Reflecting on the story so far - change and uncertainty - staying strong
2020-11-03 11:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Online training
New Covid 19 inspired course to deepen participants understanding of stress, trauma and anxiety. We will work to strengthen them and build resilience.
Participants will:
1.Deepen their understanding of stress, trauma and anxiety
2.Develop creative resources for self-care
3.Experience a reflective space in which they feel heard and validated
4.Share narratives and strategies and develop solidarity
5.Create a shared vision for achieving resilience within teams
The story so far… experiences shared – opportunity for mutual support.
What we know about staying strong and resilient – taught input with short activities covering:
•Understanding anxiety and stress and how to manage/process both – what’s there already/what’s needed – building a resilience toolkit. What to do about eating, sleeping and worrying?
•The nature of change and chaos
•Building trust in each other – with activity
•The impact of trauma
•Empowering cooperative teamwork
•Importance of nurture and inclusion

Supporting the Supporters: EPs Supporting Teachers with Kevin Street
2020-11-03 16:00 - 17:30 (Europe/London) | Zoom
An exploration of how teachers and EPs can work together to support vulnerable children and young people and create secure bases during uncertain times (such as COVID-19)

Selective mutism workshop with Maggie Johnson
2020-11-05 09:30 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Online training
Maggie Johnson is a specialist Speech & Language Therapist who is widely regarded as being one of the UK’s leading experts in selective mutism.
With an average of two children in every primary school having selective mutism (i.e. selectively silent), and recognising how important early assessment and intervention is for the outcomes for these children, Educational Psychologists have an important role in supporting schools to identify and meet these needs. After all, left unsupported, selective mutism can have a significant impact upon a child’s social, academic, and emotional development, and lead to greater mental health difficulties within adolescence and adulthood.
The sessions will be delivered through 2 x 3 hour webinars (05-06/11/20). In conjunction with the resource materials below, we will develop our:
o Psychological understanding of selective mutism;
o Knowledge of tools to assess selective mutism;
o Use of interventions for school aged children.
On this course, we will explore the nature and causes of selective mutism, differential diagnosis, theoretical frameworks and evidence-based intervention strategies. These will leave us with the skills and confidence in how to best support schools, families and children.
The workshops will be delivered through 2 x 3.25 hour interactive webinars.
The resource manual for this course is the Speechmark publication ‘The Selective Mutism Resource Manual’ second edition (2016) which participants are highly encouraged to purchase prior to the course. We have a 20% discount code (BSE20) which can be used at the Routledge website. Alternatively click here to purchase through Amazon.

Creating value and seeing beyond the behaviour: Dramatherapy with children and young people permanently excluded from mainstream education with Lauren Hart
2020-11-05 16:00 - 16:30 (Europe/London) | Online training
This webinar give an overview of how drama therapy can be used to support children and young people excluded from school. Suitable for all professionals working with children and young people.

Understanding and managing anxiety and stress
2020-11-10 11:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Online training
New Covid 19 inspired course to deepen participants understanding of stress, trauma and anxiety.
Participants will:
•Deepen their understanding of stress, trauma and anxiety
•Develop creative resources for self-care
•Experience a reflective space in which they feel heard and validated
•Share narratives and strategies and develop solidarity
•Create a shared vision for achieving resilience within teams
Taught input with short activities covering:
•Understanding anxiety and stress and how to manage/process both – what’s there already/what’s needed – building a resilience toolkit. What to do about eating, sleeping and worrying?
•The nature of change and chaos
•Building trust in each other – with activity
•The impact of trauma
•Empowering cooperative teamwork
•Importance of nurture and inclusion

Becoming an Educational Psychologist with Plymouth EPS
2020-11-10 16:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | Online training
Plymouth EPS are running an online webinar for future applicants to learn more about becoming an EP. Application advice, information about the role and chance to talk with current Trainee EPs. It will be hosted on Microsoft Teams. Please register your interest by emailing amelia.king@plymouth.gov.uk

Self-Care and the Challenges of Working Online with Anees Hakim
2020-11-10 16:00 - 17:30 (Europe/London) | Zoom
Anees joins us for a second session; this time exploring the challenges of working online and keeping in mind self-care

Identifying needs and measuring outcomes with BERRI
2020-11-12 14:00 - 15:30 (Europe/London) | Online training
Dr Silver will present an introduction to BERRI as a tool to identify needs and measure outcomes. The webinar will introduce BERRI and explain how it can be used by parents, carers or professionals to identify children’s psychological needs. We will show how it can produce a report to compare a child’s scores to the norms and to give customised advice to support them. We will also show the other tools provided to assist carers, including our charts and tools to track how children’s needs change over time, as well as the exciting projects where these have been used by placement providers and commissioners to help evidence outcomes.

Masterclass: Therapeutic interventions to reduce the harmful effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences
2020-11-13 09:30 - 16:30 UTC | De Vere West One Conference Centre, 9-10 Portland Place, London, W1B 1PR, United Kingdom
Cost plus VAT
This one day Masterclass facilitated by Dr Arnon Bentovim Child and Family Training UK, Visiting Professor Royal Holloway, University of London will outline the increasing evidence of the impact of Adverse Experiences of Childhood (ACEs) on the health and well-being of children and young people extending into adult life, and the interventions available to reduce their harmful effects. The course will provide update information from the emerging, evolving fields of ACEs, from population studies, and studies of mental health, maltreatment and offending behaviour. It will introduce the Modular Hope for Children and Families Intervention Resources, and the way these can be adopted to meet the complex needs of parents responsible for adversity, and children and young people who are affected by them.
A 20% discount is available to you and your contacts by quoting ref: HCUK20EDPSY when booking. (*Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. Full T&Cs available upon request.)

Digital transitions for autistic children: Learning from lockdown for the future
2020-11-13 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | Online training
The Autism Community Research Network @Southampton (ACoRNS) is a public engagement project that has developed a research-practice partnership between Education and Psychology at the University of Southampton, school leaders and practitioners in the local community. Together they have established a co-constructed network for researching evidence-based practices in autism education, with the views and perspectives of children and young people at its centre.
This online event for 2020 will be an opportunity to share the important and innovative research that has been done with Digital Stories during lockdown to support the assessments of children for their EHCPs, and the transitions of older students with complex needs beyond school. This free webinar will be a chance to share examples, learning, and tips from co-produced research on supporting transitions for autistic children during lockdown using digital tools; it is chaired by Professor Sarah Parsons.

Improving access, treatment and support for people with a diagnosis of personality disorder
2020-11-16 10:00 - 17:00 UTC | De Vere West One Conference Centre, 9-10 Portland Place, London, W1B 1PR, United Kingdom
Cost plus VAT
This conference will enable you to:
• Network with colleagues who are working to improve access and treatment for people with personality disorder
• Understand the implications of the RCPsych 2020 Position Statement on Services for People Diagnosable with Personality Disorder for your service
• Learn from outstanding practice in early intervention
• Reflect on the lived experience of someone with a diagnosis of personality disorder
• Discuss the use of terminology and stigma associated with this diagnosis
• Understand how to deliver an effective PD Treatment Pathway
• Develop your skills in working with children and young adults experiencing symptoms of emerging Personality Disorder
• Understand how you can deliver effective psychological therapies for people with personality disorder
• Identify key strategies for engaging with and supporting carers
• Understand how to self assess and audit your service for personality disorder and developing an action plan for improvement
• Supporting people living with personality disorder
• Understand how to effectively integrate suicide mitigation practice into your service
• Self assess and reflect on your own practice
• Gain cpd accreditation points contributing to professional development and revalidation evidence

How to have a respectful conversation about race - featuring Marsha Douglas
2020-11-17 11:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Online training
In this course we deepen participants understanding of systemic racism and the spectrum of privilege. It challenges the participants to examine their behaviours and take close looks at some of the views they have held since a very young age, e.g. this area is a “bad” area, because it has a high proportion of black/brown people living in it, or that young black men in tracksuits are “thugs”. We think about where these messages come from and how people are indoctrinated by the media.

Participants will:

Confront their own racism and unconscious biases
Become aware of the ways they treat people differently based on race
Think about practical changes they can make in their workplaces

Lockdown and beyond for the Association of Educational Psychologists (AEP) with AEP General Secretary Kate Fallon
2020-11-19 16:00 - 16:30 (Europe/London) | Zoom
We are very pleased to welcome Kate, who will be sharing an overview of the work the AEP have been doing over the COVID-19 pandemic and future plans.

Holding the long view - shared vision for resilient, strong teams
2020-11-24 11:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Online training
New Covid 19 inspired course to deepen participants understanding of stress, trauma and anxiety. We will work to strengthen them and build resilience.
The long view – the power of individual people in our lives who really care and the impact we each make on young people.
Share collective ideas and resources for building strength. Shared vision for a strong, resilient staff – teams that are abiding, constant, durable, established, fast, firm, lasting, firm but flexible, reliable, secure, sound, steadfast, strong, sturdy, sure and well-founded.
Participants will:
•Develop creative resources for self-care
•Experience a reflective space in which they feel heard and validated
•Share narratives and strategies and develop solidarity
•Create a shared vision for achieving resilience within teams

'Reaching the 'hard to reach': Child -teacher dialogue to promote inclusion in classrooms' free event Hosted by School of Education, University of Southampton
2020-11-26 15:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | Online training
Join us in this free event to:

Learn about the findings of a three-year study (2017-2020) that involved schools in five European countries
Hear first-hand experiences from teachers and children in Southampton who participated in the study
Have the opportunity to listen to key researchers who were involved: Professors Kiki Messiou (University of Southampton – project lead) and Mel Ainscow (University of Manchester – methodological consultant.
Receive a free pack of materials that you can use within your school.

This innovative approach involves children becoming researchers and working collaboratively with their teachers in order to design lessons that include all pupils, particularly those who might be seen as ‘hard to reach’.
Who is this event for?

Primary, special and secondary school teachers
Policy makers
Support staff
Families
Researchers and educational consultants

This is a free event. Please, book by 15th November 2020 via https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/child-teacher-dialogue-to-promote-inclusion-in-classrooms-registration-124293584457
The event will be hosted via zoom. Four days before the event you will receive a link for your own use only in order to access the event.

Supporting the transition into care: Sharing experiences from young people with Dr Sarah Wendland
2020-11-26 16:00 - 16:30 (Europe/London) | Zoom
Dr Wendland (newly qualified EP) presents her doctoral thesis work which explores how young people experienced the transition into care and ways to support this transition.
