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Early Intervention in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities – This is how we do it in Dorset

The theme of this event is service innovation and delivery. We will showcase two excellent initiatives/areas of good practice within Dorset Healthcare involving our trailblazers Mental Health Support Team (MHST) and specialist Pan Dorset Intellectual Disability CAMHS.

Autism: What Matters Most – From Assessment to Intervention 

Join Professor Catherine Lord, Distinguished Professor at UCLA’s Semel Institute, pioneering developer of the gold-standard ADOS and ADI-R autism diagnostic tools, and recipient of the International Society for Autism Research’s Lifetime Achievement Award, for an exclusive masterclass on autism assessment and intervention.

Child Maltreatment and Mental Health Problems: The Role of the Subjective Experience

‘Child Maltreatment and Mental Health Problems: The Role of the Subjective Experience’, is a free webinar open to all, and is organised by ACAMH’s Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Special Interest Group. The webinar will be led by Oonagh Coleman is a final-year PhD student at the Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre at King’s College London.

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.

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.