Understanding usual adolescent development and typical adolescent mental health problems from a psychological perspective.

Gain a better understanding of the tasks of adolescence that often appear quite worrying to adult eyes.

Know what you should be concerned about instead – recognising the signs of typical mental health problems and the impact of such conditions
 

Attachment and the teenager.

The complex concept of attachment explained in simple, everyday language!

Understand how this is different in adolescents than in children
 

Trauma, abuse and neglect in vulnerable young people

This is not another course on how to spot the signs but one that helps understand how such events impact on every aspect of a young person’s development

This in turn may help you understand your relationship with the young person a little better and how to maximise your influence on them
 

The science of teens: what happens to the brain in adolescence and its impact on behaviour, conscience, and risk taking.

Little known information about the massive upheaval that goes on in the brain of every adolescent.
 

Raising self esteem.

Often workers recognise the devastating impact of low self-esteem but this course helps to find ways to really understand this and begin to make a difference.

Understand the sometimes hidden links between offending and damaged self esteem.
 

Psychological strategies to manage difficult and challenging behaviour.

What to do to maximise your chances of not just dealing with a difficult incident but to add quality to your relationship with the young person on the way.
 

Deliberate self-harm: why it occurs and what professionals should do.

Understand the often worrying and frustrating topic of deliberate self-harm.

Find ways to help young people who self-harm.
 

Suicide: assessing to reduce risk and intervening to assist the young person.

A topic that is difficult to understand but crucial to find the right ways to help

Giving practitioners detailed ways to assessment and intervene

Giving carers ways to manage this often frightening behaviour safely in their home
 

Catching stress from traumatised young people - how to prevent secondary trauma.

Worker burn out costs time, money and motivation

Learn why practitioners and carers are at risk, how to prevent this happening and what to do if it has
 

Teenage bereavement and loss.

Young people grieve in ways that are different to adults

Learn to recognise this and how you can help

See where this is sometimes linked to difficult behaviour
 

Understanding and working with ADHD.

Learn about the three main challenges to young people with ADHD.

Recognise signs in young people who may not yet have been diagnosed.

What needs adapting in ways of working on offending with them.
 

Adolescent sexually harmful behaviour.

Practical ideas about how to assess young people’s behaviour and crucially, how to place this into the context of their psychological development
 

The Angry Brain.

Why are some people prone to respond so quickly with aggression and violence?

What can be done to help them?
 

The Shame and Pain of Trauma: The Masks Children Wear

Understanding the typical responses that you will recognise in young people

Ways to help them lower the mask and move on from their shame and pain