Launch of child trauma resources website for mental health professionals

This webinar will launch a new website of free evidence-based resources for mental health professionals working with trauma-exposed children and young people, and particularly those with PTSD or complex PTSD.

This includes the launch of an exciting new e-learning resource for mental health professionals who deliver trauma-focused CBT to children and young people – especially those who provide supervision.

The webinar will include overviews of the latest research on delivering best-evidenced mental health support to children and young people who have experienced multiple or complex traumas.

It will then present the new website and demonstrate key features, including the four-module supervisor e-learning package – which is free to use.

The website also includes free: animations, including animations developed with young experts-by-experience; clinical leaflets for young people and caregivers; role-plays for mental health professionals; and supervision frameworks and tools for use in treatment planning and during treatment.

The webinar will also have dedicated time for questions and answers from attendees.

The event will be delivered by:

• Professor Rachel Hiller, University College London
• Professor Richard Meiser-Stedman, University of East Anglia
• Professor Patrick Smith, King’s College London
• Dr Jessica Richardson, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

The e-learning and resources have been developed as part of the ADAPT study, which has been a large multi-service research project exploring barriers and facilitators to getting best-evidenced mental health care to care-experienced young people.

This project has been led and delivered by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs): – ARC North Thames, ARC West, ARC North East and North Cumbria, and ARC South West Peninsula (PenARC).

Registration closes on Monday 31 March.