What are the evidence-based treatments for sexually abused children & young people?
Association for Child & Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH)
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Leading up to our webinar series ‘Intervention and prevention of the sexual abuse of children and young people and those displaying harmful sexual behaviour. Mandatory Reporting – What’s next?’ we take a look at some evidence-based approaches.
Sexual abuse of children is a global issue. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 1 in 5 women and 1 in 13 men report having been sexually abused as children. The impact of such abuse includes increased risks of mental health disorders, such as depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), along with difficulties in relationships and overall social functioning.
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Also take a look at the blog Dimitris that wrote on the topic.
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2024 Jack Tizard Memorial International Conference
Thursday 27 and Friday 28 June 1:00-4:30pm UK time.
Learning objectives; Taking a transdiagnostic perspective. Adapt practices in high income countries to meet the needs of our communities. Novel interventions for children, parents, and schools. Lessons for cultural competency when interrogating a global approach. How to work in partnership with scholars and practitioners globally. How to provide appropriate care in the context of multiple intersectional disadvantages.
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We are delighted to welcome Professor Tony Attwood to deliver this webinar. Tony will discuss the stages in the development of special interests, their sequence, and the reasons why special interests occur as part of the overall profile of Autism. The perspective of parents, teachers, and the autistic person are explored and strategies are outlined to make constructive use of the interest.
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Learning outcomes
How, and why, special interests develop
Building self-confidence with the special interest
Making positive use to empower, inspire, and engage
Dispelling myths with evidence-based facts
Reduce meltdowns when the special interest isn’t available
Incorporating special interests into the curriculum
Effective management techniques to make life less stressful
Easy strategies that make a real difference to peoples lives
2 July, 9am-12pm, UK time. Full details online
NOT TO BE MISSED! Taking mental health outdoors: from prevention to intervention
Learning objectives; Discover if outdoor based intervention evidence demonstrates a reduction in mental health problems. Learn about approaches to integrate the outdoors into mental health prevention and treatment in CAMHS. Think critically about how you can integrate more outdoor activities, or evaluate these, to add to the evidence base. 11 July 3:45-6:10pm UK time. Full details on the website
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The object of the seminars is that given the introduction of Mandatory Reporting it is likely that there will be increasing numbers of sexually abused children and young people identified. The seminars will present current approaches to working with children and young people who have been sexually abused and those responsible for sexually harmful behaviour, and approaches to prevention. Starts September. Full details online
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This face-to-face conference in Southampton will dive deep into the challenges of effectively working with traumatised young people and their families, while also addressing the pivotal role of systems in mitigating secondary trauma.
Open Access paper from JCPP
The Social Motivation Theory proposes that social reward processing differences underlie autism. However, low social motivation has also been linked to higher anxiety. Given the co-occurrence between autism and anxiety, it is possible that anxiety drives the association between social motivation and autistic characteristics. This study tests the mechanisms underlying the association between social motivation and autistic traits.
Authors: Eloise Bagg, Hannah Pickard, Manting Tan, Tim J. Smith, Emily Simonoff, Andrew Pickles, Virginia Carter Leno, Rachael Bedford
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