Understanding the Mental Health and Emotional Needs of Children and Young People

Trainer

• Learning and Development Partnership, Educational Psychology Service.

Aims and objectives: This two-day course will give an introduction to the mental health, social and emotional issues faced by children and young people. It will look at ways of promoting positive mental health and wellbeing, demystify mental health difficulties and explore the relationship between unmet needs and behaviour. This course will:

• explore how carers can work with their individual children’s mental health needs
• consider what we mean by ‘child and adolescent mental health’
• identify factors that protect and undermine good mental health
• explore definitions, uses and misuses of various diagnostic labels from a developmental and inter-disciplinary perspective
• deepen appreciation of our basic social and psychological needs across the life span as a way of understanding and addressing behavioural problems and symptoms
• encourage participants to have the courage to be imperfect, feel more confident in their work with children and families and to work collaboratively with other professionals.

Dates: 12 and 13 July 2011 This is a two day course

Time: 10am–3pm

Venue: The Richard Reynolds Centre, The Blessed Sacrament R.C. Church, 29 Fore Street, Heavitree, Exeter EX1 2QJ

Maximum number for this course: 20

CWDC Standards 3 and 5.