Preventing suicide in young people & children
2021-04-23 10:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | Online training
Cost plus VAT.
Chaired by Dr Jon Goldin, Consultant, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust, and Vice Chair, Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Royal College of Psychiatrists this Fourth National conference focuses on Saving Young Lives – Preventing Suicide in Children and Young People. Through national updates, case studies from multi-agency settings and lived experience insight, this conference will look at progress being made and what needs to change to improve resilience, wellbeing, mental health support and effectively prevent suicide in children and young people. The conference will use case studies to demonstrate interventions that work in health, schools, universities and multi-agency settings. The conference will examine implementation of the self harm and suicide prevention competence framework for children and young people and will also discuss offering tailored support to families bereaved by suicide in line with the NICE recommendations.
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Reflecting & learning from criminal behaviour
2021-04-27 19:00 - 20:10 | Online training
Criminal exploitation is a key concern for many professionals that work with children and young people. Through listening to Warren’s story, and his subsequent imprisonment, we learn about our role as professionals to develop strategies to safeguard those in the community. As well as understanding the challenges and potential exits for those involved in criminal behaviour.
This session will be co-hosted by Warren and his sister Sarah Dove and will provide an honest reflection of issues relating to exploitation, criminal activity and mental health.
There will be an opportunity to ask questions in a dedicated question and answer session.

How understanding insecure attachment patterns supports children’s learning and behaviour in school, with Angela Greenwood
2021-04-29 16:00 - 16:30 | Online training
Angela will give an overview of how understanding of attachment patterns can help support learning.

Sensory processing awareness - classroom strategies
2021-04-29 16:00 - 18:00 | Online training
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Join Scarlett Leedham, Paediatric Occupational Therapist and Advanced Sensory Integration Practitioner, to better understand the theory of Sensory Integration and how it differs to other sensory approaches; how it impacts on function and practical activities; and strategies which support sensory processing difficulties in school, the classroom and in everyday life

Circle Solutions training
2021-05-06 08:00 - 2021-05-07 11:00 | Online training
Growing Great Schools Worldwide is offering an online Circle Solutions Trainer course for those who would like to be accredited to train schools. This two-day professional accreditation programme will enable you to introduce, support and sustain Circle Solutions as a tool for whole-school wellbeing. This booking is for a places on the course to be held via Zoom in four half-day sessions on 6,7,13 & 14 May 2021, 8-11am UK time. Circle Solutions is not just a programme: it is a pedagogy to develop social/emotional skills and a positive class ethos.
All course attendees must have previously attended the Introduction to Circle Solutions course.

Tomorrow's teens: Educational psychology in action
2021-05-14 10:00 - 15:30 | Online training
DECP Members £15.00
Trainee EPs £15.00
BPS Member £48.50
Non-Members £80.00.

The DECP are organising an online continuous professional development event. We will be hearing from local and national psychologists and researchers about ways in which we can support secondary school aged children. In particular, we will be focussing on enhancing knowledge about the developing teenage brain, promoting adolescent wellbeing and the role of educational psychologists in understanding and working with children involved in or ‘at risk’ of being involved in gangs.

Sandwell Educational Psychology information event
2021-05-17 17:00 - 18:00 | ...
Are you interested in Educational Psychology? Wherever you are in your journey, all are welcome to attend our virtual information session on 17th May, 5pm-6pm.

Children's Safeguarding: Learning from inquiries, serious case reviews and inspections
2021-05-19 10:00 - 17:00 | Online training
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This masterclass, facilitated by Carla Thomas and Stephen Pizzey, Child and Family Training, gives an opportunity for delegates to review the findings from inquiries, serious case reviews, safeguarding practices reviews and inspections regarding multi-agency safeguarding practice and consider the implications for their agencies policies and practice.
Key learning objectives include considering the history of reviews in relation to child’s death and serious harm, and how some of these led to key changes in legislation and guidance. Review thresholds and processes for serious case and child safeguarding practices reviews.
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Working on What Works – A ‘WOWW!’ approach to classroom behaviour with David Lamb (Applied Psychologies)
2021-05-20 16:00 - 16:30 | Online training
David Lamb speaks to Paula Pashley (Southend EPS) about their shared enjoyment of using the Working on What Works (WoWW) with schools. David shares a case study using WoWW. An informative session for EPs, TEPs, aspiring EPs, teachers and anyone with an interest in education and positive interventions.

Coaching for resilience
2021-05-26 09:30 - 16:30 | Online training
Learn psychology-informed coaching methods/tools that can be used to support adult/young adult resilience and wellbeing. The methods explored are accessible and applicable across a range of professional roles.
Prior formal training in psychology is neither necessary nor assumed, but will of course help if you’ve got it!

Childhood neglect: Approaches to understanding, assessment and interventions
2021-05-27 10:00 - 17:00 | Online training
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This masterclass, facilitated by Carla Thomas and Carol Jolliffe, Child and Family Training, will consider the complexity of understanding, managing and modifying the impact of childhood neglect. It will support practitioners and managers in considering interventions to modify neglectful parenting and to increase children’s resilience. All practitioners, and managers, working with children and families in Health, Education, Social Care, in the Public and Voluntary sector should attend.
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Webinar: Is that clear? Effective communication in a neurodiverse world
2021-06-01 19:00 - 19:40 | Online training
For those of you who missed the webinar organised by Sarah Sivers from Educational Psychology Reach-Out, here’s another chance to meet Joe Butler, autism consultant, founder of SEND Support and co-author of Is that clear? Effective communication in a neurodiverse world.
In this free webinar, Joe will be sharing some of the book’s practical tips for how allistic (non-autistic) people can communicate more inclusively with autistic people. The book amplifies the valuable insights and experiences of our panel of autistic readers, and has since received great feedback from both autistic and allistic readers alike. It has reached the finals of the Business Book Awards UK in the Diversity, Inclusion and Equality category.

The Safeguarding Children Assessment and Analysis Framework (SAAF)
2021-06-08 10:00 - 17:00 | Online training
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This virtual masterclass, facilitated by Fay Berry and Stephen Pizzey, explores decision making in complex child protection and safeguarding cases using the Safeguarding Children Assessment and Analysis Framework (SAAF).
The Safeguarding Children Assessment and Analysis Framework (Pizzey, Bentovim, Cox, Bingley Miller and Tapp, 2016) was designed to help professionals make an analysis of the level of harm suffered or likely to be suffered by the child; the risks of re-abuse or likelihood of future harm; and the prospects for successful intervention in cases that social workers find complex. The SAAF provides a systematic, robust, evidence-based and time-efficient model and a range of methods for assessing, analysing and making decisions in the safeguarding context. The Safeguarding Children Assessment and Analysis Framework focuses on analysis and decision-making and enables practitioners to evidence the rationale underpinning their recommendations and decisions to their managers and the courts.
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Behavioural Therapy for Tics Institute: Non-clinician behavioural therapy workshops for teachers and parents
2021-06-08 20:00 - 21:30 | Online training
Online webinar & Q & A, about behavioural therapy, the facts, myths and strategies which could be used at home or school.
Tuesday 8th June 8-9.30pm (TS awareness day)
Tuesday 23rd November 8-9.30pm

CAMHS National Summit 2021: Transforming mental health services for children & young adults
2021-06-09 10:00 - 17:00 | ...
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This national conference focuses on transforming mental health services for children and young people, ensuring early intervention, and developing integrated services with clear care pathways from first intervention to crisis and inpatient care. The conference will also look at national developments and learning from the Covid-19 pandemic and how CAMHS has had to adapt and innovate to provide effective care. The conference will address monitoring outcomes in CYP Mental Health including the development of a National CYP Mental Health Outcomes Metric.
Follow the conference on Twitter #CAMHS2021
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Developing the healing capacity of emotionally containing relationships with Angela Greenwood
2021-06-24 16:00 - 16:30 | ...
An overview of how an understanding of emotional containment can support teachers to understand and respond to children and young people, particularly during times of difficulty or transition.

Curious about how educational psychologists help children, families and schools following brain injury?
2021-06-29 16:00 - 17:00 | Online training
Join us for a short introductory session about brain development, acquired brain injury and considerations for educational psychologists in working with these children. The session will be led by Josie Richmond and Rebecca Ashton, both qualified EPs working with Recolo UK Ltd who specialise in psychological rehabilitation for children with brain injuries. You will get an overview of key issues in assessment and intervention, and an opportunity to participate in discussion about how EPs can best help children, families and schools following brain injury.

Attachment and the right brain with Dr Nicole Schnackenberg
2021-07-01 16:00 - 16:30 | ...
In this webinar we will consider the importance of the right hemisphere in understanding the attachment relationship. We will think about how we can use this knowledge to support the building of secure attachments within the primary attachment relationship and beyond.

Education Futures in Action: Introduction
2021-07-03 09:45 - 11:00 | ...
Education Futures in Action is a partnership between States of Mind and the Institute of Education, University College London. Our July conference will show how the English education system impacts young people and present actionable alternatives to the educational status quo.
Talks will be led by a range of education innovators from home and abroad, including young people, teachers, academics and other change makers. Some are innovating within the current school system, others are re-envisioning and enacting ways of educating that promote consent, democracy, self-determination and the celebration of diversity. Evidence is clear: the English education system is underpinned by ideologies that promote coercion, standardisation and segregation. This conference will show how it is possible to do things differently.
From Autumn 2021, States of Mind will be chairing a regular Education Futures roundtable, with the aim of drawing together practitioners with the knowledge, skills and experience to co-create an alternative future for education. Please join us for the July conference and take part in this movement.

Education Futures in Action: Changemakers
2021-07-04 10:00 - 11:00 | ...

Education Futures in Action: Scherto Gill
2021-07-04 14:30 - 15:30 | ...

International psychology student conference
2021-07-10 10:00 - 17:20 | Online training
The Student Committee is organising the first BPS International Psychology Student Conference. This is an opportunity for psychology students all across the world to connect. We welcome psychology students from every country to join us but also postgraduate students, young professionals or those interested in pursuing psychology as a career. We strongly believe that our speakers’ panel will offer you valuable insight and contribute towards your Continuing Professional Development. The theme for the 1st International Psychology Student Conference is Equality and Inclusion, Connections in an International Context.
Participants will have the opportunity to hear from well-established professionals who will talk about their expertise and international experience and explore their take on what it means to “connect” and promote equality and inclusion. The topics discussed will focus on the importance of language, neurodiversity, LGBTQ+, bullying, and education’s role towards a positive impact.

EBSA Horizons: Emotional Based School Avoidance CPD course for educational psychologists
2021-07-12 09:00 - 16:00 | Online training
The EBSA Horizon online course for Educational Psychologist, seeks to continue to build on the shift in the narrative, moving away from the language of school refusal, and to present an alternative model of EBSA, in which the child’s voice is at the heart of assessment and intervention, and emphasis is placed on understanding EBSA in the context of interacting, child, home and school-based factors.

UCL DEdPsy Leading Edge Day 2021 : Equality, diversity and inclusion; working towards anti-racist EP practice
2021-07-13 09:00 - 17:00 | ...
In March 2020, the world as we knew it changed. The death of George Floyd triggered widespread reflection, and action in recognition of structural racism across our society. March also saw the UK’s first national lockdown as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic which, in turn, brought into sharp focus the social inequalities present in our society (Marmot et al., 2010, 2020). Since then, debates have been ongoing across international contexts, across professions, within psychology and within educational psychology regarding where we are and where we want and need to be in the future. This online conference will contribute to debates already ongoing around racism and ethnicity in educational psychology and will provide participants with a chance to hear about theory and research and to focus on challenges, as well as future directions. In addition, in the afternoon participants will be able to attend two workshops out of a choice of four presented by educational psychologists engaged in research and practice in this area.

Safeguarding adolescents and young adults: Delivering a strengths-based approach
2021-07-13 10:00 - 17:00 | ...
We are pleased to announce National Safeguarding Adolescents and Young Adults Conference which this year will focus on improving safeguarding practice: delivering a strengths based approach, transitional safeguarding, contextual safeguarding and complex safeguarding. Through national expert sessions and practical case studies the conference aims to bring together safeguarding leads working with adolescents and young people to understand current issues and the national context, and to debate and discuss key issues and areas you are facing in practice including supporting adolescents and young adults through and beyond COVID-19, and developing a strengths based approach to adolescent safeguarding.
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Transition and endings webinar with Sarah Sivers and Jamie Allen
2021-07-15 16:00 - 16:30 | ...
This webinar explores how important it is to be aware of and plan for the various transitions and endings that are part of school life. It will offer ideas and resources which will be useful for families, school staff, EPs and anyone interested in supporting children and young people through transitions.

Masterclass: Safeguarding children Level 3 - NHS Level 4
2021-07-16 10:00 - 16:00 | ...
The course will explore child protection conferences, preparing child protection plans and the role of core groups to ensure the best outcomes for children at risk of harm. You will have the opportunity to take part in a simulated Case Conference based on a detailed case study.
The aim of the course is that you will have a clear understanding of the assessment and decision-making processes and a sound grasp of the principles and processes for effective collaboration. You will also gain skills in preparing for the Case Conference including how to write a formal report, identifying what is and what isn’t evidence-based information and how to challenge decisions.
The Facilitator for this course, Christine Moody, is a highly experienced senior manager with a track record of delivering sustained improvements in health and social care. She currently has a range of independent roles with specialist areas of expertise including safeguarding children’s, children mental health (CAMHS) tribunal member. Christine is an experienced trainer with a creative results-orientated approach who receives excellent feedback on her ability to engage with people and organisations to help them achieve measurable and realistic outcomes.
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REACH Train the Trainer course
2021-08-03 09:30 - 13:00 | Online training
This course is specifically a ‘train the trainer’ course for Educational Psychologists who would like to deliver the REACH course in their area. Once EPs have attended the six modules of this REACH training course, all materials are then freely available to enable course delivery in their area. Six modules over six days: 3/8/21; 4/8/21; 10/8/21; 11/8/21; 31/8/21; 1/9/21
The REACH Course is an educational psychologist developed and led learning curriculum, equipping practitioners with the psychological knowledge and skills they require to embed effective trauma informed, resiliency enabling approaches in their schools and settings.
Delivered in six ‘bite-size’ modules, REACH teaches 100 different learning objectives relating to the key knowledge and skills needed to develop an awareness not only of adversity and trauma, but also of the approaches that are vital in supporting young people to do well, despite their risk factors.
In particular, the course explores the five ‘Roots of Resilience’ – and numerous associated research-based protective factors – that we can help vulnerable children to tap into, in order to maintain their strength and stability during adverse events, nourishing them from the inside out.
These protective factors are ‘positive childhood experiences’ (PCEs) that can mitigate the effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and foster the resilience of children affected by adversity. The course also teaches simple trauma informed techniques for addressing the often-hidden effects of trauma and toxic stress.
Because we know that stable and supportive relationships are the golden thread – or ‘ordinary magic’ (Masten, 2001) – running through research into what buffers us from risk, there is a strong emphasis on the importance of nurturing and attuned relationships for resilience in the REACH training course. The course also emphasises the importance of developing a strong sense of self.

Psychology of education section annual conference 2021
2021-09-08 09:00 - 2021-09-09 17:00 | ...
Registration fees range £60-£130.
Keynote addresses will be presented by Professor Tina Hascher (Institute of Education Science, Bern University) and Dr Alice Jones-Bartoli (Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London). Professor Peter Blatchford (The Institute of Education, University College London) will deliver the Vernon-Wall lecture.
2021 marks the fortieth anniversary of the Vernon-Wall lecture series. This anniversary will be celebrated with a discussion by four of the previous Vernon-Wall speakers on the achievements and prospects of the psychology of education.

EBSA Horizons: Emotional Based School Avoidance CPD course for Educational Psychologists
2021-09-10 09:00 - 16:00 | Online training
Over three sessions 10/09; 10/10; 10/11.
The EBSA Horizon online course for Educational Psychologists, seeks to continue to build on the shift in the narrative, moving away from the language of school refusal, and to present an alternative model of EBSA, in which the child’s voice is at the heart of assessment and intervention, and emphasis is placed on understanding EBSA in the context of interacting, child, home and school-based factors.
