Conference | Techniques for Work with Troubled Children

Saturday 7th June 2008 (9.30am-5.00pm)
NEW INITIATIVES AND TECHNIQUES FOR WORK WITH TROUBLED CHILDREN, TEENAGERS AND ADULTS
Cost: £145 (includes a complimentary buffet lunch)

This day offers a rich sampling of some of the most innovative and cutting edge methods and techniques of working with troubled children and young people. It promises to be a vital resource for professionals working with children and/or young people. After the presentations, delegates will choose from several workshops to sample some of the techniques for themselves. A really practical focused day from which we feel sure delegates will go away moved, intellectually stimulated and buzzing with new ideas.

Choose from the following topics:

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy with Children and Young People
EMDR with Children and Young People
Attachment in the Classroom
Life Story Work
Colour Therapy
Engaging the Silent Child

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Teaches children and young people to understand the relationship between thoughts, feelings and behaviour. Unwanted feelings and behaviours can be overcome by goals and strategies focusing on specific psychological and practical skills.

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing)
A cutting-edge therapeutic process for children and young people who have suffered trauma and find it difficult to move on. EMDR sessions target painful memories until the person feels free of their emotional charge.

Attachment in the Classroom
Learn how to address the attachment needs of the child which research shows is key for them to be able to learn, form rewarding relationships and thrive.

Life Story Work
Life Story Work gives children and young people an opportunity to make sense of who they are, their relationship to those around them and their place in the world. It is particularly useful for those who find themselves in long term care/adoption or multi-placement within the ‘looked after’ system. It covers the concepts of Attachment, Loss, Magical Thinking, History, Identity and Meaning.

Colour Therapy
The key to this intervention is to help children and young people express themselves through colour when words are too hard to find. Colour Therapy aims to soothe and heal children by alleviating fear of failure and by changing mind sets from “I can’t” to “I can”, enabling children to find their own inner strength and motivation.

Engaging the Silent Child
These senior clinicians bring you a wealth of hands-on tools and techniques for engaging the child who does not want to talk in certain settings. Learn how to draw out the undrawn (Alvarez) and withdrawn child.

Speakers

Professor Derek Bolton
Consultant Clinical Psychologist. Associate Director, Clinical Governance for the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust. Professor of Philosophy & Psychopathology at Kings College, London. Co-author: Meaning and Mental Disorder.

Louise Bomber
Author: Attachment in the Classroom. Teacher and Therapist. Developed a model of support that is used within Brighton & Hove Education Authority. Published on various practical strategies promoting inclusion and supporting children to take advantage of the opportunities offered at school.

Maggie Johnson and Alison Wintgens
Consultant Speech and Language Therapists specialising in childhood communication disorders and selective mutism. Co-authors: The Selective Mutism Resource Manual. Maggie is a key contributor to the Primary National Strategy for children with special educational needs. Alison is Trust Lead for Speech and Language Therapy in South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust, London. She works on a multi-disciplinary Tier 3 CAMHS team. Also, Regional Adviser for the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.

Dr Pall Jonsson
Consultant Psychiatrist at Huntercombe Maidenhead Hospital (specialist psychiatric hospital for adolescents). Co-Founder of The Trauma Centre, Harley Street, London. An EMDR accredited practitioner. Extensive experience of working with young people with a history of early trauma, including severe abuse.

Ann Lubbock
Colour Therapist and Counsellor. Previously Teacher and Headteacher. Leads INSET days and supports individual schools with their own staff training and the tracking of children through Kaleidoscope Colour Therapy. Research: the impact of colour therapy on behaviour, attendance and achievement.

Richard Rose
Created the Life Story process, a major part of the renowned SACCS Recovery Programme. Published a number of papers on improving outcomes for traumatised children. Responsible for directing and developing the activities of the Mary Walsh Institute.

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