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Saturday 18th October 2008 (9.30am-5.00pm)
HOW NOT TO MAKE A THUG: A WEALTH OF SUCCESSFUL INTERVENTIONS WITH TEENAGERS WHO HAVE GONE OFF THE RAILS
Cost: £145 (includes a complimentary buffet lunch)
Research shows that the majority of teenagers who repeatedly get into serious trouble have suffered from major loss, family breakdown, abuse or neglect. They are then left with a legacy of ‘spoilt life’, often spoiling the lives of others, because adults have been unable to relate to them and care for them appropriately. This conference aims to inspire delegates with a wealth of innovative ways of connecting with young people who seem so unreachable.
Presenters will also address the latest advances in psychological research and brain science from which we now know so much more about how an anti-social personality can develop. They will trace the seemingly incredulous path from the fresh faced baby who begins life with openness, innocence and programmed to love, to the young person who lashes out in impulsive violent ways or in calculated cut off ways, the latter often enjoying the suffering they cause.
We are delighted to bring you front-runners in the field. Dr Felicity de Zulueta, Head of the Trauma Clinic, Maudsley Hospital, London and author of From Pain to Violence; Melanie Gill, Child Forensic Psychologist, working for The Centre for Social Justice Westminster (Family Breakdown) and who has extensive experience of helping dysfunctional families; Dr Margot Sunderland, author of the award winning book The Science of Parenting who has extensive experience of working in adolescent units; Camilla Batmanghelidjh, whose outstanding work in helping angry, neglected or traumatised teenagers has enabled them to thrive.
Benefits from attending this conference
- Understand the road from pain to violence and how to help young people to change direction
- Understand the depths of teenage turbulence and torment (drug and alcohol
abuse, self-harm, criminality) and how to reach out effectively
- Learn to recognise post-traumatic stress disorder in young people and how traumatic experience can be replayed with someone else as the victim
- Understand the psychology and brain science relevant to why young people offend or behave in consistently cruel ways
- Understand the vulnerability behind all the bravado
- Learn about interventions that can prevent young people from hardening their hearts and losing their humanity
- Learn how our current social structures can unwittingly result in youth offending
- Feel empowered to skilfully manage the feelings evoked in you by angry or very defended teenagers
Speakers
Camila Batmanghelidjh
Psychotherapist. Ernst and Young Woman of the Year 2006 award. Founder of The Place To Be and Kids Company, inner city charity offering education, therapy and a life-line to hundreds of young people whose lives have been affected by drink, drugs, violence, abuse or neglect. Author of the groundbreaking book Shattered Lives.
Melanie Gill
Child Forensic Psychologist. Co-founder of Commonsense Associates, and Family Legal Support Services (utilises radical and innovative multi-disciplinary and holistic approaches to solve psychological/social problems with families and children). Member of a research group set up by the NSPCC and the Alliance for Childhood. Member of The Centre for Social Justice (Family Breakdown).
Dr Margot Sunderland
Director of Education and Training at The Centre for Child Mental Health, London. Registered Integrative Child Psychotherapist. Author: The Science of Parenting. Extensive experience as a psychotherapist in adolescent units.
Dr Felicity de Zulueta
Consultant Psychiatrist and lead Clinician of the Traumatic Stress Service in the Maudsley Hospital. Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at King’s College, London. Founder member of the International Attachment Network. Author: From Pain to Violence, The Traumatic Origins of Destructiveness and numerous papers on Attachment and PTSD.
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