for attending.

Predicting Complex PTSD in Foster Care – CAMHS around the Campfire

#CAMHScampfire welcomes Dr. Rachel Hiller, as we discuss her JCPP paper ‘A longitudinal study of cognitive predictors of (complex) post‐traumatic stress in young people in out‐of‐home care’. 17.00 UK, 18.00 CET, 12 noon EST. ACAMH Members attending will be eligible for a CPD certificate.

The Catalogue of Mental Health Measures: Discovering the depths of mental health data in UK longitudinal studies

A chance for ACAMH Members to join Professor Louise Arseneault, and Bridget Bryan, to learn, and use, the Catalogue of Mental Health Measures, an interactive catalogue of mental health and wellbeing measures in British cohort and longitudinal studies.

ADHD in the Classroom: Accommodations and Behavioural Supports

Erin Schoenfelder Gonzalez will explore evidence-informed classroom accommodations and behavioural strategies that improve attention, engagement and self-regulation. Designed for clinicians and teachers, this event offers practical tools to strengthen collaboration and improve outcomes for students with ADHD.

Event type

Update session

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LIVE STREAM

Incorporating Motivational Interviewing into Evidence-Based Treatments for ADHD

This presentation provides specialized training in Motivational Interviewing (MI) for professionals working with individuals with ADHD and their families. MI is an evidence-based approach that enhances treatment engagement by fostering autonomy, self-efficacy, and strong provider-patient alliances. The training includes lectures, discussions, activities, videos, and role-plays.

Attachment and lived emotional experience of children and young people

How does a person’s sense of safety, stability and sense of self-worth, impact on their development as an individual?

Talking With Young People About Their Online Lives: Evidence and Practical Strategies for Professionals

How do we support young people to safely navigate the online world? Discover collaborative insights from academic experts, mental health professionals and young people, at this FREE training session.

Event type

FREE live stream

Location

Online

Brief Interventions That Make a Difference: Practical Approaches for Young People and Families – An International Expert Conference

EARLY BIRD! Across five focused sessions, leading experts will explore practical and scalable approaches to supporting young people and families: from single-session intervention models and intensive one-session CBT for phobias, to compassionate approaches to suicide risk and crisis care in overstretched services, as well as experience-sensitive clinical work with autistic young people.

Event type

International Expert Conference

Location

Online

Are we over-pathologising young people’s mental health? CAMH Journal Debate

Building on the Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) journal debate series, the session will bring together contrasting perspectives on diagnostic trends and their interpretation in child and adolescent mental health. The debate includes Sami Timimi, Professor Kapil Sayal, and Professor Rachel Hiller.

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

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FREE live stream