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Assessing ADHD in Children & Young People Webinar

Dr Aileen Blower (Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and CAMHS Advisor to Scottish Government) introduces the Scottish context for assessment of ADHD. The 2-hour webinar is then presented by Dr Joanne Steer & Claire Berry and provides c…

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Autism Awareness and the role of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS-2) in Diagnostic Practice

These five short videos aim to deepen awareness of current issues in Autism, suggests potential ways to support Autistic people including what good diagnostic practice looks like and the role of the ADOS-2. Delivery of content supported by Powerpoint…

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Brief Behavioural Activiation for Adolescent Depression (Brief BA)

Brief BA is a manualised intervention based on behavioural theory and the behavioural approach to depression aimed at treating low mood or mild or moderate to severe depression symptoms in young people aged 12-18 years to help them recover as quickly…

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Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing: A Professional Learning Resource for All School Staff

The aim of this resource is to increase knowledge of mental health and wellbeing in children and young people (CYP) and details what staff can do to promote positive mental health and wellbeing. Although the resource was written for school staff, it …

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Connecting with Parents’ Motivations (CwPM)

Connecting with Parents’ Motivations is a one-day training course for all practitioners who work with children and their families. It is based on a motivational interviewing informed-approach and aims to enhance practitioners’ existing communication …

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Equal partners in care: caring for carers EPiC

The Equal Partners in Care (EPiC) learning resource is for health and social care staff. In your job it’s highly likely that you come into direct contact with carers. By carers we mean people who provide unpaid support and care to another person. The…

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Essential CAMHS - Foundation Level

Essential CAMHS - foundation learning programme provide a foundation of knowledge relevant to all professionals working with children and young people. These three interactive online modules are open to all professionals working in CAMHS and the wide…

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Essential CAMHS - Open Modules

Essential CAMHS - open modules provide a foundation of knowledge relevant to all professionals working with children and young people. These three interactive online modules are open to all professionals working in CAMHS and the wider children’s work…

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Essential CAMHS - Specialist Level

Essential CAMHS - specialist learning programme, builds on the foundation learning programme. The purpose of these two modules and associated learning portfolios, aim to support clinicians new to working in Child and Adolesecent Mental Health Service…

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Group Teen Triple P

To train staff to deliver Group Teen Triple P parenting groups to parents / carers of 12-16 year-olds who want to support their teenager's development or who have concerns about their teenager's social, emotional and behavioural development. Three da…

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Key considerations in promoting positive practice for Autism Spectrum Disorders

This guide has been developed to help people working within health and social care services to recognise and respond appropriately to the needs of Autistic people.

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Let's Introduce Anxiety Management (LIAM)

CBT-informed targeted anxiety intervention for mild-moderate anxiety in children and young people.

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Living with Autism

To raise awareness and understanding of Autism. This 9 minute film explains the common features of Autism and follows 3 autistic individuals as they explore how their Autism impacts them and provides advice about supports & strategies that are li…

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Mellow Babies

To train practitioners to become facilitators of Mellow Babies, a group-based intervention aimed at enhancing parent-child interaction. The aim of this intervention is to enhance core attachment relationships, which is a key element in promoting posi…

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Neurodevelopmental Assessment Webinar; recognising and assessing neurodiversity and a presentation of the Fife Neurodevelopmental Questionnaire (F-NDQ)

To raise awareness about child development and neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people, along with a presentation of a measure to structure such assessments. Webinar.

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Observing Children

For the Early Year’s workforce: Observing children is a series of seven videos across three ages of early childhood (baby, toddler and young children).Each video is an example of everyday situations that an early year's worker may come across. In add…

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One Good Adult Job Description

This resource was written by children and young people to let adults know how to support their mental health and wellbeing. This is a Sway format with accompanying Implementation Wrap.

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One Year Development Plan (1YDP)

The 1YDP supports new to CAMHS staff whose core professional training does not cover the knowledge and skills necessary for work in CAMHS. The 1YPD has three sections: 1. Essential CAMHS• Learners will complete both Foundation and Specialist Learning…

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Promoting Children & Young People's Mental Health and Preventing Self-Harm

The animations are designed to develop the knowledge and skills of staff in health, social care, and the wider public sectors who need to be informed about mental health, self-harm, and suicide prevention in relation to children and young people (CYP…

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Promoting children and young people’s mental health and preventing self-harm

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Risk Management

This full day training session is delivered alongside brief Behavioural Activation (Brief BA) training to upskill staff to manage any risk that may present when delivering Brief BA to young people who are low in mood. It may also be helpful to a wide…

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Sowing Seeds and Taking a trauma informed lens to your practice

The aim of the resource is to help learners understand the impact of trauma and support them on their journey to adapting the way they work to make a positive difference to children and young people affected by trauma and adversity. This animation an…

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The Birthday Party

To raise awareness and understanding of Autism as it presents in young children to encourage early recognition, assessment and supports This 18 minute film has been designed to help front-line professionals to identify the signs of autism in children…

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The Role of General Practitioners in ADHD Diagnosis & Management

This learning resource provides primary care professionals with information on their role in the diagnosis and management of ADHD within the context of primary care. Although the title suggests this resource is for G.P.s we also think that it will be…

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Training in Psychological Skills - Early Interventions for Children (TIPS-EIC) - Trauma

This training has been developed for qualified multi-disciplinary staff across agencies who work with children and young people, e.g., in school settings. The resources are evidence and competency-based and aligned to the NES child and adolescent men…

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Training in Psychological Skills - Paediatric Healthcare: Anxiety – Supporting children, young people, and families

A 1-hour bitesize training module at the Skilled Practice Level, to increase awareness of how anxiety may present in paediatrics, understanding anxiety and the basic anxiety management strategies that can be used and promoted. Training course for s…

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Training in Psychological Skills - Paediatric Healthcare: Trauma in the workplace

A ½ -hour bitesize training module at the informed-level of practice, focused on increasing awareness of how trauma may affect you at work, the signs of trauma to look out for and strategies to help you cope. This is a half hour training module del…

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Training in Psychological Skills – Physical Health: Reducing Procedural Distress and Preparing Children for Procedures

This skilled-level e-learning module is designed to help staff recognise and manage procedural distress in children and young people, using psychological strategies. It aims to increase knowledge of psychological models to promote coping and effecti…

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Training in Psychological Skills - Physical Health: Communication Skills

This half day skilled-level training is an interactive module, aimed at increasing skills and confidence in communication skills for effective asking, listening, and informing; adapting communication styles for children and young people at different …

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Training in Psychological Skills - Physical Health: Infants in Hospital: Promoting social and emotional wellbeing in zero to three-year-olds

This half day skilled-level interactive training is designed to increase awareness of the social and emotional needs of infants when they attend hospital. It aims to increase staff knowledge and understanding of psychosocial competencies at differen…

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Training in Psychological Skills - Physical Health: Motivational Interviewing Approaches

This half day skilled-level, interactive, training workshop is designed to increase skills and confidence in understanding treatment adherence/concordance, behaviour change processes, addressing ambivalence and promoting engagement in health care, fo…

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Training in Psychological Skills - Physical Health: Promoting Engagement with Healthcare for Children and Young People with Long-Term Health Conditions

Two-day training course for staff who work in Paediatric Hospital settings. This 2-day interactive skilled-level training is designed to build on core communication and motivational interviewing skills to upskill staff in strategies to help improve c…

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Training in Psychological Skills - Physical Health: Promoting Positive Behaviour

This half day skilled-level training is designed to increase skills and confidence in understanding how behaviour is learnt, how behaviour is reinforced or discouraged and how to assess and make sense of children and young people’s behaviour. It is …

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Training in Psychological Skills - Physical Health: Psychological Approaches to Working with Physical Health Symptoms in Children and Young People - Skilled Practice Level

One-day training course for staff who work in Paediatric Hospital settings followed by Application to Practice Groups. This one day interactive skilled-level training is designed to increase staff knowledge and understanding of a biopsychosocial mode…

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Training in Psychological Skills - Physical Health: Reducing Distress

This half day skilled-level training is an interactive module designed to increase skills and confidence in recognising, understanding, and responding to distress when working with children, young people, and families in a paediatric setting. It als…

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Training in Psychological Skills - Physical Health: Significant Conversations, Life-Limiting Conditions and Palliative Care

This 2-day interactive skilled-level training is designed to build on core communication skills, to increase staff knowledge and confidence in having effective significant conversations. It includes training on a protocol to help guide significant c…

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Training in Psychological Skills - Physical Health: Working with Autistic children and young people

A 1-hour bitesize training module at the informed- and skilled- levels, focused on increasing awareness and understanding of autism, how it may present in paediatrics and some of the strategies you can use to support Autistic children and young peopl…

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Understanding ADHD in Girls and Women Webinar

This 3-hour webinar provides an understanding of ADHD as it presents in girls and women and focuses on how girls and women with ADHD are often missed, misdiagnosed and misunderstood. Information is provided about how ADHD can present differently in g…

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Video Interactive Guidance (VIG)

Video Interaction Guidance (VIG) is a strengths-based intervention that supports effective communication within relationships. VIG can be applied to all interactions, however in this context it is for caregiver and infant dyads (0-18 months). The V…

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What is Autism?

To raise awareness and understanding of Autism. This 10 minute film follows 3 autistic individuals as they explore what their autism means to them, including: social communication; patterns and routines; sensory experience; and how to make things bet…

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