Children & Young People’s Mental Health: Early intervention Training Programme

Why are these sessions so important?

This programme recognises that a gap exists between specialist CAMH services (which handle complex and entrenched mental health issues) and those working with children with mental health difficulties who don’t meet CAMH’s thresholds. These professionals – who are not mental health experts themselves – often feel ill-equipped in this area. The sessions will improve understanding of various challenges to the mental health of infants, children and young people, covering:

• What infants, children and young people need to thrive emotionally, socially and academically
• How to support parents when their children face emotional, social or learning difficulties, recognising that parents require understanding and sensitive, attuned, empathetic support in order to meet their child’s needs
• A range of common health challenges and how to best attend to those challenges using evidence informed ways.

Session Programme:

• Session 1: Child Development and Resilience
• Session 2: Supporting and Nurturing Parents in the Care of Children and Young People
• Session 3: Understanding Attachment, Attachment Insecurity & Resilience
• Session 4: Understanding Neurodiversity and Emotional and Social Wellbeing
• Session 5: Supporting Mental Health Challenges in Childhood and Adolescence
• Session 6: Sleep Aware

Further information about session content can be found in the programme below